tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post6632906655952612605..comments2024-03-18T02:14:50.959-07:00Comments on ADORED BY HORDES: MarcLordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-22891140910519612832007-10-25T13:31:00.000-07:002007-10-25T13:31:00.000-07:00Thank You, Naj!I trust your insight into these mat...Thank You, Naj!<BR/><BR/>I trust your insight into these matters, and am glad for your analyses. It is very hard to get solid intel on Iran.MarcLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-20264115765922008002007-10-25T02:16:00.000-07:002007-10-25T02:16:00.000-07:00oh Thank you!I don't know where i said this, but t...oh Thank you!<BR/><BR/>I don't know where i said this, but the way power politics in iran are contradicting themselves is very amusing:<BR/><BR/>We have a decidedly confrontational and <B>elected</B> civilian president.<BR/><BR/>We have a learned-by-experience trying-to-look-wise-and-calm <B>unelected</B> supreme leader.<BR/><BR/>Iranians have been trying to get rid of the leader figure for 30 years now (they overthrew the shah only to be faced with a supreme leader replacing him!)<BR/><BR/>Now, the crazy president and the unliked leader are at odds with each other. And they <B>both</B> will depend on <B>the people</B> to weigh their support behind them.<BR/><BR/>Their united front, and their willingness to negotiate peaceful resolution is a demonstration of <B>the people's will</B>. We have a saying: fishing from murky waters! Internally the fight between leadership and president's office benefits the people!<BR/>Internationally, it send a message that: "look we have two camps, which one do you want to engage? the pacifist or the confrontational?" and so this "theater" of resignation is pushing the ball in America's court!<BR/><BR/>It's brilliant strategy!<BR/><BR/>So in a way, the government is accommodating the Iranians, but it is leaving the next cruicial move to the US and the neo-conservative cabal!! And in this manner, they also buy themselves international respect!Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.com