How Iran Plays the U.S.

U.S. Commentary Magazine / Sohrab Ahmari

30-Oct-2012 (one comment)

For Iranian leaders, this latest American prostration affirms Ayatollah Khomeini’s prediction, issued at the height of the 1979 hostage crisis, that “America can’t do a damned thing against us.” In their eyes, the “Great Satan” really isn’t so great

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Mullahs Have Played the U.S. For 30 Years

by ayatoilet1 on Tue Oct 30, 2012 07:11 PM PDT

If the Mullahs know one thing, it is that they can not negotiate or indeed trust the U.S. If the Shah was their servant and betrayed so badly; and if one million casualties came out of the the Iran-Iraq war which was precipitated by the U.S. All these overtures by the U.S. is being accepted with a mixture or contempt and amusement by the Mullahs in Iran...sanctions or no sanctions. Nothing of substance will ever come of it. There is fundamentally no trust.