United States Central Command

Major Pirouz: when are you

Major Pirouz: when are you going to answer the questions I asked you?

Are you currently in the IRI's military on active duty?

what are you doing here in the US?

Pirouz

Centcom posted a press release.  That's all.  Many of the "questions" that were asked of it were tactical in nature which no military in the world will divulge (if you are really a "sargord" you would understand this).  Many other questions were policy questions which are political in nature which Centcom does not have the ability or the mandate to answer.  

BTW, I have never seen Mr. Ommani and Mr. Afrasiabi answer any questions on their featured articles, and that has never been a problem with the pitchfork mob that is demanding Centocm's banishment from this site for their lack of response to their "questions"!   

Anonymous, that's exactly the point...

CENTCOM participating in the discussion- BUT THEY WON'T. All they're offering is a PR formulated government communique. That's not blogging.

How many questions of CENTCOM were asked of them from their blog post?Were any answered? Not very 21st century in their propaganda approach.

All they did was hype a losing war and disparage the IRGC, then hide. 

I don't understand

we have users here who are obvious IRI propagandists. Any five year old can see who they are, with their never ending and ridiculous camouflaged support for the murderers who rule Iran by talking about everything, from the kitchen sink in Ivory Coast to a palm tree in Malaysia, so that they can divert attention from IRI's crimes.  

For God's sake, we even have users who still talk about Shah's "crimes" when the IRI has been raping and murdering people on the streets in broad daylight.  You don't think that these people get a paycheck from somewhere to write all this nonsense?!!!  Give me a break!!  How about Kaveh Afrasiabi and Ardeshir Ommani, who get articles featured on the Homepage?  Are we to really think that those two are "neutral" citizens giving their point of view about events and policy in Iran?!!!!  We didn't fall from the back of a turnip truck you know.  

At least Centcom is honest.  It tells us what it's here to do.  And what's wrong with them posting a press release on this site once in a while that is posted on every other news source?  

If anything, I would have assumed that our resident west-o-phobes on this site would have welcomed Centcom's presence here so that they could tell it directly what's on their mind!     

I say, let Centcom participate in the discussion here.  Nothing is Sacred, right? 

Welcome, Centcome. If

Welcome, Centcome.

If Major Pirouz of Islamic Republic military can propagandize on this site 24/7, anyone else should have the right to do that too.

When a blog is not a blog

Great, CENTCOM has a whole, dedicated PR team, puts together a simple public affairs post, and then doesn't even have the courtesy of responding to questions, of which WE HAVE MANY!

Really, I didn't expect them to reply to any of the questions. They're not interested in blogging. They're only interest is in hyping a losing war effort. That's what they call a "direct communication". Nothing more than a one-sided communique.

If you're going to blog, you should be prepared to answer your audience. Otherwise, just continue to use those tools called the MSM and your official websites (which generate next to no traffic).

Also, in the last thread I addressed the issue of comparison between the IRGC and USM. No response. Just goes to show you...

True Success

For the military to succeed abroad, it must first succeed at home.  As a human rights attorney I am consulted on a routine basis by military persons who entered the military believing they were going to be fighting to defend human rights. When they got into the military they were shocked at what they are required to do such as holding their guns in the air during basic training, at Camp Pendleton for example, and shouting "Kill the effing Muslims."  They are told that they will be required to engage in indiscriminate killing of civilians and engage in other activities that is the precise opposite of the reason they entered the armed forces.  One young man, who received some of the highest scores in the history of the US Marines told me, "I thought I was entering the Marines to defend human rights.  In my mind I pictured the US military rolling into Auschwitz to free the prisoners.  I pictured fighting to defend victims in Darfur.  Instead, I am told as a 311 that if I kick in a door to a house in a village in Iraq I have to kill everyone inside, even little children because they might have bombs."

To make matters worse, when these young men realize that they have made a horrible mistake that conflicts with their morality they are told they can't get out of the military.  They are told that a person cannot be a conscientious objector since he was not one when he entered the military.  What is not recognized is that they had no idea what they would be required to do when they went in. 

The US needs to do several things if we expect success abroad.  Two of the more important are:  1)  Train our drill instructors and C/O's to recognize human rights and stop teaching religious and racial discrimination and hatred and 2) accept the Resolution of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights Resolution 1998/77 which officially recognizes that persons already performing military services can become a consicientious objector while in the armed forces and let these people have an honorable discharge.  They are fallen soldiers and fallen Marines.  They simply fell in a manner that is different from the traditional fallen soldier.

Christ JJ

you have to put the whole thing in perspective.  Who's posts are more annoying, the "prophet" from Australia who is threatening to sue you or Centcome?  I would go out on a limb and say the former!  So, let them post.  :-)

BTW JJJ if you want to block Centcom go ahead, say it as is

JJJ none of us can block Centcom and if you want to delete them go ahead and do it but don't say it IS "inappropriate" for them to post.

They tell you they post in other public or civilian sites as you call it, so you can respond that yes I know that but this is my website and I don't want you here. We can understand and respect that decision.

But if you care about your readers' views and opinions, they are varied and unless you can respond and present valid logic where at least some of us change course and agree/understand your views, then you need to leave us out of it and do not say it IS inappropriate.

I hereby request that Centcom continue to post because I do not find it inappropriate.

P.S. comparing IRGC, Al Qaeda and Centcom amongst each other is as asinine (if not cowardly since if you want to say Al Qeda is not a terrorist organization or Centcom is, say it, don't compare them) as I've ever seen and saying; it doesn't mean who is wrong or right is asinin to 3rd degree (again if not cowardly).  

Everything is sacred.

Go ahead; make my day...Centcom or, whatever

As long you don't show up in my backyard in the middle of the night wearing your night vision goggles, I 'll be able to tolerate your presence here. Being honest with you guys if I had your kind of money, like $4B a month for spending on a war to capture a lanky guy whose kidney seems to have more fatal power on him than the US Army, along his one-eyed companion, I'd have checked everywhere. While you are here can I suggest you check on the music section too?

Oh, you're too nice with me

all the credits are yours honey!

You are a gem, a real powerful element to this site. 

Don't under estimate the women in this site :)

They are always present! I read all your blogs and comments.

So do many other women here, I'm sure!

Keep up with the ecellent job.

Thanks again.

thank you so much souri!!

so glad you are here too. i'm glad there are more women spending time on these political blogs. sometimes i feel like i'm less of a woman for making these comments. 

i love your picture as always. such a great smile! 

LOL Marge,

I loved your last comment! So funny.

You rock girl. Happy to see you're back again.

JJJ point is why can Centcom post in facebook, etc. & not here?

Everything is sacred.

I would welcome Al Qaida and IRG too

Just in the hope that CENTCOM, IRG or Al Quaida could learn something and realise the fallacy of their solutions and tactics.

Hi Centcom! You need to befriend Fred the blogger

In fact, go ahead and give your lovely blogs and poetry to him and he will translate them to "in the name of sane worldliness and democracy" and you will have yourself some direct communication =)

happy hunting! i'm sure by the time he has one brain cell left, the military will catch osama bin laden. certainly by coming on iranian web sites, they will. can you tell us some other sites to find these acts of direct communication? really curious whether the pakistani magazines, if any EXIST, are lucky to have your participation =) 

well the IRI has their propagandists on this website

so what the heck let everyone else have their say...

the  more the merrier.... 

just like centcom to do something by FORCE despite your wish JJ

I guess we should be grateful that you're here electronically and not physically staging another glorious operation in Afghanistan's neighbor. By the way, are you chatting in the Pakestani sites too? I wonder if you're concerned about communicating with a nukular power who is falling into the hands of your number one enemy. 

you guys need to fire some people. the military is corrupt. the person whose idea this dumb iranian.com centcom account was needs a pink slip for sure. 

Just a quick follow up..

Centcom wrote

"Comparing us to Islamic Revolutionary Guard and Al Qaida is unfair. Al
qaeda is a terrorist group, and unlike both these groups, we are a
government institution that is accountable to the public."

I have a feeling that the family members of the 100 thousand dead Iraqis, afghans and pakistanis whole heartedly disagree with you. But keep living the GI Joe fantasy mr/mrs Centcom Sir/Mam

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Oh for Gods sake JJ jaan

Just let them post their blogs, at least they are honest and saying that they are the official propaganda office of the US Military instead of hiding behind fake usernames etc..

Anything they say or portray here will be debated anyways.

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CENTCOM

Thank you for you reply. I posted it here so that more can participate in the discussion over the appropriateness of the United States Central Command blogging here.

I understand CENTCOM's wish to communicate directly with the public. But I am still very uncomfortable with your presence here.

You say comparing the U.S. military to the Revolutionary Guards or al Qiada is unfair. The point is not which side is good or bad, better or worse. The point is that no military organization from any country should be allowed to post here. This is a forum for use by people -- civilians.

Thank you for respecting this in the future.

Dear Centcom

I am glad you are here, because I have had some question for you for a very long time and I didn't know where to go and whom to ask those questions.  Bear with me while I explain how this has become a question for me, and please answer me if you can.

When the horrible terrorist event of September 11, 2001 happened, all we heard from the US was how AlQaeda, sitting in the comfort zone that Taliban had provided for it in Afghanistan, were responsible for this and had to be found, captured, and dealt with.  President Bush wanted to find them wherever they were and "smoke them out."

To tell you the truth, I'm not certain how it came to be that Saddam Hussein was somehow related to AlQaeda, and I'm not being facetious in bringing this up.  Or was it their nukes, or suspicion thereof which caused that war, all the cost to US taxpayers, and all the human casulaties it has claimed so far from among innocent civilians in Iraq and the brave young men and women who served in the US armed forces, I'm not certain in view of later findings that Saddam had no nukes.  In any case, you would agree that the total cost has been incalculable and a tragic human and financial waste.

Eight years later, Taliban seem to be going strong in Afghanistan.  They are armed and determined not to let Afghanistan out of their savage fundamentalist hold.  How did that happen?  I don't much care for Bin Ladin's capture, but that could also be another question for you after all this time and investment.

My last question is about Afghanistan.  I actually am not convinced like some other people that US must leave Afghanistan immediately.  I believe the US owes Afghanis a lot before it can leave.  For one thing, the situation with the Taliban has to be straightened out.  Who is supporting these guys anyway?  Do you know?  Do you care?  Can't the US government find this out and deal with it?  Why not?

Second, I think the most important thing US government can do for Afghanistan is to help build its infrastructral services, roads, hospitals, schools, libraries, etc., to give something back to the people of Afghanistan who have seen nothing but war and mayhem and tragedy for several decades now.  Is the US government doing anything to help build anything useful in Afghanistian or is this all about war games?

I hope you take this question under consideration.