For quite a long time Iran was under wraps, defeated by Hussein in the 80s after their army was attacked with weapons that literally melted the flesh right off of their bodies. Like an ‘old time religion’ story, fire fell from the sky and the people were terrified, resigned to return home and mind their own business for a while. And so it went for a number of years, with Saddam to the west, under pressure from the rest of the world to prove that he didn’t have any more of the ‘Sodom and Ghamorah’ juice in stock, meanwhile speaking deceptively in ways that made Iranians think he still did. It was this threat that kept Iran under control for about 20 years, and thanks to the United States of America, the monster and his liquid fire are no longer a threat. Listen to the words of our leaders, and you’ll hear them celebrating Iraq’s liberation and the freedom we so graciously rewarded them with in 2003. Knowing how little anyone involved in the planning of this war actually understood these people, their religious, cultural and historical differences, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the southern majority of Shia feel a stronger connection with Iran than the people of their own country. And why should it be any other way? How many mosques have to be blown up before it dawns on them that Sunni-Shiite love is more of a pipe dream than reality? American optimism causes me to rethink this last question, but then I simply remember the number of stories I’ve read in the past few weeks where one side or the other has lined up twenty or so fellow Iraqis and executed each one of them with a gunshot to the head. Shiites awoke a couple days ago to find four of their own, executed with gunshots to the head, then strung up with rope and hung by the neck in the center of town for everyone to wake up and see. Morticians in Baghdad have been threatened with death in recent weeks, saying that if they were to release the number of corpuses delivered to them with gunshot wounds to the head, they’d end up on the pile. And as our ’stay the course’ brain-dead-elite split hairs on what does or does not constitute a ‘civil war’, the heavies back in Iran are sitting back, enjoying translated episodes of Seinfeld, waiting for America’s money to dry up. Of course they’re supplying arms, explosives and forged ballots to Shiites, but those acts are mere drops in the bucket compared with the daily bleeding of 2 billion or so dollars out of the pockets of future generations in America. Clearly, time is Iran’s best friend now, while reality has become the United States’ worst enemy. Likely anticipating air strikes, a special brand of cowardice perfected by America, I’m probably safe in saying that the leaders of Iran could care less whether they come or not. Civilian casualties don’t really matter to either side of this potential conflict, and regardless of who dies or how many, Allah’s bound to remain alive and well for many years to come. And that’s what’s really important here, that in the end everyone’s able to get down on his or her knees and know for a fact that ‘their God’ is pleased. Well, it’s either that or something to do with pipelines and whether or not oil is traded globally in dollars or euros. Buried amongst piles of stories pointing out what everyone already knows, that Iran is insane and the Iraq war is not going well, there was a piece I read that had to do with Iran deciding to trade their oil in euros rather than in dollars. And this is the point where religion, IEDs, dirty money and nukes go right out the window. Because if oil were to be traded in euros rather than dollars all of a sudden, this entire effort, from the shady diplomacy of the 80s, to Desert Storm, to our current situation in Iraq, becomes an undeniable failure all at once. If this possibility hits the mainstream press, and Iran is determined to make such a change, you can nuke up a bag of popcorn and get ready for another instalment of ’shock and awe’. Because push and shove are quickly approaching, and Iran has become much too in love with itself in the past year. Yes, America delivered to them a gift they had once thought only the death of Saddam could produce, and like a new sports car, they’re still out there trying to see how fast it will go before the engine blows. In the meantime, all of us should take some time and consider whether or not we’re comfortable with loving Iran as much as they love us right now.
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Chris,
Are you serious or is this one of those jokes that I seem to miss? I hope it is the latter for if this is a serious post I must beg you to tell me what your sources are-I have to spread this around for a good laugh.
Washington – thanks for spreading my work around!
What specifically are you in need of a source for? I can round up anything needed, as this is all true.
The US invasion of Iraq is the best thing to happen to Iran in a LONG time! They lucked out with this turn of events, and now they’re testing limits, like children, seeing how far they can take this.
The fact that Bush is sending in more troops to Iraq right now tells me that whatever Iran is doing, they’re doing well. Truce is called constantly in Iraq since the mosque bombings, but nobody is standing down. Everyday they’re finding more mass graves full of courpses, shot in the back of the head, execution style.
This is a nightmare for everyone BUT Iran.
Great – could you provide sources that state that the invasion of Iraq is the “best” thing to happen to Iran in a long time? If you could cite, as is customary, three sources on that I would be happy to spread your work around.
Well, that’s the theory that I have, perhaps shared by others, although I haven’t come across it all that much. Washington, how much barganing power did Iran have before the Iraq War? How much scrambling, talking and negotiation took place with Iran over anything then compared to now?
Iran has become a player today primarily because the invasion of Iraq has removed the #1 deterant that had held them back for all these years, Saddam. I’ll assume that you’re well read on the Iran-Iraq war 25 years ago, and understand how it ended. That’s what kept Iran under wraps for all these years. They were crazy, but Saddam was a madman…
Now they are in a position to be the madman, and they’re pushing it as far as they can, testing the limits…meanwhile, doing business with China, Russia and India, at the same time that America is blowing billions daily right next door.
Do you think that China, Russia or India are going to bring them in line? No…in fact, the only country that could have done something like that WAS the United States. But now that we’ve proven to be incapable of invasion and democratization, all we’ve got is bombs.
And nothing would embolden a crazy regime like the one in Iran like a series of bombing missions. Whether it’s done under the authority of the UN or not, it’s something they can live with.
The rest of the world isn’t going to shed a tear over thousands of dead persians, much like they don’t seem to care about thousands of dead arabs or africans.
Iran holds the ‘crazy’ chip, pushing for the ‘madman’ designation, and like most of that part of the world, is still living in the middle ages.
Iran is RELEVANT now, whereas prior to the invasion they weren’t.
That’s a fact!
Washington – Can you approve me for comments on your site that don’t have to go through moderation? I won’t be posting any ads for viagra, and will never use curse words or anything like that.
I’ve been reading everything you’ve posted since having found the Sonicrusk-Shaddow of Diogenes-Deadissue.com ring of power – – – – but I only get small chunks of time that I can use to post comments, and it’s not the same when you can’t see it up right after you post.
Let me know – – – Great blog!
One more thing – – – – what happened to the post that started w/ ‘Leftists hate America’…I posted an ultra sarcastic comment, wanted to match the tone of the post itself, but today I go on to see if anyone responded, and it looks like the entire post just disappeared. Someone decide to shut that one down?
Chris:
You said: What specifically are you in need of a source for? I can round up anything needed, as this is all true.
This is the point I make about emotion trumping reason. If you have no facts you simply create a pet theory. Sad. Okay-you get points for attempting to be original. 🙂
No-I can’t enable comments. I don’t know how now that I have had them disabled. Further, I had them enabled a while back and a person who is a fanatic-like you 🙂 – except from the right sent a bunch of gambling stuff through.
I have approved your comments…not sure which ones you are talking about. Oh-and I am not a prude but profanity is not conducive to civil debate. I don’t trust anyone who can’t make a point without resorting to profanity.
Sometimes profanity is used simply because you start to think of the other bloggers/posters as your buddies, and you are all sitting around BSing.
But maybe it’s because my blog mostly consists of chronicles, yarns, tales. I leave the politics to other folks as I am only concerned with beer, sports, pussy, and gas for my SUV (joke).
Profanity is often used to shock and hide ignorance. It may shock some people but it never fails to reveal ignorance.
Profanity is more of staple in camaraderie.
I agree with both interpretations. Being a military guy, the camradere aspect is something I know to be true. As a blogger, I also know that it’s used to hide ignorance.
As a rule, when I’m on Sonicrusk, all bets are off, but otherwise, I’m G-rated.
When I was in the military I often used language that I would not think of using in a debate. However the camaraderie that we developed was based on long hours spent in dangerous situations-not on language.
It’s simply bad form.
Washington – profanity is not an essential element of being in the military. You can get along just fine talking like W. F. Buckley, although you would probably be ostracized to some extent. Military friendships are based on esprit de corps, shared experiences, and no matter what, a common mission.
I try not to use magnificently crude language at any blog, including my own. But I do swear at times. Sometimes someone is an asshole and not a poopyhead.
Sonic:
I served as well. A common mission does not have to involve profanity. It is the mark of a lack of discipline and self control.
We will just have to disagree.
Profanity is often used for effect. It can hide an ability to think too. It can also close the line of communication.
Speaking for myself…when I was in military intelligence, it wasn’t a big part of the scene. In the infantry batallion…completely different story. From private all the way up to first sergeant, foul language came with the territory.
In fact, coming back home, I had to consciously focus on not swearing around my family.
I posted on a different thread about this Iranian oil bourse before I saw you mention it here.
I’ve read analysts who say it is nonsense, and other analysts say it’s a distinct possibility. I guess I didn’t know much about the global oil markets, and how vulnerable we (the U.S.) are based simply on the currency used for oil transactions. Pretty scary to think our economy could be irreversibly crippled by something so mundane.
Regardless of whether or not Iran is able to create this euro-based oil market, the issue certainly raises the question of how do we maintain global dominance as alternative energy sources are commercialized. It also makes me question the sincerity of ANY U.S. politician who makes claims of the need to work toward alternative energy. Surely they must be aware of our dependence on the petrodollar.
Iran doing that would lead to a series of moves by other nations to better their own situations in response, and the end result would be a worse situation for US economic interests.
Is it a ripple or a tsunami? That’s the where the difference in opinion exists, and there’s certainly a lot of spitballing. Truth is, a lot of opinions you’ll hear one way or the other will coincide with the writer’s personal interests.
My assumption…it wouldn’t create a good situation for the United States at the end of the day.
Intead of continuing to hijack this thread, maybe I’ll continue the profanity discussion at my own blog.
Worth a mention over there, w/ HOAT and Adam able to chime in. I think it’s acceptable in some places, shuned in some and required in the rest.
Chris:
Anyway you could provide the sources you used?