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2009-07-09 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Anonymoose 2009-07-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 And all the while, Israel is moving towards action against Iran's nuke ambition.

Posted by Don Vito Crolutle2068 2009-07-09 08:08|| 2009-07-09 08:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Instead they will use their positions in the organs of state to make it hard for the supreme leader and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to govern.

If this is true, then these people are morons, and the Khameneis and Ahmadinejad will cut them off from each other, isolate them, and kill them one by one.

But I rather think that this report smells of clever fiction. A distinct aroma of improbable omniscience, if you will.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-07-09 12:20|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-07-09 12:20|| Front Page Top

#3 I should probably elaborate on *why* they're morons. Because if you hold back from publicly attacking the coup for fear of undermining your country's security, while doing all you can to undermine the existing government & its ability to govern, then you've traded the appearance of security for the substance of actual insecurity. It's utterly foolish from the vantage point of a loyal Iranian Islamist.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-07-09 12:23|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-07-09 12:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Mitch,
It looks like it's all about money.

Khamenei would like his second son, Mojtaba Khamenei, to succeed him. Mojtaba does not have a strong public political profile. Most reports say that he is not known as a particularly sharp Islamic jurist, and he does not hold the rank of ayatollah. What Mojtaba does have: the full support of his father, and a high position in the Revolutionary Guards.

under Ahmadinejad's presidency, the Revolutionary Guards have gained increasing control over the economy and the country as a whole. Under former President Khatami, 3 of 21 cabinet posts were held by men with ties to the Revolutionary Guard. In Ahmadinejad's cabinet, 13 posts are held by former Guard or Basij commanders. By controlling government bids, contracts, and tariffs, particularly in the oil and gas sector, they've managed to siphon billions into private accounts. Some have suggested that the sharp anti-British response by the Iranian government was due to Britain's freezing over $1 billion in Iranian assets, much of which belonged to high ranking Guardsmen.

The re-election of Ahmadinejad is critical to both Khamenei's succession and the Revolutionary Guard's continued looting of the Iranian economy. Ahmadinejad would continue to serve as a front-man for the operation -- in return for fixing his re-election, he would support Mojtaba's succession, and allow the Guard to continue its crooked deals. If Mousavi were elected, both of these projects might be stopped.

Posted by Frozen Al 2009-07-09 14:09|| 2009-07-09 14:09|| Front Page Top

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