Posted on 03/25/2007 2:48:09 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
DELHI - The head of Iran's Association of Combatant Clerics, Mohammad Khatami, continued Tehran's campaign of deception by visiting Delhi to attend the conference given by the Institute of India. Khatami is the real leader of Iran's foreign policy. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, though he is President, is not a cleric. Clerics have been leading Iran's foreign policy since the Islamic revolution in Iran, 1979, led by the Ayatollah Khomeini. The Council of Guardians, the power behind Iran's government, has permitted a non-cleric to be head of state because they know that before Ahmadinejad's terms end in 2009 the Jihad would have run its course and it will be easier for Iran to make the transition from war to peace with a non-cleric as President.
In the meantime Mohammad Khatami is to continue to perform his role of deceiver, by posing as a moderate. To lead and present the deception the Council found someone photogenic and who smiles a lot. No one can out beam Khatami, except perhaps professional actors, he can turn it off and on like a light, but occasionally, if you watch him closely, flashes of his hatred of the West and India come through. Those are the two main targets of Iran's war effort, the West, Iran's main rival for economic prominence and India as Tehran's way of supporting Pakistan and the people of Kashmir in order to control India's economic future. The India of today under Iran's control tomorrow. The Council basically told Khatami, fool people for as long as you can, but when Iran's foreign policy becomes more obvious your real character will be revealed.
Tehran wants to see if they can repeat Persia's successful invasion of India in the early 18th century. What is now Pakistan was part of Persia then and it was during the invasion Tehran looted a lot of gems, which it added to its collection left over from the first Persian Empire. The collection is part of the Iranian State Treasury housed in the vault of Iran's Central Bank, whose website is linked to Crossfire War. You can view some of the collection by clicking the site's link. Of course, not the entire state treasury has been seen by outsiders, not even by the House of Boucheron, which helped Tehran arrange some of the collection for viewing. The gems are one of the sources of financing for Tehran's foreign policy.
Islamabad has never had this kind of financial support before so of course they are going to take advantage of it, but before the war against India becomes allout the deception campaign continues. Khatami beamed at Delhi when he attended India's Republic Day ceremonies in January 2005. He beamed at the UN when he attended the September 2000 opening in which he spoke and proclaimed 2001 as the year of the dialogue. It was after Iran's 2005 Presidential election that August; Khatami was appointed Head of the Association of Combatant Cleric, as announced on crossfirewar.com, Aug. 8, 2005.
On Nov. 15, that same year, crossfirewar.com reported his passing through Vienna as a continuation of his Dialogue between Civilizations tour. Khatami's theme was "Annihilation", supposedly of weapons of mass destruction, but if he had spoken more candidly he would have said instead annihilation of Vienna and the UN International Atomic Energy Agency based there investigating Iran's nuclear weapons program. Recently Khatami attended the world's leadership conference at Davos, Switzerland, still trying the give the world's decision makers the impression that the issue of Iran's weapons program could be solved peacefully and that relations with the Islamic world as a whole can always be one of mutual cooperation and benefit. Of course in the state of mind behind the beaming he wants to see Switzerland's economic decisions controlled by Iranian banks, Bank Melli for instance, they've had an office in Paris, Avenue Montaigne for nearly a century. One of their bank officers, Albert Hakim, testified 20 years ago in Washington during the Reagan Adminstration's Iran-Contra Scandal, instituting the selling of Washington's foreign policy to Tehran.
So now Khatami is continuing his deceptive presentation in the Jihad's other main target, India. Unfortunately a lot of India's leaderships seems to have fallen for him and don't realize the energy pipeline project from Iran to India, passing through Pakistan, is not really a pipeline of peace, as described last year by Iran Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, but a pipeline of deception.
" The India of today under Iran's control tomorrow. "
Thats real strong stuff whatever the author is smoking.
The desperate conditions in the province are described in the attached editorial from the Kashmiri publication KashmirObserver.com Though Kashmir has often been described as a Paradise on Earth it is deficient in every basic food stable needed to sustain a population: milk, poultry, vegetables.
Lets hear it once again form the leftist media (not the first time we are hearing such BS).
And lets hear it again from our pro-Pak FRiend Tailgunner.................
Much as I wouldn't like to give piffle nobodies like this 'journalist/anal-yst' any importance at all, BS like this could do great damage if it goes unchallenged long enough.
And from the same source:
http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/March07/26/09.htm
"Outgoing American Ambassador Ryan C Crocker believes Pakistan will become a “regional leader” in the years to come, and the current close relationship between the two countries will endure."
Thats a load of crock, your excellency Mr. Crocker.
Our US relationship with Pakistan recently took a step backward. ...an agreement that will not likely be renewed or something like that, IIRC. It could go away in a day. Neither you (GK) nor TJ are really much in favor of keeping Nixon's foolish, old money thing going with Pakistan, IMO. Pakistan has too much going on with Russia and China, and the Pakis aren't even serious enough about cracking down on Taliban spawning activities there. Even the mushy, gooey Brits are breaking it off with Pakistan due to many recent incidents.
"You support Pakistan's energy deals with Iran Gengis,"
Wrong. I support INDIA's energy deal, not Pakistan. If you think your serving my own country's interests.............. well so am I. Too bad you dont like the deal.......but who cares.
"You support Pakistan's energy deals with Iran Gengis,"
Wrong. I support INDIA's energy deal, not Pakistan. If you think your serving my own country's interests.............. well so am I. Too bad you dont like the deal.......but who cares.
"You support Pakistan's energy deals with Iran Gengis,"
Wrong. I support INDIA's energy deal, not Pakistan. If you think your serving my own country's interests.............. well so am I. Too bad you dont like the deal.......but who cares.
Wonder where you stand,by supporting the Pakis who pass on all their new American toys for uncle Mao to inspect & later use against the US??
India under Iran's control-well maybe to the same extent as the US is under the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Atleast India still doesn't build or export M1Abrams & F-15s to the Slammies.
No, India will just be paying for Pakistan's arms purchases from Red China with billions in gas pipeline transit fees.
America's military aid insures that the Pakis get a few more (billion) USD to buy Chinese hardware.
Another point to ponder-US military aid is a reality.Happening since 9/11.OTOH,this India-Iran pipeline is nowhere near getting off the ground,let alone start pumping.India's leaders can be idiots,but they are not suicidal.If anything,they are barking about this pipeline to keep their rivals down & to get a better deal from Uncle Sam on the '123' N-agreement.
Since you are the one who posted this article I would like to ask, do you agree with the authors comment:
"The reason, unfortunately, for Islamabad's eager and desperate acceptance of Tehran's massive military assistance is not only due to the depressed conditions in Jammu-Kashmir as a result of Delhi's oppressive control over the disputed province........ "
An article written by an jerk who doesn't know his lefthand from his right & suffering from selective amnesia.
Iran and Pakistan signed a pricing agreement on January 25 when they decided that the landed price for gas at the Iran-Pakistan border would be $4.93 per mBtu. Now for India to get the gas, it would have to sign a separate deal with Pakistan on the transit fees which would add to the price that India would have to pay. The additional fees would include transit fees to the tune of $800 million and another $100 million to the Pakistan army to guard the pipeline. After the price discount, Iran would still earn $9.5 billion in revenue annually. India will pay $5.768 billion annually to buy 90 million standard cu m per day of gas. India would also pay $1.5 per mBtu both for piping gas through Pakistan and as transit fee to Islamabad. - LINKShow that to your friends, and explain to them why you want to give Pakistan that money and why you think it's a good idea!
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