Capt Ayhab

Dear Shepesh ...sepaas gozaram

I just saw a comment that you left for me on one of the threads.

You humbled me and really appreciate you generosity and kindness.

Sepass gozaram 

-YT 

Professor...

....."The  Green Movement in Iran, in my belief, still has the momentum and the energy to follow up on the premise of change. A permanent and lasting change from yolks of Islamic Regime. BUT...... I also believe that that movement might need some time to mature, in order for a strong leader to emerge who can unify and consolidate all the factions, where by the complete change and transformation can take place."

The so called initial leaders of this movement come from the same rotten base that is the Islamic regime. They have had their share of repressive and anti-Iranian behavior in the dark period that marks the reign of this regime. People saw an opportunity to oppose their opressors and got on the Green band wagon. In essence, the so called Green movement in Iran has never had a leader.

If and when there is a "leader", Iranians will have a hard, if not impossible, time to agree who can free them from the current mess our country is in. Anyone, or any form of government that is not of religious leanings will have a bloody time (literally) trying to get established and get a foothold on the country. I am sure that the extremists who benefit from the current Iranian regime's stance will not go quietly into the night knowing what's at stake.

So, not to worry......RP or not, the road ahead for Iran is difficult at best, that is, if Iranians have finally had enough of the religion of the peace and their messengers...............

The lobby to maintain status quo in Iran is sickening.

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IRAN FIRST

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Mr. Mammad

You took the words out of my mouth, I could not agree more with your assertions in respect to Reza Pahlavi's qualification or lack thereof.

Good to see again sir.

-YT 

Mr.'s Mammad, Qioumars

Firstly thanks to you two gentleman and your insightful civilized debate.

Mr. Qioumars, I intend to agree with Mr. Mammad in respect to Mr. Sazegara and his alleged boycott of election, particularly election year of 2004, when due to massive boycott, Ahmadinejad was able to win the election since his hard line supporters did not boycott such.

One more point about Mr. Sazegara, allow me to bring to your attention the finely written and researched article by Connie Bruk of The New Yorker magazine, in which she argues that fact in respect to CIA dn Bush Administration plans of regime change, where they had few [CHALABI's] picked for leadership of transition government in Iran.

Excerpts:

link: //www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/Ne...

[Those who were keen on the Chalabi model-that is, an exile who could supposedly organize and unify the opposition-were looking at Iran
through that prism, too. Conservative think tanks like the American Enterprise Institute and the Washington Institute on Near East Policy "have been looking for a Chalabi," according to Gary Sick, who was the principal White House aide for Iran during the Iranian revolution and is now a
professor at Columbia University. Sick listed prospective Chalabis who have visited one
or both of the institutions over the past several years: Reza Pahlavi; Hussein Khomeini, the grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini; and Mohsen Sazegara, one of the founders of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Sazegara leaped briefly to the forefront of the referendum movement in the fall of
2004, in London. Patrick Clawson, a prominent Washington hard-liner, brought him to the Washington Institute, where he is the research director. The institute is well connected within the Administration and has close
ties to the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, and Sazegara has
been criticized by others in the opposition for his association with it. "Patrick and the Washington Institute have been running screen tests," Sick continued. " 'What do you think of this guy, wouldn't he be good?' They take them to the Council on Foreign Relations to speak, and get their
papers published. But, so far, nobody has passed the test."]

End Excerpts

Best Regards

-YT 

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Dear Maziar, sorry for your losses.

Dear Maziar, I am sorry for your losses.

Reza Pahlavi

is not just the Shah's son, but the grandson of the venerable and towering Reza Shah the Great, who modernized Iran almost singlehandedly in 16 short years. In 1909, while the West had planes, trains and automobiles, Iran got its first bicycle in that year, and it was an import. We owe so much to Reza Shah as a modern nation, so if you're going to use the Shah as a negative for Reza Pahlavi you must be fair and attribute a postitive to him vis-a-vis his grandfather, who was perhaps the greatest king in Iran since Khosroe Parviz, perhaps even Shahpour Sassan I, Nader Shah notwithstanding.

And as far as living off his father's fortunes, a great many politicians today are guilty of this fact, including Senators Bob Casey, former senator Al Gore, and President Kennedy, whose candidacy in the House and the Senate, including the Presidency, were in large part BOUGHT by his fabulously rich bootlegger/shuyster father.

And how many credentials did Akhund Khomeini have when he became Iran's supreme leader or Khamenei? What are Prince Charles' credentials that qualify him to become the constitutional monarch of England, or even Queen Elizabeth herself? What were Jesse Jackson's credentials when he ran for the President of the US? And even though Obama had a law degree and was a Senator for a couple of years, he had absolutely zero executive experience when he became president. What were Putin's credentials by the way? KGB spy? Arnold Schzwartzenneger? An actor, body builder? Senator Al Franken??? An SNL comedian? Jesse Ventura, the former governor of Minnesota? A professional wrestler?

How about Ronald Reagan when he became governor of California? What were his credentials? He had a B.A. degree from Eureka College and nothing else on his resume, other than a bunch of B-movies. And yet, he's hailed as one of the greatest US presidents of all time. Governor Jerry Brown became governor of California primarily because his father was the governor of California. What were Jerry's credentials? What were Ted Kennedy's credentials when he became a US Senator in 1961 at the young age of 32? His father was a Wall Street crook of the first order and a bootlegger during the Great Depression, but Americans still elected his son to the presidency.

But here's the thing, no one here is advocating that Reza Pahlavi should automatically become President or King of Iran one day. His role, if any, would be as a ceremonial monarch, period, if the people would sign up for a parlimentary system, unless he decides to run for president in a republican system. The point is, he should not be forbidden to participate in Iran's political future just because his last name is Pahlavi.

Agha/Aghou/Khajeh/Khanoom/Pessar/Dokhtar AyAye

When you throw accusations with 5 cents questions (in total), be ready to answer your detracors. 

Mammad agha, you're wrong Sazegara was opposed to the idea of boycotting the elections and he begun to support the Greens the day after the coup. You think that writing articles had made you more knowledgeable or intelligent?  Humm. You aren't even a specialist in politics and with just your engineer degree, you cannot even understand that without unity iranians won't simply make it. 

Get intelligent or die trying. 

He is a nobody if not a Pahlavi

Reza Pahlavi's supporters keep saying that he is not responsible for his father's crimes.

True, but with one caveat:

The only reason that RP is even talked about is that he is Shah's son. Otherwise, he is a man an unimpressive as they come, with absolutely no accomplishment whatsoever. Other than being Shah's son, there is absolutely positively no reason to even mention him.

(a) He has only a BS degree from USC in Los Angeles, presumably obtained through correspondence (there is no record of him attending any class at USC; trust me on this).

(b) He has lived off the fortune that his father left him. I won't even get into how his father made the fortune.

(c) He has not worked seriously for one day, other than meeting with his financial advisors to see where the investments are and how they are doing.

(d) Of his nearly 50 years of age, he has lived outside Iran for 32 years. He does not have the foggiest idea about how the society has changed. I know he and his supporters dispute this, but the fact is that he has not been in Iran for 32 years, and the Iranians in the Diaspora with whom he has associated are not reprersentative of the true Iranian society in Iran.

(e) He has no notable accomplisment of any kind. I dare anyone to point to one credible one.

So, he cannot use his connection to the Pahlavis as a cover, but avoid confrontuing the Pahlavis' crimes.

Yes, as a citizen of Iran RP is entitled to his opinion. Yes, it is great that he speaks out. But a national leader? Come on! Iranians deserve much better than him.

As for his democratic credential, aside from refusing to level with the Iranian people regarding his father's crimes and the anti-Iran coup of 1953, people like me believe him when he does a few things:

(a) Condemn the monarchist dogs on satellite TVs who, in his name, constantly bark and attack everyone who is not a monarchist, and declare that he has no spokesman but himself.

(b) Stop giving speeches to some of the most right-wing Jewish organizations in the US, such as Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, and neocon groups.

RP and Mohsen Sazegara were opposed to voting (that is fine with me; voting is a personal decision). But, once the voting took place and the Green Movement gathered strength, they jumped on the bandwagon to ride the Green wave to power. Iranians in Iran are smarter than that!

A while ago, RP's propaganda chief, Dariush Kadivar, said that people like me hate RP. Trust me DK: RP is not important enough in my book to be hated or liked.

Mammad

No, Ayhab

You just don't have any answers, pal. Ayhab writes, "You were invited OUT of this thread due to the fact that I deem you as a troll"

Who are you to "deem" me anything, pal? Do you see how polluted your mind is? Why don't you answer Ms. Rusta's or my questions? Why? Because you have no answers! All you have is hatred and oghdeh! "I deem you..." You're laughable, man.

Laughable! 

I asked you a simple question, i.e., how do you know that Reza Pahlavi is a "tyrannical Shah wanna-be?" That's a serious charge! If you're going to hurl baseless accusations, you should be held accountable. Be honest, Ayhab! You're a hater with an Oghdeh complex.  No, you don't have any answers, so you "deem" me a troll and cast me off to Siberia!

PATHETIC!

Ms. Rusta

I have admitted that you are a brilliant woman, but let us not to fall in the folly of answering a question with another question....

May I cheshmak you? [WINK]

-YT 

If I can be of assistance?

Here are my suggestions Captain:

#1: what qualifications would you need to see?

#2: Shahryar Ahy is no longer on RP's team and not his rep.

#3: why do you seriously doubt his democratic credentials?

#4: he is not accountable for his father's deeds

#5: boycott of elections should not exclude one from condemning the violence that ensued.

#: can't help you with this one 

FR

Ms Free. Please stop trolling and spamming

Seems to me that you are having a very hard time of comprehension and understanding.....

You were invited OUT of this thread due to the fact that I deem you as a troll and a spammer.

So, would you kindly REMOVE yourself from trolling and spamming my blog?

Your cooperation and NON participation in my blogs are highly appreciated.

-YT 

P/S khastam kardan ina ahhhhhhh

Ayhab

Stop with the obfuscation, pal. Answer my simple question as you whine about the need for a civil, honest debate. Again, how do you know that Reza Pahlavi is a "tyrannical Shah wanna be"???

You see, Mr. Oghdeh, how can we have an "honest" discussion when you hurl these sorts of baseless, ridiculous accusations? Ayhab, you're not an honest broker for any honest discussions.  Don't you get it, pal? To have a truly honest discussion, we would need an honest person on the other side, which you CLEARLY are NOT!

Now please, invite yourself back into your oghdeh cave and stay there until you shed your oghdeh complex and grow an honest bone so we can have an honest discussion about the future of Iran. 

Again, it's a simple question: how do you know that Reza Pahlavi is a "tyrannical Shah wanna be"??? Where have you seen traces of tyranny in his speeches or writings?

Ms. Rusta

Then help me base it on right assumption... No sarcasm is intended.

-YT 

Re Post...........

by user profile.">capt_ayhab
03-Apr-2010

I just had the privilege of reading a blog by one of the most civil,
well organized, kind and truly patriotic contributors in this site. I am
referring to Ms. Mehrban and her title called [Driving wedges in the
secular ranks]

As I was placing a comment on her beautiful writing I started thinking[I
know  - not becoming of me] and here is how it went in my mind:

Yes, IR been working very hard in driving the all mighty wedge
between the opposition, BUT we can not ignore the fact that opposition,
particularly abroad, is headless [leaderless].

The  Green Movement in Iran, in my belief, still has the momentum and
the energy to follow up on the premise of change. A permanent and
lasting change from yolks of Islamic Regime.
BUT...... I also believe that that movement might need some time to
mature, in order for a strong leader to emerge who can unify and
consolidate all the factions, where by the complete change and
transformation can take place.

NOW...........

With considering the facts above, and  at the expense of few dozen
uninvited attack, I have few questions for his majesty to be: 

Question #1: Does this gentleman has ANY, NONE or ALL of the
qualification that it takes to consolidate a movement[revolution] of
this magnitude? Why or why not??

Question #2: Why and why not it is considered blasphemy by all of his
devout followers including  characters such as Mr. Ahy  to question and
or criticize the borne into man of no accomplishment?

Question #3: If[which I doubt very seriously] Mr. Pahlavi is a proponent
of democracy, which has embedded in its roots, freedom of speech, and
right to question a person of authority, why is it that his cronies are
hellbent in silencing anything that might be of any offense to this
person of no accomplishment?[Be jegheye ishum bar bokhoreh?]

Question #4: Why and why not this person Reza Pahlavi, , who sets claim
to 3000 year old heritage of Cyrus and Xerxes, who allegedly is a
advocate of human rights is yet to go on records in condemning action of
his father, who is the sole responsible, ineffective, tyrannical,
treasonous, 3 times fugitive in the face of adversaries, man who pledged
his soul to kinds of Nixon, Carter and Kissinger, man who did not have
the guts to stand and defend the people, man who ……………………….

Question #5: Mr. Reza Pahlavi…… Who do you serve? Why is it that you
boycott elections and once street fights breakout between our brave
youth and Baseeji militia, all of sudden you find a microphone to
regurgitate your repetitious talking point?

Question #6: How stupid do you really think Iranians who are sacrificing
day in and day out are? As stupid as You dude?.............. I beg the
differ, no one can beat you buddy.

-YT 

Free

Free jan,

I politely invited you and your Shahi attitude back to your manghal and vafoor.

Obviously you and your FREE of logic and reasoning mind are not receptive to dis-invitation.

Free, free this blog of your uneducated and  name calling comments. Educated people have no tolerance for your kind of baseless Shah Bazi and arbadeh keshi around here. If you can not conduct CIVILIZED debate..... please remove your being from this blog.

That one I hope you can understand, since you are used to be invited OUT

-YT 

Are you really surprised Captain? What did you expect?

An actual conversation that was focused on this fool Pahlavi?? DREAM ON dream until your dreams come true (why did aerosmith break up?).

I didn't have high hopes, but I was looking forward to the results. You cannot have a discussion with people who are robots for moftarchy. They have a knee jerk reaction to attack you for even asking questions about RP or being suspicious of him (don't you wish people had been more suspicious of the mullahs?!).

Anyway my dear. I wish you a happy easter.  

P.S. I recommend eroonman's last comment in his "will rule for food" blog. There's someone with some sense.

Ayhab, you're a professional FRAUD

Ayhab writes: "oppps sorry, that stupid concept is for a democratically minded person and not a tryranical Shah wanna be like  Reza Khan koochoolo]."

You're such a hypocrite, as I, too, agree with Ms. Rusta, that you, yourself, are one of the most divisive and hateful characters on this site, and here you are preaching against hating, when you, YOU, have made it an art form on many of your postings.

How do you know that Reza Pahlavi is a "tyrannical Shah wanna be"??? HOW do you know this, Ayhab???? Where in his writings or speeches have you EVER seen traces of this "tyrannical" quality??? Or are you just farting in the wind as this is the only thing you're qualified to do, as you have absolutely zero intellect?

See, this is where you true haters give yourself away. You former communists, bache mullahs and haters (with an oghdeh complex) can't hide your hatred for very long, and ultimately, it seeps through your dim-witted intellect, because at the end of the day, you're nothing more than an irrational hater, and a reactionary one at that, which sadly makes you natural bedfellows with our reactionary mullahs.

Like I said, in the final analysis, either out of true "oghdeh" or bafoonery or stale ideology, you people would rather have the rapist, thieving mullahs stay in power for another 30 years in Iran (while you live in the lap of freedom in Europe or America) rather than give someone like Reza Pahlavi a chance (even though Reza Pahlavi has never committed a single crime against the Iranian nation).

And for that, you're part of the problem, not solution.

Dear Captain

In my bookyou have every right to ask any question you may wish to ask but please do not expect an answer to all your questions. It is illogical to expect an answer to a question which may not be based on right assumptions. Besides, we cannot expect politicans to fully expose themselves to the public as none of the American politicans do. But it is reasonable to expect Mr Pahlavi to attend a phone in program or a televized Q and A program with a selected number of journalists and members of the public. This will have to happen eventually and may be the ultimate test of his sincerety. He may not be ready for this test yet but I agree that there is no escaping it.

FR

Master Maziar

Bedune Eghragh.........

I do read as many as your comment as I possibly can.  For one reason and one reason alone..... I have sensed pain in your writings, and I do hope that you are given the power and perseverance so you and your family can withstand all that pain.

Please let me tell you what I think of that 8 years of bloodiest war in the history of human being. IF it was not for sacrifice of young men like your brother, and many many young brave souls like him, we would not be having this conversation now. We would be another Iraq.

Our entire nation owes debt of gratitude to people like you, your brother and my brother in law for keeping our boarder like they were. Regardless of what political ideology we may differ on.

-YT 

Ms. Rusta

Then let us have HIM here

Ms. Rusta, eloquent and classy  as ever.

Then I hereby invite Mr. Pahlavi, for a debate right here and right now on his qualifications........ Unless he finds this inquiring citizen not worthy of that majestic[lol] presence.

Unless his majesty is busy with Faux news lectures?

Unless his majesty is taking a nap, like he has been in past 31 years.

Unless his majesty is way too busy getting instructions from his bosses in Likud and AIPAC.

Unless his majesty  does not believe in the fundamental right of a citizen to ask questions and get an answer[ oppps sorry, that stupid concept is for a democratically minded person and not a tryranical Shah wanna be like  Reza Khan koochoolo].

Request:Stale clip of glorified[masalan] Shah era accomplishments, including all the  clips of Farokhzad and Googoosh,  are not  permitted in this blog Pauleeeez...

-YT 

capt.......

where is my answere ?

I'm not angry ,who is qualified in your humble opinion to lead us to a FREE IRAN ?

RAJAVI,MOSSAVI, KARROUBI,mojtaba......

are not an option.    chokh mamnoon bayram      Maziar

Mr. Ms. ناتور دشت

You noted, which I could not agree more with....[But don't forget one thing: Agendas cannot survive on ideals only; they
need executor(s). The monarchists think, or hope that, they have one.]

Mine? Simple........... Fighting and sacrificing boys and girls, in the streets of Iran, in the prisons, in the universities, in the high schools, in the kindergarten. Sooner rather than later a true leader, leader who is seasoned, who has sacrificed, who has fought, who has seen blood of fighter grow to become a  tulip, who has been beaten, brutalized beyond any ones comprehension, particularly some one like Reza Pahlavi.

Tell me, would support my candidate? or are you willing to convince me that I should support yours, a man of NO accomplishment, a man with silver spoon in his mouth, a man who was taken advantage of by a charlatan, a man who lost nearly all the hard earned[LOL] money his father left him, a man who can only repeat what is GIVEN to him to read, a man who, after 32 year abroad can not even speak the language with clarity.......... I can go on..

Again, I thank you for your civility

-YT 

Remember: You called me

Sir,

Before answering your question, and furthering our discussion let me take a load off my meagre mind. We, my friend, had a fallout on the subject of gays when I insisted on my opinion in a rather rude manner some time ago. Naatooré Dasht is the Persian title for the book "The Catcher In The Rye", where the main character "Holden Caufield" lived, who was later martyred by our beloved JJ The Butcher.

Now, why am I confiding my life story with you? Because my honesty is as important to me as your being Azeri seemingly is to you; otherwise what kind of difference does it make where you are from? But it's a personal thing for you, and you tend to bring it up every once in a while. Good for you, stay Azeri. I have Azeri family members, and friends; all good people until they outnumber non-Azeris, and start talking in their own language!!

Now, on the boring subject of Reza Pahlavi: If one is not a monarchist, (s)he should not be concerned about his qualifications, or lack of which. Simply leave that choice to that crowd, and start constructing your own agenda.

But don't forget one thing: Agendas cannot survive on ideals only; they need executor(s). The monarchists think, or hope that, they have one.

Who is yours? 

With Respect.

Guys calm down please!

I didn't want to get involved in this blog primarily because the title question is addressed to the "Shazdeh Parasts" and even though I consider myself as a supporter of secular/democratic/parliamentary/constitutional/.../ monarchy, I am not into anybody's worship. I am also sure the Prince himself does not wish to be worshipped by any one. Moreover, the blog's author, Captain, is not as intolerant as he may seem to be. My background with Captain is that he can be, at times, over reacting but in general he is a rational person and tolerant of rational opinion with which he may disagree. And as for Marge, he should never be taken seriously. He never takes himself seriously (hence the blue hair). His main grudge against the Pahlavis is why they didn't kill Khomeini and his supporters so Marge and his family could continue with their business as usual. You can't be more joking than this could you?

I have come to realize that some of us tend to make a number of unwarranted assumptions and base our arguments on these assumption. For example, do we have any reasonable evidence that Reza Pahlavi, assuming that he is not going to be voted in as a constitutional monarch, is going to be an undemocratic leader? He has not said or done anything to suggest that he is going to be anything other than a democractic politician. But this should not be the main question, The principal question must be if in a post Islamic republic Iran, the people are able to maintain a robust, self-regulating democracy in which any politician, be it Reza Pahlavi or Maryam Rajavi, cannot step over the boundaries of the democratic system even if they want to.

Until we cannot and are not ready to install such a people-centred system, all other question are pointless.    

FR

"Free" = Fred/Fraud is that you?!

Another one pops up to talk about communism and sex. Yes I'm awful and terrible and you should continue to say awful things about me since I think this Pahlavi is a moron like his father. 

I'm sorry for you that you have to attack me because of my views. Used to it with the monarchists who worship this clown Pahlavi like he's the Pope. Enjoy him. He's all yours. Maybe he can hire some of you to hold the tissue boxes next time.

Captain I swear I don't mean anything else by that.

These people waste so much time intimidating and spewing hate toward others who disagree that I really think it speaks for itself what this moron nimPahlavi has to offer us. 

Mwah,

Marge 

Mr. yada yada yada

You said[Reza Pahlavi is THE BEST option for Iran.]

Why?

And please [Because] is not an answer, nor is it[I say so].

Thanks

-YT 

P/S look like Mr. yada yada did not pay his subscription, hence account closed.

Mr. Ms. ناتور دشت

You sir seem to be the most civil and logical. 

This thread is not about anyone else BUT Reza Pahlavi with certain specific questions addressed to him. 

Can you kindly help this humble Azeri find some answers, then if you like I would be more than happy to pen another article in which we can discuss possible[CHALABI's], opps , I mean candidates. 

Thanks for your civility

-YT , you and his suporters, i.e Mr. Free and such used that word.

MEDHI = Emam Zaman

Agho farmodand:

Ayhab sounds very arabic name like HAMAD, SAGHAR, BAKAR & etc

And your name[MEHDI] is pure Parsi, mage na?Let me guess,name of son of Xerxes?

You and reality/knowledge are not good friends are you?

-YT 

P/S lol