[Rhodes22-list] Iraq-It Is Still There

[Steven Alm]

There is some hope that Iran is not as big a threat as it seems for the
trouble brewing from within.  This week, with no notice, President
Amadinnerjacket imposed a gas rationing on it's citizens.  Even though Iran
is rich in oil, they have too few refineries to fulfill it's need so they
have to import gasoline.  When the rationing was announced the populace
revolted with rioting, burning gas stations, disrupting ...well, everything.


You don't have to take my word for it, but it's my understanding that the
vast majority of Iranian citizens hate their President.  His approval rating
is lower than W's.  They know he's a scoundrel, a liar, corrupt and evil.
But they're all afraid to speak out for fear of being imprisoned, tortured,
killed, their families too.  As a matter of fact, Iranian citizens are very
moderate, modern, educated and forward-thinking people.  Most of them admire
America and wish they lived here.  I can only back this up with the
anecdotal evidence of Iranians that I have met and talked with here in the
US.  They worry a great deal about their relatives back home.

The point being that I think it's exceptionally good news that the people
have finally risen up in protest of their government.  This may be the start
of something good.

Slim



On 6/28/07, DCLewis1 at aol.com <DCLewis1 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> It's interesting that we're starting to hear more and more about the
> terrible threat Iran poses. To me, the Iranian stories parallel a ramp-up
> in
> internal US propaganda prior to the invasion of Iraq. For example we hear
> that  Iran
> is sending IED materials to Iraq - and that's certainly a terrible  thing.
> Oh, and they have WMD!
>
> Interesting story, I think it appeared in Mondays WSJ, if memory  serves
> it
> was the top story on pg A6, - you will NEVER GUESS who's harboring,
> sponsoring, and supplying terrorists in Iraq that move across the border
> to do  their
> dirty deeds in Iran in an effort to destabilize the Iranian  government.
> Well,
> maybe you would guess.  I've found a related  editorial on the web using
> the
> search terms MeK WSJ, you may find other  material:
>
> _http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2007/06/25/why-iran-us-stand-far-apart/?mod=hpp
> _us_blogs_
> (
> http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2007/06/25/why-iran-us-stand-far-apart/?mod=hpp_us_blogs
> )
>
> It's OK if we send terrorists and explosives into Iran, but it's
> absolutely
> NOT OK  if they do it to us - right?
>
> Seems to me we've got more than our hands full with Iraq (MilBlogger
> optimism about "all the good things happening"
> notwithstanding).  Cordoning  off the
> border to Iran might be a good start, but probing into Iran with
> irregulars/terrorists seems like a good way to enlarge a conflict
> we're  demonstrably not
> winning.  With the ramp-up in internal US propaganda  and our support for
> terrorists/irregulars inside Iran,  I'm a little  concerned that enlarging
> the
> conflict is the name of the neocon game.
>
> You might want to read the article at your lib, if you don't have Mon's
> WSJ
> handy, as I recall it goes into much more detail than the web link.
>
> DaveL
>
>
>
>
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