Freedom is Near - !!!! FREE IRAN!!!!
I would like to see a counter-reaction by the Iraqi Shiites against Iran for being behind the outrages done to the Mosque of Ali that spreads into Iran.
From a Tommy Franks interview with Hugh Hewitt on Iran:
HH: "Do you expect a confrontation with Iran in the next couple of years, and if so, any doubt in your mind about how that would go?"
TF: "There is no doubt how it would go. I don't know whether to expect it or not. I personally hope not, but on the other hand, hope is not a method, as you and I both know. One thing that I do believe very firmly is that the world is a better place, a safer place, and so is our country, because Saddam Hussein is no longer in Iraq, at least in charge, and the Taliban are no longer in charge in Afghanistan because what happens is, when a sanctuary is created, the bad guys --the terrorists-- can operate out of the sanctuary. If we don't see that happening in Iran, we should be very, very thoughtful before we do something. If we do see that happening in Iran, I am afraid we will have to take care of it, Hugh."
HH: "Did you see it happening on your watch?"
TF: "I hope not."
HH: "But I mean, did you see evidence that Al Qaeda was coming across the border from Afghanistan, after the Afghanistan war?"
TF: "You talking about into Iran?"
HH: "Yes."
TF: "Yes. Yes. But what we have seen is transitory, we have seen transits, but I don't think we have seen the staging of Al Qaeda out of Iran."
Hmmm. It doesn't take much guesswork to puzzle out what the opinion of General Franks is about what the automatic reaction to the presence of Al Qaeda in Iran ought to be, which I believe would apply equally to any known terrorist groups found to be operating there. Those are the realities of the post 9/11 world, realities not well suited to a waffler like Kerry.
"The Iranian population — which is essentially more Persian in orientation than Muslim in the Arab sense — was ready to revolt against the Khomeini Administration in 1982, when the clerics launched the attack on Iraq."
Huh? Saddam attacked Iran.
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I've expressed so many of Mr. Copely's ideas myself. He's absolutely right that the mullahs are trying to bait us, and that taking the bait would result in Iranians uniting with the regime.
The problem lies in the timing of the regime acquiring nukes. He doesn't really address this. We can sit back and let the Iranian people fight this out themselves, but we can't wait years. This is why it's essential that we give the Iranians the financial backing and any support they need to pull this off SOON.
I hope you're right that "we have ops all throughout Iran that have been working with Iranian people and you can also be sure that many within the Iranian theocracy are already on the US payroll."
The longer the mullahs are allowed to pull the strings, the worse our chances are of seeing a free Iran anytime in the near future.