IRAN: GENERALS WHO FEAR A FIGHT ...(Revolutionary Guard to force Ahmadinejad's ouster ?)

NY Post ^ | June 12, 2007 | Amir Taheri

[IrishMike]

IN Persian mythology, no warrior worth his salt would enter battle before indulging in a good dose of rajaz. Put simply, rajaz translates as boasting.

The term, however, encompasses other meanings. The hero steps into the battlefield, draws his sword, swirls several times and then stops to address the adversary who has likewise taken up position. He might recite an ode recalling the martial deeds of his ancestors. Or he might declaim a satirical sonnet mocking the enemy.

In the modern military lexicon, rajaz functions as psychological warfare. .......................................................

The Guard's commanders prefer a strategy of low-intensity operations and proxy wars against the United States and its regional allies, notably Israel. Shamkhani has described the strategy as one of "bleeding the enemy slowly over a long period."

Low-intensity operations and proxy wars sap the morale of the enemy without giving it a pretext for using its superior military might against the Islamic Republic. There's no guarantee that any full-scale war wouldn't transmute into regime change.

The Guard has a more specific cause for concern. It knows that, in case of a major war, it would be the principal target of U.S. attacks. The Americans could leave the Iranian regular army intact while dismantling the Guard's network of bases and strategic assets. The Guard's destruction could leave the "mullahrchy" defenseless and vulnerable to a power grab by the regular army in alliance with the political opponents of Khomeinism.

[SCHROLL]

If they’re smart and want to spare their country they won’t stop with just I’manutjob. The Mullahs need to go also.

[bmwcyle]

AMEN

[jveritas]

Articles like these is what make the West so deceived by what is going in Iran. There is no real division in the Iranian terrorist regime and the dissenters have no real power. The West always hope for someone from inside to topple the terrorist regime but is not going to happen by itself. A defeat of Iran in Iraq will make the fall of the regime very possible, also a major Air and Naval war with the terrorists mullahs will make this scenario even more feasible.

[IrishMike]

...also a major Air and Naval war with the terrorists mullahs will make this scenario even more feasible.
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The article implies such a scenario.

[Thrownatbirth]

The Guard will continue to meddle in Iraq until dissuaded. A wave of US tactical airstrikes across the border should do that. It will also send the mullahs a message that their uranium enrichment program might be next.

When the Left screams bloody murder at the strike, just point out that Clinton bombed Baghdad for three days for a hell of a lot less.

[jveritas]

The Americans could leave the Iranian regular army intact while dismantling the Guard's network of bases and strategic assets. The Guard's destruction could leave the "mullahrchy" defenseless and vulnerable to a power grab by the regular army in alliance with the political opponents of Khomeinism.

Agree.

[nuconvert]

The IRI’s purpose is to protect the ‘mullahocracy’.(the Revolution) Hence their name. They won’t get rid of them.
That’s what differentiates them from the regular army.

[nuconvert]

I don’t think Amir Taheri is trying to deceive anyone. Though he may not always be right.

[SCHROLL]

I understand that, but getting rid of one guy doesn’t solve the problem which was my point.

[Obadiah]

Agreed. It seems like this is a plant article. The writer seems to be carrying water for some agency. The idea that there is going to be a revolution or a coup in Iran is a State Department pipe dream.

[Badeye]

‘I understand that, but getting rid of one guy doesn’t solve the problem which was my point.’

Oh, I don’t know....getting rid of one guy does make a point all on its own you know. Depending on ‘who’ the guy is.

[humint]

The writer seems to be carrying water for some agency. The idea that there is going to be a revolution or a coup in Iran is a State Department pipe dream.

There's been a noticeable shift in rhetoric from Washington and Tehran. The language has cooled off recently. That's the big picture. This author is trying to explain why in a way that puts the Iranian government in an unfavorable light. He's probably right. The Iranian government has fundamental problems that include - guilt, fear, blame and paranoia. There are factional fissures, rips and shreds throughout the Iranian government but none represents what an American would consider moderate or negotiable. In terms of what our DOS wants, they've made it clear for years. Stability, if it can be achieved through cooler rhetoric, has always been on a DOS wish list. Let's hope they get it. The alternative is unspeakable.

[jveritas]

The alternative is unspeakable.

What do you mean?

[jslade]

This is rajaz.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MyBu4OFPmug

[philled]

The hero steps into the battlefield, draws his sword, swirls several times and then stops to address the adversary who has likewise taken up position. He might recite an ode recalling the martial deeds of his ancestors. Or he might declaim a satirical sonnet mocking the enemy.

Or, he may proclaim:

"Hello, I am Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Now, prepare to die."

[JasonC]

Stability through cooler rhetoric results in a production line making 10-15 nuclear devices a year, several of them passed to terrorists eager to use them against Israel.

That is speakable. It is also preventable. And the diplomats aren't doing anything to prevent it, they are instead furthering it with all their might and main, because they are cowards who can't face the existence of evil enemies. Their psychological makeup, their world view, can't abide it.

That and only that is the problem. The root cause of terrorism is moral cowardice in the west.

[Obadiah]

You are well informed, as evidenced by your insight and analysis.

[Obadiah]

The root cause of terrorism is moral cowardice in the west.

Oh my. You hit it out of the park.

[Son House]

There is no real division in the Iranian terrorist regime and the dissenters have no real power.

Yep.