Internal Struggle in Iran on the Horizon
Keith_Indy on Mar 16 2007 at 2:16 pm | Filed under: Economics, Foreign affairs, Keith's Page
McQ, over at QandO, notices some opposition to Ahmadinejad’s economic and foreign policy. Tie that in with the defections and executions of members of Iran’s military and you have signs of an internal struggle on the horizon.
Perhaps, the pressure, rhetorical, economic, and diplomatic, we’ve kept up is having some effect???
I have little doubt that we are also clandestinely supporting dissident groups in Iran.
And I’m sure Hollywood putting out movies like “300″ which the Iranians feel is “part of a comprehensive U.S. psychological war aimed at Iranian culture”, is certainly helping some too…
OK, maybe not, but wouldn’t it be nice if they were helping.
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That was a badass movie. People forget it was based off a comic book, so it’s exactly a historically fair portrayal. Many of the cool lines were historical though. Such as “then we will fight in the shade”, “…for tonight we dine in hell(hades)”, “Because only Spartan women give birth to real men.”, and the well part, “Earth and water…you’ll find plenty of both down there.”
Opps forgot the most famous one probably, “Come and get them!” Greek: Molon Labe.
I assume you meant to say:
“so it’s not exactly a historically fair portrayal.”
pish posh, a minor typo.
I just wanted to make sure I understood you correctly;^)
[...] As a follow up to my post, I’d suggest reading this article by Michael Young on the recent defections of military officials from Iran. If the U.S. played a role in Asgari’s defection, it will boost morale in Washington after the intelligence debacle in Iraq. The episode shows that there are cracks in the Iranian system, and that these can be exploited by the plethora of intelligence agencies today cooperating against Iran’s expanding influence in the Middle East. At a time when there are unconfirmed reports that the U.S. is involved in clandestine activities in Iran–particularly among the Sunni or Kurdish populations–this kind of breakthrough surely reinforces the value of human intelligence and the advantages of more traditional methods of spycraft. [...]