Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Mullahs ... wounded bulls in a China shop

Uless you are visiting from another very far-away planet, where even electromagnetic waves take years- mortal years that is- to reach the Earth, it should be abundantly clear that what we are witnessing with the mischiefs brought upon us by the Iranian mullahs are the actions of the proverbial bull in a China shop. See the mullahs for what they are: the maniacal and yes, now wounded, bulls that will toss and turn and in every turn, injur and maim whoever comes into contact with them.

In every instance of internal weakness, the mullahs have lashed externally to achieve a twofold goal: divert attention from their brutality within and intimidate the gullibles without. Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and now perhaps Bahrain are examples- in the latest round of parliamentary elections in Bahrain, the main Shiite opposition group, allied with the mullahs, stood for 17 seats and won 16 of them/out of 40 seats (November 26, 2006).

It is only the "ism" that has changed. Whereas previously it was the "ism" in communism that evoked fear in the West, it is now the "ism" in fundamentalism that brings horror. Where there is a hint of Shiite activism, one would have to imagine a mullah's hand.

The clerical hegemony in Iran began with a non-clerical president- Bani Sadr- and will surely end with another non-clerical despot- Ahmadi-nejad.

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Mr. Baker goes to New York... to meet the mullahs

After more than a month of inactive writing, this is the first post here...

The ubiquitous James Baker, III, the former Secretary of State to Bush 41 and a confident of the Republican establishment, is heading the soon-to-report Iraq Study Group. This is the same group that intends to lay a new roadmap for how to deal with Iraq going forward. One anticipated outcome of ISG report is a recommendation on engaging the Iranian mullahs. In a matter of fact, in September, during the time when the mullahs' president, Mr. Ahmadi-nejad, was giving his keynote address at the UN General Assembly, fresh and confident from his support and patronage of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Mr. Baker was being wined and dined for a good three hours at the "elegant residence of" Mr. Javad Zarif, the mullahs' kingpin at the UN- Washingtonpost, Sunday, November 12, 2006. This, we might add, was not a quickie.

Mr. Baker is quoted in the Post as saying that "he was not negotiating for the United States...,". Negotiating what, we ask? Did anyone suggest that to get the US out of Iraq, requires "negotiating" the future of Iraqi, the future of the Middle East, and the one prize the mullahs want the most: the Iranian resistance based in Iraq? Would we or should we think that ISG remains an honost broker of the Iraq affairs?

The mullahs are the most lethal enemy the US has faced over the last quarter of the century. Its recent adventures in Lebanon and, of course, Iraq should be point reminders that "negotiating" with the mullahs is not only meaningless, but also dangerous. Dangerous to our well being.