Comments on: On Iran http://www.yourish.com/2009/06/15/7838 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Michael Lonie http://www.yourish.com/2009/06/15/7838/comment-page-1#comment-36745 Michael Lonie Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:34:23 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=7838#comment-36745 Quite so. The dissidents are projecting their grievances onto him. Perhaps he will be carried along with the flow of the people rebelling against the tyranny of the mullahs. Where is the army? I suppose the mullahs have made sure that only loyal officers are in command positions. Plus the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps gets the best weapons, just like with the SS in Nazi Germany. But if the army units came out for the people they could make things much more hairy for the IRGC and the Basiji. That would be the case in even greater degree if they broke open some armories and armed the university students and other young men. Even if they are better equipped and trained, I doubt the IRGC and its comrades could stand up to a million armed revolutionaries. We're not talking about US Marines and soldiers here. Plus, according to Amir Taheri in his recent book "The Persian Night" there are splits within the IRGC itself. When some see their comrades driven back they might come over to the side of the people. Quite so. The dissidents are projecting their grievances onto him. Perhaps he will be carried along with the flow of the people rebelling against the tyranny of the mullahs.

Where is the army? I suppose the mullahs have made sure that only loyal officers are in command positions. Plus the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps gets the best weapons, just like with the SS in Nazi Germany. But if the army units came out for the people they could make things much more hairy for the IRGC and the Basiji. That would be the case in even greater degree if they broke open some armories and armed the university students and other young men. Even if they are better equipped and trained, I doubt the IRGC and its comrades could stand up to a million armed revolutionaries. We’re not talking about US Marines and soldiers here. Plus, according to Amir Taheri in his recent book “The Persian Night” there are splits within the IRGC itself. When some see their comrades driven back they might come over to the side of the people.

]]> By: chsw http://www.yourish.com/2009/06/15/7838/comment-page-1#comment-36744 chsw Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:10:44 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=7838#comment-36744 The mullahs win either way. This is a dispute among adherents of one mullah-backed candidate (Ahmedinajad) against adherents of another mullah-backed candidate (Mousavi). Do not forget that Mousavi, as Prime Minister in the 1980's, helped found Hezballah and Iran's nuclear weapons program. He is no reform candidate. chsw The mullahs win either way. This is a dispute among adherents of one mullah-backed candidate (Ahmedinajad) against adherents of another mullah-backed candidate (Mousavi). Do not forget that Mousavi, as Prime Minister in the 1980′s, helped found Hezballah and Iran’s nuclear weapons program. He is no reform candidate.

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