Musings of a former chicken

AMIR joon

lets to the math shall we? I am against airtight sanctions. Iranians inside are against airtight sanctions. I am against war. Iranians inside are against war. 

On the other hand what are you? You support said sanctions from the comfort of your chair somewhere outside Iran. who is a coward now?  

dear Artificial Intelligence, please keep bringing it !

Yes; the same folks who decry sanctions, also shout that the boogyman is about to blow your country to Hell ! That sounds too much like an IRI " talking point" (Nonsense !)

The US has never had a useful military option in Iran, and has neither need,nor enthusiasm for Gulf War 3.

And, if  your friend, Uncle Sam, decided to attack Iran,it will be announced at the White House by the CIC.That's the way we roll. 

Dadash Moosir,

you are but another useless apologist for the IRI line of work. opposing sanctions to get rid of the regime from the comfort of your armchair is a cowardly act. and iranian history will not be kind to people like you. 

again neocon war advocate Fred

nobody said anything about stopping advocacy of the victims. i welcome it on this site. what i do not and will not stand by is for the plight of innocent iranians to be used for political hackery. to exploit their plight to wage campaign of airtight sanctions, war and misery that you and your friends will bring upon the already suffering victims of the regime. 

speak for yourself Amir "1973"

you are but another useful apologist for Fred line of work. advocating collective punishment of the people of iran to get rid of regime by war or airtight sanctions from the comfort your armchair is a cowardly act. and iranian history will not be kind to people like you. 

preaching to the choir

“Just because you do not see me actively post about Shiva Nezar Ahari on your site does not mean that I do not speak against regimes thuggery. I do it for another audience (namely the farsi blogosphere) where those kinds of information is much needed.”

Telling the victims in their own language that, yes, you are the victims. Isn’t that the definition of preaching to the choir?

If one claims “advocacy” of the victims, wouldn’t it be wise to spread the news of their plight in other languages and for different audiences besides the victims themselves?

JJ...

Can you please explain more>:

 ¨Moosir, so you're not one of Fred's foes who does not expose human rights abuses in Iran. Good for you!

As for "massive campaign by the highly motivated, resourceful neoconservatives to wage another war in the middle-east," I know perfectly well. And they are enemies of the Iranian people. But they are not beating protesters and raping them. They are not throwing the likes of Nazar Ahari in prison. They did not steal the presidential elections. They're impact on the Iranian people in the past 30 plus years cannot be compared to a highly motivated, resourceful, brutal religious establishment that is the Islamic Republic. ¨

<Although they are not beating or raping, are they not the same animals in nature? Do many if not all want to starve/bomb/exterminate those same protesters?

To give credit to those same people for ¨exposing human rights abuses¨ for thier own gain is IMHO wrong!

Sanctions: Right for S. Africa & Myanmar (& right for IRI)

Too bad for you, Moosir, that JJ, Fred, and many others on this site (including me) can see right through you....And now, it's time for the daily distraction about the Zionists, neocons, Israelis, Mossad, etc, etc. 

Good subject Fred, but add to content and cut the crap, please

It's better if your blog does not become too emotional and angry, all the time. We can read and understand the issues, with no need for repetitive slogans like this:

"... Islamist madness along with all the Islamists/anti-Semites and their likeminded lap poodles of lefty allies ...  messianic system bent on destroying anything good Iran and Iranians ... only salvation is the overthrow of barbaric Islamists, rest including reforming is just dangerous self-delusion ..."

The issue of human rights in Iran is clear to all of us, but the rest of your incessant shouting, sounds like coming out a Propaganda Machine!

insanity and "inanity" is...

... anyone who calls for collective punishment of iranians, be it proponents of airtight sanctions / war or the regime sympathizers. its amazing how some people cant see through characters like "Fred".

Artificial Lack of Intelligence, want some fries with that? 

Great Blog Fred!

Again you expose the hypocrite IRR apologists.

The international pressure the IRI is experiencing is due to IRI's own stupid and idiotic Islamist minded foreign policies such as supporting hezbollah, hamas and the nuclear issue.Iranian people are facing sanctions and collective punishment because of the IRI. The Iranian people created the IRI and these apologists want to prolongs the life of this monster thereby prolonging Iranian population's misery. Who is more responsible for Iranian people's misery? Is it the weak sanctions thus far? or is it the rapist IRI and its apologists who are attempting to prolong its existence with their indirect support of IRI's international policies? 

IRI apologist want to use the "necon" rhetoric as if there is imminent danger to Iran being attack and always bring in the Iraq excuse. Such comparisons are premature as the US used 13 years of UN sanctions and a large allied coalition to even attempt at invading Iraq. No such record exists with respect to Iran. Iran will not be invaded by the US or any US coalition. 

The stinky IRI hypocrite apologists here  are wasting their time with the necon bullshit. No one except the hardcore  radicals such as Dabashi types buy into the nonsense.  They use standard code words: "Warmonger", "Necon", "Zionist" "Collective punishment of Iranians".......All the stuff that gives their apologist mindset right away. 

Fred, keep up the good work

Your heart and mind are definitely in the right place. I always make a point to read your blogs -- not only for your own comments and the interesting articles you link to, but also to receive some amusement at the insanity and inanity displayed by your cyberstalkers. Regards.

Thank you Fred for highlighting this brave lady's plight....

at the hands of the islamist fascists ruling Iran. Keep up the good work Fred and dont let any midget cyber islamist bully you.

Shame on the rest of you who regularly try to bully this blogger Fred for doing what every Iranian with a shred of love for Iran and his compatriots should do: Expose the crimes of islamist regime against it's own citizens and try to save the lives of political prisoners in Iran. Shame on all of you!

"Pesonal business must yield to collective interest."

JJHypocrisy

JJ are you sure that you are defending human rights as you put it, while removing comments that don't agree with?

Or is new Admin who is over zealous and acting like protector of Democracy and human rights?

Shame on you Iranian.com why not change it to
wearedefendingrightofneconsandzionistmonarchists.com
You can balance your sheet faster.`

Neo-cons

Look, what is a neo-con anyway? Most of the people identified as neo-cons such as Wolfowitz, Perle and Krystal were former supporters of the Democratic party and supported liberal policies. Not all supporters of military action against the Islamic Republic are neo-conservatives or zealous allies of Israel. I believe that Iranians have a right to bear arms against the regime and to receive material support from the international community to carry this objective out. If there was any other repressed nation or people in the world you would agree.  

JJ

I would have loved for neocons to stop their sensless anti-iranian measures so people like me could focus all my attention to iran. this is yet another downside to their activities. for nationalists like me will have to choice but to put some energy and time into pushing back against them instead of using it all to push back against the regime.

we live in a real world with real threats. and the threats are not from the regime alone. you say "" they are not beating protesters and raping them. They are not throwing
the likes of Nazar Ahari in prison. " while that may be true, they have been prescribing policies  that quite often have exarcebated the problem in iran. you cant ignore the effect they have on iranians political dynamics over the years. everything is linked.  as for the regime in iran, it has always been my belief that we in exile have a better chance of changing attitude of politicians in the free world vis-a-vis iran than doing anything tangible from the OUTSIDE to affect change inside iran. at the end of the day its the people of iran inside who have to create change. there is only co much we can do including inform iranian inside iran with uptodate news and be their voices outside iran. we have to be THEIR VOICE and not KASEYE DAGHTAR AZ AAASH like some who milk human rights issues for political goals. 

Good for you!

Moosir, so you're not one of Fred's foes who does not expose human rights abuses in Iran. Good for you!

As for "massive campaign by the highly motivated, resourceful neoconservatives to wage another war in the middle-east," I know perfectly well. And they are enemies of the Iranian people. But they are not beating protesters and raping them. They are not throwing the likes of Nazar Ahari in prison. They did not steal the presidential elections. They're impact on the Iranian people in the past 30 plus years cannot be compared to a highly motivated, resourceful, brutal religious establishment that is the Islamic Republic.

who said there is no need?

on the contrary i said there is need to expose human rights, but not from neoconservative pro airtight sanctions, war advocates. in case you missed the news, there is massive campaign by the highly motivated, resourceful neoconservatives to wage another war in the middle-east. one of the priorities for me as an iranian exile who is up to date about their latest plans is to stop the war. a war will bring devastation to iran. a war will put the same human rights you and I cherish on the backseat. do you see me speak out against anyone else on this site who talks about human rights? hardly. its just that I've had individuals like Fred on my sight for a while now.  

I see

Moosir... So there's no need to defend human rights on this site? Okay...

No one is hired here to do anything. Everyone is free to express their views. My suggestion is instead of worrying about neocons and whatnot, worry about the regime in Tehran who is the world's number one human rights abuser bar none. There's no shame in opposing foreign intervention AND supporting those wasting away in prison.

Defending human rights abusers JJ?

Not only do I not defend human rights abusers, I actively expose them for what they are, be it neoconservatives and their drive to collectively punish iranians or the regimes thugs. Just because you do not see me actively post about Shiva Nezar Ahari on your site does not mean that I do not speak against regimes thuggery. I do it for another audience (namely the farsi blogosphere) where those kinds of information is much needed.

Maybe its time to hire some decent bloggers JJ to speak out against human rights issues instead of turning a blind eye to these highly motivated human rights imperialist tools like neocon-war advocate Fred to invade the iranian.com website?I am sure many of the now-exiled iranian human rights activists will be more than happy to write frequent op-eds about daily human rights abuses in iran. So that we dont have to rely on people who actively milk human rights issues for their destructive anti-iranian agenda.  

Fred & Foes

I'm no Fred fan. But I have yet to see one of his foes defend a human rights case. Their too busy defending human rights abusers. Shame on who?

Neocons human rights con job

You dont care about human rights neocon fred. you hijack human rights issues to serve your political agenda.  I dont even have to look at your name anymore. any post that has the Likudnik talkingpoint "Islamists/anti-Semites and their likeminded lap poodles of lefty allies" in it is instantly suspect. 

Shame on political hacks like you who use the plight of Shiva's of Iran to gain cheap points.