Flynt Leverett: Golden Donkey Award

02/21/2011 - 18:58

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Glad you enjoyed the cartoon, folks.

by Ari Siletz on Tue Feb 22, 2011 03:08 PM PST

As Shifteh Ansari says, an analyst being mistaken is one thing, but deliberately distorting reality is a different matter. As for the Leveretts being"Sandis Khor," dunno. Their behavior has the familiar flavor of the old "Kermit Roosevelt" CIA school of thinking, ie. support the least stable regime so it would have to lean on the US to stay in power, the regime leaders slowly becoming addicted to US support and eventually not able to survive without it. The Leveretts will drink IRI Sandis as long as IRI drinks US Coolaid. The couple are probably not olaaghs, as in the cartoon joke; more likely roobaahs.

I love IT!!!

by shushtari on Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:07 PM PST

awesome job!!!

couldn't have said it better myself

I can not stop laughing!

by Roozbeh_Gilani on Tue Feb 22, 2011 06:53 AM PST

Ari's Cartoon is a gem.

The angry outbursts from mamoot bi-mokh's poster boy/girl in broken farsi and the fake commi in "abstract English" are just hillarious!

Thanks Ari, you made my day!

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."

Thanks Ari for a great cartoon

by Anahid Hojjati on Tue Feb 22, 2011 05:18 AM PST

The silver olagh goes to Homoon Majd.

So,

by G. Rahmanian on Tue Feb 22, 2011 04:39 AM PST

It was thanks to AN's populism that he won the presidential elections hands down!

I'd add Golden Parrot too

by Rea on Tue Feb 22, 2011 04:10 AM PST

For the most iritating, the most shrieking male voice of the 21 century.

نو فییر

بت شکن
Tue Feb 22, 2011 03:58 AM PST

اول اینقدر جوش نزن شیرت خشک میشه دوم اینکه اینقدر زور نزن فارسی‌ بنویسی‌ همون انگلیسی‌ رو که خراب میکنی‌ کافیه دیگه فارسی‌ رو تخفیف بده (فارسی نویستم عوض کن بلد نیستی‌ باهاش کار کنی‌).

آره ، واقعاً که......

No Fear
Tue Feb 22, 2011 03:23 AM PST

فقط یک الاغ قدرت تشخیص این مساله رو ندارد که بفهمد وقتی در این دولت مردم میروند پشت در خونه الاغ دیگری مثله هاشمی رفسنجانی که ریاست مجلس خبرگان را در اختیار دارد و میتواند رهبر را عزل کند و همین شخص ریسه مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام هم میباشد و حرفش بالاتر از مجلس مردمی ایران است و فریاد " مرگ بر هاشمی" سر میدهند و نیروی انتظامی ما از این مساله جلوگیری نمیکند ، یعنی چی ؟ جالب اینجاست که این سبزی ها که فریاد دموکراسی میزند از کسی و خانوادهش دفاع میکنند که کلیه پست و مقام حکومتی اش مادام العمر و " انتصابی " است ولی همین سبز های یونجه خور میریزند تو خیابون که یک ریس جمهوری که دوره ریاستش ۴ ساله است و منتخب مردم است به زیر بکشند و همان کاری رو بکنند که با بنی صدر کردند. آخه مگه هر کی بیاد بگه " مرگ بر دیکتاتور " ، یعنی حق با اونه ؟ مگه کورین ؟ مگه یادتون رفته اسلام ناب خمینی چه مزه ای داشت ؟ حالا یکی از دل نیروی نظامی بلند شده ( همون سپاهی که شما ها اونها رو الاغ خطاب میکردید چون روی مین میرفتند و الاغ نمیرفت ) و دست خیلی از این مبلغین اسلام ناب خمینی رو کوتاه کرده و آخوند رو سر جاش نشونده ، حالا به اون میگین " بوزینه" ؟ متاسفانه اینقدر کره خر زیاد شده که همه فکر میکنند در مقابل هر دولتی باید عرعر کرد. واقعاً که...... خر هم مدل انقلابی و چپ گراش ، عرعرش از همه بلند تره .

I like to nominate ...

by Iran Paidar 1st on Tue Feb 22, 2011 02:00 AM PST

I like to nomiate No Fear for this prestigious award. He is truly deserving of this award for all his hard work brownnosing for Rapist Islamic Regime.

The Golden Calf Award goes to...

by comrade on Tue Feb 22, 2011 01:19 AM PST

Whenever we're done with throwing wisecracks at each other, then we might get the opportunity to explore and possibly admit the existence of the huge base support for A.N's populist government which has got intertwined with hardliners on many issues, yet it has been able to demonstrate its distance from the VF on many others.

Furthermore, Egypt today is what Iran was in 79 and absolutely nothing else. Any comparison between the national uprising in Egypt and the Green Movement where Rafsanjani and Co are considered iconic figures is a betrayal to the both nations.

Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.

زرشک؟ واقعاً که......

Majid
Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:30 PM PST

حدّ اقل این «الاغ » ها با اسم و عکس واقعی شون «جفتک» میندازن و در اوج «اقتدار و قدرت» پشت سر یک بوزینهء منفور قایم نمیشن و اسم خودشونو نمیذارن نترس یا بی باک «زرشک!»

زرشک .... !

No Fear
Mon Feb 21, 2011 09:19 PM PST

این جایزه " الاغ جفتک انداز " بیشتر برازنده جنبش سبز است تا کس دیگری. این الاغ ها دوباره وقت انتخابات سرو کلشون پیدا میشه ، یک عرعری میکنن و یک جفتکی میندازن بعدش هیچی. شما هم تو این خرتو خری، امید به این الاغ ها نداشته باشید. اینها خودشون هم نمیدونن چی میخوان و افسارشون دسته یک الاغ دیگری است که فکر میکنه کوسه است. بیخودی هم نمیخاد بگی که گرگ های جمهوری اسلامی پدره این الاغ ها رو دار آورده و صدای عرعرشون رو خفه کرده. اگه این حرف درست بود، گرگ های مصری و تونسی و لیبیایی خیلی از گرگ های جمهوری اسلامی دریده ترن چون خیلی بیشتر الاغ کشتند ولی الاغ های مصری از رو نرفتن و یک صدا عر عر کردن تا طویله شون رو آزاد کردند. توجه داشته باشید که من قصد توهین به هیچ الاغی ندارم ولی انصافن الاغ های ایرونی یک کمی نازک نارنجی تشریف دارند . ولی بجای اذعان داشتن به نازک نارجی بودن الاغ های ایرونی ، همان بهتر است که بگویم اینها فقط بلدند جفتک بندازند. با احترام.

Great work, Ari

by Azadeh Azad on Mon Feb 21, 2011 08:26 PM PST

I guess you've been inspired by the coming Oscar night :-)

Shifteh jan, I totally agree with you: The Leveretts as major "sandis khors" of the international variety . Thank you for this comprehensive description :-)

Cheers,

Azadeh

Hilarious:

by G. Rahmanian on Mon Feb 21, 2011 08:03 PM PST

I'd like to congratulate the Leveretts. I can't think of anyone else who deserves such an honor as much as this couple. Ari, this was fantastic! The donkey kicking reminds me of the Leveretts' logic. I think it should receive the best cartoon-of-the-year award. I know it's only February. But remember, Obama got his Nobel Peace Prize in only six months.

Well deserved, talaee or otherwise

by Bavafa on Mon Feb 21, 2011 07:19 PM PST

Mehrdad

The Leverett couple deserve this award.

by MM on Mon Feb 21, 2011 06:59 PM PST

How about "Peshgel-e Talaee?"

by Shifteh Ansari on Mon Feb 21, 2011 06:50 PM PST

It would be a pity to waste the name of a gentle animal on this guy.

JJ, on principle, I refrain from making accusations against people and their motives when they express opinions which are very distant from the realities on the ground. But I think you are too generous to this guy for saying that he says what he says because he believes in this hallucination. He was actually tame as compared to his wife when she appeared on AlJazeera in 2009, denying that there was a viable protest taking place in Tehran. Don't forget these two "pundits" have actually visited Iran over the recent years and in my book they are considered major "sandis khors" of the international variety. I am sure they are very well-loved by the rulers of the Islamic Republic.

On that note, I might actually withdraw the "Talaee" too. Peshgel itself would be more than they deserve.

hee haw!

by Jahanshah Javid on Mon Feb 21, 2011 06:37 PM PST

The guy deserves it. What a waste of intelligence. If an intelligence officer can't recognize the depth of the Islamic Republic's unpopularity, then... what can I say? He's out of his mind. He appears to care about one thing only: if the U.S. is against a certain government, then it's worth defending.