http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/regimechange/ en-us Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:28:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059557/posts UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States suggested on Sunday that Russia was interested in "regime change" in Georgia after Moscow rejected Tbilisi's offer of a cease-fire in the separatist region of South Ossetia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had told U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the president of Georgia "must go," the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad, told the Security Council. Khalilzad then looked straight at Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin and asked if Moscow was looking for "regime change." Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059557/posts#comment Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:28:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993154/posts Iran’s “Moderates” by Dan Rabkin Friday, March 28, 2008 With US Vice President Dick Cheney wrapping up his 10-day trip to the Middle East, made in part to allay regional fears of a growing Iranian influence, the Iranians themselves are busy preparing for the second round of parliamentary elections to be held in April (the first round was held on March 14th). The results, of course, have been known for a while: the conservatives will continue with their stranglehold on power. But there are still two very important reasons to follow this race. The first is the fact that the... FrontPage Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993154/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:06:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944294/posts Russia Says Iran Needs No Uranium Enrichment December 26, 2007 Ron Popeski/ Reuters MOSCOW -- Russia's delivery of nuclear fuel to the Bushehr power station makes it unnecessary for Iran to pursue its enrichment programme, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Lavrov, interviewed by the Moscow daily Vremya Novostei, also said any suggestion of "regime change" in Tehran had to be ruled out in discussions on verifying Iran's nuclear programme. "We believe that Iran has no economic need to proceed with its programme of uranium enrichment," Lavrov told the daily. "We are trying to persuade... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944294/posts#comment Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:40:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915578/posts Regime Change, Peacefully We must continue to support the Iranian people. October 24, 2007 National Review Online Rick Santorum An effort is underway in Washington to cut the funding for the pro-democracy movement inside Iran authorized last Congress by the Iran Freedom Support Act (IFSA). IFSA authorizes the president to provide financial and political assistance to foreign and domestic individuals, organizations, and entities working for the purpose of supporting and promoting democracy for Iran. In order to receive financial backing, these individuals and groups must support four basic pillars of democracy — freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915578/posts#comment Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:15:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1899338/posts In a green valley nestled between snow-capped peaks in the Kurdish autonomous region of northern Iraq is an armed camp of revolutionaries preparing to overthrow the Islamic Republic of Iran. Men with automatic weapons stand watch on the roofs of the houses. Party flags snap in the wind. Radio and satellite TV stations beam illegal news, commentary, and music into homes and government offices across the border. The compound resembles a small town more than a base, with corner stores, a bakery, and a makeshift hospital stocked with counterfeit medicine. From there the rebels can see for miles around and... Reason http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1899338/posts#comment Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:45:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891537/posts Options on Iran September 05, 2007 The Washington Times Editorial With the Islamist regime in Tehran making clear that it has no intention of complying with U.N. Security Council resolutions on its nuclear weapons program, U.S. policy-makers appear to have yet come up with a clear response (judging from the public record.) Every major American politician, whether Democrat or Republican, says that Iran cannot be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons. President Bush last week stated the case with more urgency than anyone else, describing Iran's actions in Iraq as "murderous" and warning that Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons technology "threatens... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891537/posts#comment Wed, 5 Sep 2007 17:00:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875444/posts KARACHI - A civilian president with the power to handle national security and foreign affairs and a prime minister as chief executive is the new Washington and London formula for regime change in Pakistan. This has been agreed to in principle by President General Pervez Musharraf and former premier Benazir Bhutto, Asia Times Online has confirmed. The arrangement for the United States' key ally in the "war on terror" is intended to lead to a jacking up of the fight against terror with zero tolerance. Asia Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875444/posts#comment Thu, 2 Aug 2007 22:23:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1841979/posts Across the world, a dangerous rumor has spread that could have catastrophic implications. According to legend, Iran's president has threatened to destroy Israel, or, to quote the misquote, "Israel must be wiped off the map." Contrary to popular belief, this statement was never made. On Tuesday, October 25th, 2005 at the Ministry of Interior conference hall in Tehran, newly elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a speech at a program, reportedly attended by thousands, titled "The World Without Zionism." Large posters surrounding him displayed this title prominently in English, obviously for the benefit of the international press. Below the poster's... The Mossadegh Project http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1841979/posts#comment Wed, 30 May 2007 16:47:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832119/posts The latest Presidential National Security Directive names the Islamic Republic of Iran as the greatest threat to international peace, security and stability. That is principally because permitting the foremost state-sponsor of terrorism to acquire nuclear weapons is unthinkable. What has changed from Herman Kahn’s era is that mutual assured destruction (MAD) worked against a rival that defined its interests in this material world. Messrs. Khamenei, Ahmadinejad and many of their cohorts do not. How can assured destruction deter those who glorify self-destruction and call it martyrdom? Just as suicide bombing has changed domestic security policies, dealing with the nuclearization of... Reza Pahlavi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832119/posts#comment Fri, 11 May 2007 18:59:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1822417/posts Iranian Discontent May Well Bring Regime Change by Larry Kelley 04/23/2007 News coming from Iran these days runs the gamut from the specter of the terrorist/rogue state poised to acquire nuclear weapons to the hopeful defection and disappearance of one of its top military men, Gen. Ashgari. [See “Defector Could Be Key to Regime Change in Iran,” by Lt. Gen. Tom McInerney] The media seem to be overwhelmed by this 1938-like moment and not up to the task of reporting a story so multifaceted and so frightening. Perhaps this is because the events assume a fiction-like aura. Missing is one... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1822417/posts#comment Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:21:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1822337/posts TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hard-line president proposed Monday to hold public talks with President Bush on a wide range of issues, without saying whether that included international suspicions of the Iranian nuclear program or allegations of Iranian meddling in Iraq. "Last year, I announced readiness for a televised debate over global issues with his excellency Mr. Bush. And now we announce that I am ready to negotiate with him about bilateral issues as well as regional and international issues," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying on the Web site of Al-Alam, Iran's state-run Arabic satellite television channel. The Iranian leader... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1822337/posts#comment Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:59:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1814748/posts Regime Change or Behavior Change: A false choice. Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests good afternoon. Allow me to express my gratitude for the invitation to be with you today. To many of you whom I know personally, I extend my admiration and respect for the great work you have done over the years. To those I meet for the first time, thank you for letting me have the privilege of getting to know you. The Hudson Institute’s proud tradition of service to world peace includes the great work of those, like Herman Kahn, who dared to “think the unthinkable.” You... His Highness via AntiMullah http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1814748/posts#comment Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:07:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1799726/posts The Way We Dealt with the Soviets Is the Way To Deal with Iran By Michael A. Ledeen Posted: Monday, March 12, 2007 ARTICLES Parliamentary Brief (March 2007) Publication Date: March 9, 2007 Of the many errors committed by Western governments and their intelligence services in the run-up to Operation Iraqi Freedom, none was so grave as a fundamental error of strategic vision: the failure to recognize we would automatically be involved in a regional war, not simply a battle against the regime of Saddam Hussein. We imagined that Afghanistan was secure and that we could deal with Iraq all... AEI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1799726/posts#comment Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:35:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1795258/posts The Wider War MICHAEL LEDEEN March 3, 2007 (excerpt) "We have decided to fight in one place at a time, secure that area, and then move on. That isn't good enough, because it gives our enemies the luxury of attacking us where, when and how they choose. Neither Iraq nor Afghanistan will ever have decent security so long as we only play defense; we have to attack our enemies when we wish, not respond to their initiatives, and their most important operational bases are outside Iraq and Afghanistan." (excerpt) "It doesn't require more boots on the ground or bombing raids.... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1795258/posts#comment Mon, 5 Mar 2007 02:08:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1769468/posts For now, the nutty recommendation of the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group that the United States should engage in direct talks with Syria and Iran appears to have been mooted by events on the ground. U.S. military forces have caught Iran red-handed – twice – over the past few weeks in Iraq, No one can possibly doubt any longer what I and many others have been saying for some time: that Iran is involved on the ground in Iraq and is aiding both Sunni and Shia insurgents in an effort to blow that country apart.  But like all bad ideas in... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1769468/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:32:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1761624/posts Covert US group plots to isolate 'rising' Iran Farah Stockman, Washington January 3, 2007 A SELECT group of US officials has been quietly co-ordinating actions for nearly a year to counter the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, including increasing the military capabilities of Arab allies such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. The group, known as the Iran Syria Policy and Operations Group, is also giving covert help to Iranian dissidents and building international outrage towards Iran by publicising its alleged role in a 1994 terrorist attack in Argentina. Pentagon officials involved with the group intend to... theage.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1761624/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jan 2007 05:46:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1757001/posts The first step toward understanding the Iranian “elections” is that they weren’t. Elections, that is, at least in our common understanding of the term, namely the people vote and the counters count those votes and so we find out what the people want. That’s not what happens in Iran, where both the candidates and the results are determined well in advance of the casting of ballots. Yes, people get mobilized and go to the polls and mark their ballots and put them in the ballot box. But then Groucho comes into play: “I’ve got ballots. And if you don’t like... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1757001/posts#comment Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:23:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1662368/posts Editor, the Tribune: Please read "Overthrow" by Stephen Kinzer. Most Americans think we are the good guys. We know we provide aid to other countries and send millions of dollars when there is a tsunami, volcanic eruption, famine and other catastrophes. We do, but what else have we done to other nations? The book "Overthrow" reports on 14 regime changes the United States has forced on other nations. George W. Bush isn’t the first to overthrow the leader of a sovereign country. Kinzer starts with Hawaii in 1893, when we ousted Queen Liliuokalani so American sugar growers could expand. We... The Columbia, Missouri Daily Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1662368/posts#comment Sat, 8 Jul 2006 15:34:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1661033/posts HAVANA (Reuters) - Two senior Cuban officials charged on Wednesday that a report on the communist nation delivered to the Bush administration's National Security Council amounted to a blueprint for an Iraq-style regime change in the Caribbean. "We are facing a real threat of aggression," National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon said of the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba's report, flashing a draft he said had appeared briefly on the U.S. State Department's web page, to a national television and radio audience. The report, ordered by President George W. Bush and delivered but not made public on Wednesday, focuses... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1661033/posts#comment Thu, 6 Jul 2006 02:32:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1651276/posts The grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini, the inspiration of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, has broken a three-year silence to back the United States military to overthrow the country's clerical regime. Hossein Khomeini's call is all the more startling as he made it from Qom, the spiritual home of Iran's Shia strand of Islam, during an interview to mark the 17th anniversary of the ayatollah's death. "My grandfather's revolution has devoured its children and has strayed from its course," he told Al-Arabiya, an Arabic-language television station. "I lived through the revolution and it called for freedom and democracy - but it has... Telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1651276/posts#comment Sun, 18 Jun 2006 01:45:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1650111/posts Was trolling through truthout for a laugh and came across this analysis by one of their brilliant scholars. Even though I know my history, to have it put down in such a concise manner, I couldn't help but appreciate how the right has always done what is right, even though it wasn't popular. Always thanks to the men and women who serve our country. Please note the comment about the current Iraq situation. Notice he didn't call it regime change. They can't stand the truth at truthout. (1) Regime Change in Iran (1953) the Shah replacing democratically elected Mossadegh; Eisenhower... Ritewingwarrior http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1650111/posts#comment Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:26:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1640804/posts POTOMAC, Maryland (Reuters) - The exiled son of Iran's late shah on Monday called on the Bush administration to put action before rhetoric in ousting Tehran's Islamic regime, which he said has long been the source of global instability. Reza Pahlavi, 45, the eldest son of the late Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, said Iranians are ready to actively oppose the Islamic regime of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but need more than pro-democratic utterances from world leaders like U.S. President George W. Bush. "Fantastic, we love to hear that, motherhood and apple pie," Pahlavi said of Bush's statements that the United States... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1640804/posts#comment Tue, 30 May 2006 21:52:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1624810/posts Reza Pahlavi, son of the late Shah of Iran, told the editors of HUMAN EVENTS last week that in the next two to three months he hopes to finalize the organization of a movement aimed at overthrowing the Islamic regime in Tehran and replacing it with a democratic government. He believes the cause is urgent because of the prospect that Iran may soon develop a nuclear weapon or the U.S. may use military force to preempt that. He hopes to offer a way out of this dilemma: a revolution sparked by massive civil disobedience in which the masses in the... Human Events Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1624810/posts#comment Mon, 1 May 2006 20:31:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619460/posts US and UK Develop Democracy Strategy for Iran April 21, 2006 The Financial Times Guy Dinmore The US and UK are working on a strategy to promote democratic change in Iran, according to officials who see the joint effort as the start of a new phase in the diplomatic campaign to counter the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme without resorting to military intervention. A newly created Iran Syria Operations Group inside the State Department is co-ordinating the work and reporting to Elizabeth Cheney, the senior US official leading democracy promotion in the broader Middle East. “Democracy promotion is a rubric to... Financial Times /iranvajahan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619460/posts#comment Sat, 22 Apr 2006 13:22:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1615385/posts U.S. Seeks a 'Change' in Tehran April 15, 2006 The New York Times Steven R. Weisman WASHINGTON -- As the Bush administration confronts the Tehran government over its suspected nuclear weapons program and its alleged support for terrorism, a newly created office of Iranian affairs in the State Department is poring over applications for a rapidly expanding program to change the political process inside Iran. The project, which is slated to spend $7 million in the current fiscal year, would become many times larger next year if Congress approves a broad request for $85 million that the Bush administration wants... iranvajahan/NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1615385/posts#comment Sat, 15 Apr 2006 02:52:19 GMT