First a disclaimer, I’m using Jahanshah Javid, the owner, publisher and editor of this very site Iroon.com and previously the much more successful Iranian dot com, as an example of the quandary some Iranians have put themselves in. Therefore, there is nothing personal against Jahanshah or anyone else with his kind of mindset, this is just an observation, which could be right, wrong or a mixture of both.
I should also add, without suffering an iota of censorship, for well over a decade I’ve been posting blogs and other anti-Islamist fascist contents on this site and previously on Iranian dot come. Well, that is until Jahanshah Javid sold his Iranian dot come site and the new owner immediately started censoring contents. After protesting the practice, I quit contributing anything to that censored site and moved to Iroon.com.
Now to the point of this write-up, exempting the ideologues mostly of the lefty persuasion and Islamists, it would be a safe bet to say if they knew the outcome, many conscientious Iranian freedom seekers who participated in the disastrous Iranian revolution against the authoritarian and yet progressive and reformable monarchy of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, would not have done so.
The problem is, Jahanshah-like Iranians have now cornered themselves in believing this unreformable, warmongering and expansionist monstrous killing machine, which they inadvertently have had a hand in its creation, can be excised without real cost.
That is why they perpetually pin their hopes on any impossibility like reformability of Islamist fascism and after years of failing to see its futility, vehemently oppose any measures, like backbreaking sanctions the kind that emancipated South Africans from the tight grip of the despicable apartheid.
On this New Year lets hope freedom loving Iranians like Jahanshah will soon get to the point of realizing Islamist fascists’ snake oil salesmen promising cure if only you wait it out are just that, snake oils salesmen, say hi to Trita Parsi and his NIAC Lobby.
Lets also hope freedom loving Iranians like Jahanshah will soon get to the point of realizing there is no avoiding the huge upfront investment in all sorts of sacrifices on the road to freedom, every single democracy has paid it.
Happy New Year to all.
Airtight sanctions - which includes oil - a la against the despicable South Africa apartheid, works. U.S. lawmakers speeded it up.
Ps. one has to remember some Iranians are so entwined in their anti-Americanism, which has rendered them unable to free themselves from the outdated anti-imperialism/capitalism dogma.
Wishing you all the best for the new year Fred.
Thanks for writing the only blogs worth reading on this site.
Very well said: ‘Iranians have now cornered themselves in believing this unreformable, warmongering and expansionist monstrous killing machine, which they inadvertently have had a hand in its creation, can be excised without real cost.
That is why they perpetually pin their hopes on any impossibility like reformability of Islamist fascism and after years of failing to see its futility, vehemently oppose any measures,’
I am not sure where the source of your claim is fred , but lately anyone and everyone that i have spoken to and all the trips i have taken to iran, served as strong indications that the majority do not have an iota of affection for anytning IRI has to offer.
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What claim?
"That iranians have cornered themselves into believing that this unreformable, warmongering, killing machine which they inadvertently have had a hand in creating can be excised without real cost."
They know damn too well there is a real cost involved, The fact that you do not see them doing anything about, has a long and totally different story behind it.
This is the entire paragraph, which was partially quoted by you:
The problem is, Jahanshah-like Iranians have now cornered themselves in believing this unreformable, warmongering and expansionist monstrous killing machine, which they inadvertently have had a hand in its creation, can be excised without real cost.
I understand . I read that. Oh and by the way , Skipping One name does not constitute a "partial quote" since the objection was made to the core of your assertion.
Your entire paragraph is based on misinformation. That was my point.
So your intention is there are no Iranian proponents of reforming the Islamist fascism of the type mentioned in the blog?
My intention????
I don't know why you bring up the topic of what my intentions are, But to answer your question, No. Even those who are closely connected know deep down there are no chances for reform and it is go time.
This should have been obvious given the most recent massive fun transfers out of the country and into the pre-existing accounts of many of regime cronies.
Fine, since I'm not prevy to the info you have and do not know what "deep down " others think, I have to quite this back and forth.
Thank you for sharing you opinion and info.
Take care.
Suite yourself.
This was no back and forth. Just asking for "facts" to be states. That is all.
Have a good one.
Partial or full doesn’t matter as it is true, in my experience of eating Cheloo Kabob globally.