Will the real Iran deal please stand up?
The true head of Iran speaks. And what a great negotiating partner he is:
Khamenei accused the Obama administration of “lying” about the proposed terms, being “deceptive,” and having “devilish” intentions, according to multiple published accounts of his speech, as well as posts on his official Twitter feed.
Khamenei also disputed the key terms Obama administration officials have said were agreed upon in principle. Economic sanctions will not be phased out once Iran’s compliance has been “verified,” according to the Ayatollah. Instead, Khamenei said that if the U.S. wants a deal, then all sanctions must be dropped as soon as the agreement is finalized. Khamenei also put strict limits on the reach of the inspectors who would be tasked with this verification process in the first place.
What contempt they must have for Obama. Reminds me of the contempt their predecessors had for Carter, only more so.
I wrote “predecessors” in the previous sentence, but actually Khamenei represents an unbroken link to his predecessor Khomeini and was his right-hand man and became Iran’s president under him in 1981. We’re not talking ancient history, after all; the revolution was in 1979. Under Khameini/Khomeini rule the Iran/Iraq War occurred, and the regime also murdered thousands of internal opponents. Khomeini was really in charge at the time, but Khamenei seems to have been on board, too, with the exception of disagreeing with Khomeini about whether to take the war into Iraqi territory after the Iraqi forces were driven from Iran.
People keep talking about what Rouhani wants and what Rouhani intends, but very few people seem to think Rouhani has the real power, anymore than one of his most liberal and conciliatory predecessors, Khatami, did (yeah, I know the names are confusing).
Obama, of course, has his own reasons for denying these realities. Meanwhile, it becomes ever more clear that right now the “Iran deal” is not just a bad deal or a good deal or an in-between deal but a Potemkin deal: a hollow false-front, meant to impress but having no reality behind it.
Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp’d tow’rs, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.
[NOTE: Here’s what I wrote on the day of the deal announcement:
My prediction, for what it’s worth: a big to-do will be made about the historic deal. But this is a cover for the fact that no real agreement was reached. Both sides have a huge interest in convincing their own public that they won great concessions and that the talks have been a success. They will be described that way by both sides, as will any agreement in June, if it is reached. Nothing important will be done to effectively stop Iran…
See also this.
I would actually prefer that the deal be a good one. I’d prefer that Iran had suddenly seen the point of joining the community of nations as a respectful, rational, thoughtful, non-aggressive player. I see no reason to believe it has.]
It is all about the Mahdi’s return.
Whatever a damn Mahdi is….
Inmates and staff fraternizing … What could possibly go wrong?
The Boston strangler having the run of the prison comes to mind.
I blame the twice voters …
g6loq…
The 2012 effort was stolen/ morphed by Google; hacked to death as it were.
Florida and Ohio and Pennsylvania were all hacked into the (D) column … and much more.
Ayatollah Soetoro believes in elections, Tehran style… which happens to be Chicago style.
The Iranian have contempt for Obama because Obama behaves contemptibly. They know he’s weak. That’s one advantage they have over most of the media.
I have to wonder about people like Obama and Carter. Do they not realize that people like the Government of Iran (or Putin) see their actions as weakness?
I think that *Mahdi* story is a effort by
Mohammed to imitate the Bible’s book of revelation.
Back when he devised Islam Mohammed wanted to appeal to all current religions which is why he has reverent remarks about Christ being a prophet & also mentioning the Virgin Mary respectfully as the Christians that far back were
known lovingly devoted to the mother of Christ.
He was even inclusive with Jews since he demanded abstaining from pork (within Islam) & also
circumcision is to be carried out.
Neo – I lived in Iran a number of years ago and I can tell you one thing – you do not want to negotiate with Iranians. They have been screwing tourists for over 2,000 years. It is an art form for them and is bred into their genes. If you want an interesting experience, go to Shiraz or Isfahan and try to get a “good deal” on a Persian carpet! Putting John Kerry and Wendy Sherman (didn’t she mess up the last negotiations with them?) in the same room with Rouhani is a joke. Trying to say what was agreed to without a signed agreement is lunacy. But then, why would you expect anything better from Alinsky Incorporated?
nkbay99 Says:
April 10th, 2015 at 4:26 pm
… lunacy…
Does this bring back memories?
Obama/Kerry and al are fraternizing with the inmates … what could possibly go wrong?
“I’d prefer that Iran had suddenly seen the point of joining the community of nations as a respectful, rational, thoughtful, non-aggressive player.”
These are religious fundamentalists, profoundly devout fanatics whose ideology is violently expansionist and totalitarian in nature. Islam’s foundational precepts cannot be reconciled with any other religion and are unalterably opposed to America’s “right to life, liberty and the [individually determined] pursuit of happiness”.
}}} What contempt they must have for Obama. Reminds me of the contempt their predecessors had for Carter, only more so.
I am on record as saying that if Obama got elected, that the current generation would experience the mound of useless jello that was the Carter Administration. I am, unfortunately, getting proven right.
The only good thing to come of this is another generation of Reagan Republicans and Libertarians. Lets hope they aren’t too late.
Who do you believe?
The cool dude who said, “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.”
Or the raghead who has been consistently chanting, “Death to America,” since 1979.
Kerry has no people skills whatever, he says bizzare things all the time. How can negotiations be conducted when you have these *odd individuals* (Kerry & the woman negotiator) who are on different wave length from normal people. And there is a *language barrier* to boot. Boston Herald writer Carr recently had a column about Kerry’s comment at a toney eatery
on the Cape or Martha’s Vineyard, where Kerry
*speculated* ( to dining companions) THAT
perhaps the ISIS terrorists & other ME terrorists
were that way because….. they have no ability to
go to a fine eating establishment such as the one
Kerry was experiencing !!!???
So in John Kerry’s mind we could rid the world of
terrorism if nasty people could eat harcots vert &
foie gras. And this man is negotiating ! Oy Vay