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10-Feb-2008
Once again the neo-cons have given Reza Pahlavi a platform, but it is not clear who the intended audience is. The feigned altruistic appeal in his speech bears an eerie resemblance to the rehearsed Iraqi appeals before that country was invaded. Those appeals cost over one million Iraqi lives. This is a well-written speech, disguised as it may be, to convince. Whether the speech was delivered to persuade the American public of the necessity of intervention and war or the purpose of it was the alienation of Iran’s Arab neighbors, much like his father had in favor of Israel, one can be certain that Norman Podhoretz has given it his blessings, if indeed he has not been the writer himself.
It must be recalled that the events of 9/11 and the tragedy that struck America transformed George W. Bush. On November 19, 1999, Bush the candidate delivered a speech at the Ronald Reagan library at Simi California saying: ….. “And let us have an American foreign policy that reflects American character; the Modesty of true strength, the humility of real greatness.” However, 9/11 prompted him to turn over the foreign policy of the country to the neo-cons who had been waiting in the wings for decades, and who had planned the assault on the Middle East for over a decade. They were ready with a response and in effect, they hijacked the American foreign policy.
On September 20, 2001, Mr. Bush’s assertions were that the United States would pursue global terrorist groups and any nation that harbors or supports terrorism. His National Security Agenda (2002 NSS) was quintessentially neoconservative calling for preemption. Underlying the Bush foreign policy is the assumption that the use of military force to overthrow non cooperative governments in troubled areas is the remedy for terrorism; a page from neo-con D. Perle’s book “An End to Evil”.
Pahlavi invites an attack on Iran by stating that “Iran's clerical regime's continued support for terrorism”.
For neo-cons it is easy to push their agenda and convince the general public that the policies being implemented are based on American values as so many of them have careers in the media or academia (they developed a close tie with Georgetown Center for Strategic Studies among others). One such promoter of American ‘values’ is Benador Associates. Benador Associates arranges their TV appearances and speaking engagements, and helps to place their articles in newspapers. Ms. Benador, the founder of Benador Associates, along with Senator Liberman is busy promoting Reza Pahlavi (Lieberman endorsed McCain who likes to sing Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran). It is worthwhile mentioning another very prominent Benador client and Reza Pahlavi’s colleague and promoter.
Michael Ledeen, the contributing editor of National Review Online has endorsed the "Total war strategy" - His idea is advanced through Benador Associates. “Total War Strategy” was first put forward by Adam G. Mersereau. Ledeen writes: “The method used to destroy Iran, as known in the neo-con circle, will be 'Total War'. A total war strategy does not have to include the intentional targeting of civilians, but the sparing of civilian lives cannot be its first priority ... The purpose of total war is to permanently force your will onto another people group.” See Guardian
Pahlavi calls the regime in Iran terrorists, aware that such definitions will draw the US military into a bloody battle for the preemption doctrine. He is not mindful of the fact that bringing death and destruction to innocent civilians is the ultimate in terror.
More importantly, language is the best tool for political and social dominance. Those who ‘own’ the language can use value-laden terminology to their great advantage and ‘define’ the other. Terrorism is the definition given by the neo-cons to those they wish to master. It is only relevant if one heeds it. The intellect is often sharper than the biting words. However, it would seem that Reza Pahlavi has felt the need to adapt to his inferior position and adapted to the prevailing definition of social order by trading status for security.
Reza Pahlavi must also know that Iran’s history is filled with a pattern of external powers collaborating and destroying the country’s advancement in its nascent stages at every turn, whether technological empowerment as in the case of the railway, or socio-political, such as democracy and the nationalization of oil, or the current self sufficiency in seeking nuclear technology.
He should recall that after the concessions granted by the Persian government to the (Russian) Discount and Loan Bank of Persia for the construction of the railway line Julfa-Tabriz (1913), the ‘allied’ forces in line with Winston Churchill’s advice, forced the man who had built it, his grandfather, Reza Shah Pahlavi, to abdicate and leave the country. Iran’s democracy and its oil nationalization movement of 1951 to 1953 under Mossadegh were brought to an end by the British with the help of the CIA-backed coup. His father owed his throne to the CIA, it is worthwhile mentioning. Today, it seems that Reza Pahlavi is asking the same favor from similar groups.
And his lack of understanding of nuclear power…
Pahlavi should know that at the Iraq war created a pro-natalist atmosphere. Families were even given incentives to have more children. In addition, the war caused immense damage to the infrastructure prompting the new government to rethink its position about starting up the nuclear power plants. Furthermore, according to Saad Rahim, an analyst at Washington consultancy PFC Energy claims that Iran needs to diversify its energy needs in addition to a change in its policies, otherwise, "Iran's net crude exports could fall to zero." But since Pahlavi’s concerns are to please the neocon bosses, and to convince the American people that Iran is a threat, the truth is being concealed.
On every continent nuclear and radiation techniques are put in the service of humankind. Recently, it was witnessed that due to a problem with a Canadian nuclear reactor that produces medical isotopes used to diagnose and treat cancer and cardiovascular disease, patients in Canada, U.S. and other countries had their tests and treatment postponed. Since Pahlavi is in the U.S., he is no doubt indifferent to the plight of the Iranians and their welfare.
Iranian nationalists have asked the world at large, America in particular to leave them alone. Pahlavi has no love for Iranians, much less an understanding of them. Even the Cuban-Americans who have held the foreign policy of this country towards Cuba hostage for decades, do not have the audacity to select a leader and have someone represent Cuba from exile. A self-appointed traitor who has surrendered his reins to the neo-cons does not speak for Iranians.
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this woman is ful of it!
by MRX1 (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 04:08 PM PSTEvery time she writes (I don't even think the writer is she!) it's always about Neo cons, U.S attack on Iran, Reza pahlavi connection to the so called Neo cons and
so on. Reza pahlavi has said it time, after time, after time that he is against any attack on Iran. So unless you have a concrete evidence that you want to prsent us, you should just shut up.
to Programmed Craig
by Anonym7 (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 03:56 PM PSTHey Warmonger Carig, I addressed the retards in my post and it is perfectly understandable that you thought you were included, however my post was to the "Objective Man".
To make you happy I paste my comment again with a slight change:
Objective Man says: "Soon-to-be President McCain will oversee the US attack on the Islamic Republic."
If McCain becomes president, and if he decides to continue the same bankrupt policies, and if ..., and if he succeeds to tuple IRI and if he puts you retard "Iraninan" monarchists in power ..... you guys won't be able to stay in power!
I understand that you guys are real good charlatans, but I doubt you are as smart as Ahamad Chalabi!
REZA LOVES IRAN AND THE
by sometimes by m (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 03:49 PM PSTREZA LOVES IRAN AND THE PEOPLE OF IRAN. HE HAS NEVER ADVOCATED AN ATTACK. THIS IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE.
I notice you don't dispute
by programmer craig on Sun Feb 10, 2008 03:49 PM PSTI notice you don't dispute that you are warmongering
You expect me to "dispute" an insult? I would, if you were standing someplace I could get to you :)
Let me know if you live near Los Angeles, and maybe we can get it sorted out. But online? No. That's no way to respond to an abusive prick.
this article is bs
by Anonymous_Flowers (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 03:48 PM PSTsoraya...will you ever write an article about the people of iran and what they truly believe in and want? secondly, will you ever condemn the IR first, then america? and once again, you're really gonna sit behind a computer screen and deny that the IR is a terrorist state? joon, havent you ever seen hezbollah parades? or the leader of hamas eagerly shaking achmagedinejadadlbhaannnn ??? or what about beirut in 83? and how the hell does iraq seem have so many ied bombings?
30 years after the events
by Carrie (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 03:46 PM PST30 years after the events that created the Islamic Republic of Iran "we" use the language of belittlement to attack the writer of this article. Lingering anguish for the heavy price we have all paid (and many more continue to) contributes to perspectives such as "if you don't agree with a military attack on Iran you agree with the mullah's..." The questions raised by the author are legitimate, the question is: Where do we go from here?
Ulrich: You are a disgrace and a traitor; You want to break up
by aaj sr (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 03:46 PM PSTYour want to break up any unity among oppositions.
All your articles are clear indicative of discord and hypocrisy. There have never been an instance, even once, you criticize IRI,including women issues, poverty, drug issues, HIV, socio-economy, executions, stoning, political/student prisoners, fraud, mismanagement of Iranian wealth etc.
This is not by any means defending the old regime, but at this junction we do not want and can not afford any disunion.
All we need now is unity, uniformity, univoice toward removal of the vicious, inhuman and SO CALLED Islamic regime.
You have lost your credibility and that's unfortunate to see a person with such a good writing abilities is a traitor WHILE YOU COULD HAVE BEEN AN ASSET TOWARD FUTURE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL HOMELAND.
CHO DOZDI BA CHERGH AYAD, GOZIDE TAR BARAD KALA.
P.S. remember, this regime will not last long. I guarantee you.
straightfoward answer
by Reader (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 03:43 PM PSTCraig- You asked for one similarity between the cases, and I gave you one. I notice you don't dispute that you are warmongering supporter of war and sanctions on the peoples of iran and iraq. If you think it is an attack on you to merely point out your views, then maybe you've recognized that your views are problematic.
But I doubt you've had any such insight, because you are just responding with the knee-jerk bologna accusation that everyone that disagrees with you repeats "IRI propaganda" or wants to throw you in Evin. You can accuse people of being IRI stooges or spokespeople for as long as you want, the time has long passed when iranians will be bullied into silence by the likes of you.
Quite Pro-IRI article....
by Kurdish warrior (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 03:35 PM PSTEven though I am not a fan of Pahlavis I still believe the article is pro-IRI. It suggests passive action, full of criticism but no solutions. Any air strike on Basiji or IRI governments building would strengthen the oppositions within IRAN. That I support. As for military operations, well that should be left to Iranians oppositions, whom need to take arm against the mullahs.
Reader, Anonym7
by programmer craig on Sun Feb 10, 2008 03:19 PM PSTSo instead of answering the question you insult me, and other Americans like me. And that is your answer :)
I noticed you guys both had "enough time" to post comments directed to me with a couple of minutes of when I made mine. Do you just sit theer all day monitotring Iraniab.com waiting for opportunities to spread the propaganda of the islamic Republic? Why would you do that?
And why doesn't anyone in your little click ever voice an opinion of their own? Why is it always personal attacks on anyone who doesn't think "right" or speak "right"? You'd be throwing half the people here in Evin Prison if you could, wouldn't you? And then claiming you did it for their own good.
Operation Lebanese Freedom
by programmer craig on Sun Feb 10, 2008 03:12 PM PSTBTW when you talk about Iraq and Iran as if they are the same scenario, you sound like some old ex-hippie in San Francisco who doesn't even realize Iran isn't an Arab country. Is that where you picked up the rhetoric? I suggest you leave it to them... at least they have an excuse for their ignorance.
Craig the "programmer"
by Reader (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 03:11 PM PSTHey Craig "the programmer" who mysteriously has enough time to spend his days and nights and weekends trolling every iran and iraq related website-
You asked for one similarity between the cases of iran and iraq, i'm gonna give it you.
one thing that iran and iraq have in common is that the have cretins like you cheer-leading every warmonger who wants to sanction or bomb these countries to annihilation.
Iranian versions of Ahamd Chalabi (to Objective Man)
by Anonym7 (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 03:07 PM PSTObjective Man says: "Soon-to-be President McCain will oversee the US attack on the Islamic Republic."
If McCain becomes president, and if he decides to continue the same bankrupt policies, and if ..., and if he succeeds to tuple IRI and if he puts you retard monarchists in power ..... you guys won't be able to stay in power!
I understand that you guys are real good charlatans, but I doubt you are as smart as Ahamad Chalabi!
Iraq?
by programmer craig on Sun Feb 10, 2008 03:03 PM PSTWould you PLEASE explain to me what Iraq has to do with Iran? I'm getting tired of Iranians drawing parallels where none exist, and basing their arguments on that? The history is different, the present circumstances are different, the people are different, the political context is different... seriously, what exactly seems the same to you?
Sophomoric Crap!
by Pissed Off (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 03:03 PM PSTYou are absolutely right!
At her age she shouldn't be writing like a sophomore!
Excellent article
by IranForEver (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 03:03 PM PSTWell said, thank you very much;
Re: I support a US attack on the
by AntiTerrorMan (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 02:52 PM PSTSuch terrorist as "Objective Man" should be taken off the street for promoting terrorism against Iranians.
Great Article Soraya. Thanks.
by Abbas Emadi (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 02:48 PM PSTThanks for informing us of the plans by zionist blood suckers (and their Pahlevi stooges).
Regards,
Abbas
Well said
by Behzad (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 02:47 PM PSTExcellent article and very factual. Everything that you said are indeed fact and to the point. I agree with every point that you made regarding traitor Reza Pahlavi.
She doesn't give a damn, anyway!
by Pissed Off (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 02:40 PM PSTShe and all the mullah lovers who are supporting the IRI criminals have no feelings for Iran or Iranians, at all.
The so-called "articles" she sends to this site are in fact her course papers she submits to some dumber teachers who seem to accept them as such.
I support a US attack on the
by Objective Man (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 02:25 PM PSTthe Russian-backed regime of Islamic Republic, the mullahs, their infrastructure, thugs, IRGCs, their family members, supporters, and ideologues such as Abjee Soraya.
Soon-to-be President McCain will oversee the US attack on the Islamic Republic.
God Bless America, the only country with the moral backbone and balls as big as Hendevaneh to stand up against the barbaric terrorist mullahs and their advocates such as this Zaeefeh, Soraya!
Your full of propaganda...IT"S SCARY !
by Leyla (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 01:56 PM PSTFirstly,
Let me assure you that what this woman, is writing is all B.S. Reza Pahlavi, is against any attack on Iran, Just as Gangi is. I have spoken to both of them, and they both agree, that you have to support the people of Iran in their struggle for freedom. Just as people that lived abroad did during the Islamic revolution. STOP! We need to unite together, your baggage from history keeps us as a community separated and weak. Thanks to people like this ignorant woman...by the name of Soraya.
-Sheila
Sophomoric crap
by A (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 01:45 PM PSTFirst of all how do you know RP is feigning altruism? You can read minds? Or are you like your IRI bothers all too ready to condemn everyone because you think their ideas might (I emphasize might) be dangerous. As reasonable people we can only judge what is actually said and done.
As to your criticism of the actual content of RP's speech: You probably don't count support for Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and tens of other terrorist groups terrorism (I know you hate Israel). What do you call the daily executions by hanging and stoning? What do you call the daily harrasment of women? What do you call daily arrest and torture of ethnic minorities, journalists and student activists?
Regarding the nuclear issue: No one objects to the civilian use of nuclear energy. The problem is launching full on enrichment program when you don't even have one operational reactor, launching rockets in space and modifying centrifuges that can enrich uranium faster. I'm not even going to mention the secrecy of the allegedly civilian program, including the wholesale destruction of Lavizan facilities once the IAEA got wind of the program.
You're asking people to not say what they have to say because it'll aid to the perceived enemies of Iran (in your mind the no-cons). This is exactly the mindset of the Islamic dictatorship and all othertypes of dictatorship and yes including the Shah's dictatorship.
Neo-Con asset
by Mhairiba (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 01:21 PM PSTI cannot agree more with this. I felt I was writing this article when i was reading it.
Reza Pahlavi and Mojaheding will give anything including their mother and motherland to gain power.
Loss of innocent life is nothing new to Pahlavi dynasty and terrorist group like Mojaheding to achieve satanic goals they seek.
nice...
by someone (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 01:18 PM PSTgreat article.. but I have to disagree with your comment about the Shah and Israel.. The Shah actually cared more about the opinion of the Arab world when he was in power.
Islamist lobby viewpoint
by Fred (not verified) on Sun Feb 10, 2008 01:02 PM PSTIslamist lobby NIAC/CASMII talking about “Iranian nationalists" what is next, Khamenei paying homage Mossadeg?