tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post114736495164256599..comments2023-09-05T08:21:27.204-06:00Comments on Serving the People of Iraq: Positive Developments for IranFrank Stahelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-1147872322114232242006-05-17T07:25:00.000-06:002006-05-17T07:25:00.000-06:00Elizabeth,Define hypocritical. Do you mean in the...Elizabeth,<BR/><BR/>Define hypocritical. Do you mean in the current situation, or are you referring to past hypocrisies such as you cited in your comments on "Iraqi Constitution and Sharia"?Frank Stahelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-1147829365057616112006-05-16T19:29:00.000-06:002006-05-16T19:29:00.000-06:00But why would that work? Other people pointing out...But why would that work? Other people pointing out that the U.S. is hypocritical never stopped us before..Anne Rettenberg LCSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08924529514196589677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-1147576253021718362006-05-13T21:10:00.000-06:002006-05-13T21:10:00.000-06:00Elizabeth, we are really turning the heat up on th...Elizabeth, we are really turning the heat up on the mullahs and are pushing for UN Security Council Resolutions and sanctions on the Iranian Mullahcracy. They always try to pull something along these lines when we're close to success so we'll back off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-1147573258727537452006-05-13T20:20:00.000-06:002006-05-13T20:20:00.000-06:00Ok; I read the letter (most of it anyway). I don't...Ok; I read the letter (most of it anyway). I don't know why Ahmadinejad wrote it. Actually the letter does not seem to have very many ideas at all. It is mainly a brief history of some events of the past several decades, with some religious sermonizing thrown in. It may be an attempt to steer people to religion as you have theorized. Why the President of Iran would spend time doing this though...more likely it is an attempt to embarrass/discredit Bush, and perhaps the U.S. government in general, by pointing out mistakes, lies, and violations of international law that have occurred during Bush's regime and previously...but one has to wonder why Ahmadinejad bothered, being that Bush's poll ratings are in the 30-35 percent range.Anne Rettenberg LCSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08924529514196589677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-1147553426053031572006-05-13T14:50:00.000-06:002006-05-13T14:50:00.000-06:00Elizabeth,Thanks for the clarification. What I me...Elizabeth,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the clarification. What I meant by that part of my post is that Ahmadinejad got a lot of the ideas for his letter out of what liberals have been saying about Iraq and the Bush administration. I don't have any evidence, nor do I believe that they are working together with Iran. <BR/><BR/>I appreciate your last comment about liberalism. I, personally, do doubt his sincerity about the letter. I think that his virulent brand of Islam is sincere about one thing--converting the world to their creed through whatever means possible, including sending phoney letters to President Bush.Frank Stahelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-1147548838524697032006-05-13T13:33:00.000-06:002006-05-13T13:33:00.000-06:00I believe there was a misunderstanding here. Maybe...I believe there was a misunderstanding here. Maybe Ahmadinejad did get "ideas" from "American liberals." I haven't read the whole letter yet so I don't know. However, I believe the way you wrote your post implies that American liberals are in league with Ahmadinejad which is not the case. Furthermore, if Ahmadinejad did pepper his letter with liberal ideas, we should question his sincerity, since liberalism is hardly the philosophy he espouses.Anne Rettenberg LCSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08924529514196589677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-1147469909555366392006-05-12T15:38:00.000-06:002006-05-12T15:38:00.000-06:00Matt,Good idea for an upcoming post--women in Iran...Matt,<BR/><BR/>Good idea for an upcoming post--women in Iran. I recently read a book called <I>Reading Lolita in Iran</I> that goes to great lengths to explain the injustices that women in Iran undergo on a daily basis.Frank Stahelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-1147465115602769272006-05-12T14:18:00.000-06:002006-05-12T14:18:00.000-06:00Whoops, forgot the URL to the letter : http://www....Whoops, forgot the URL to the letter : http://www.iribnews.ir/Full_en.asp?news_id=212906&n=2<BR/><BR/>Sorry, I hate forgetting something and doing another comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-1147464993011208582006-05-12T14:16:00.000-06:002006-05-12T14:16:00.000-06:00I actually read the letter. You can read it here:...I actually read the letter. You can read it here: , that is if you want to waste your time. I knew it was a waste of time to read it but just wanted to see how much the "elected" president over there is a kook. Keep reminding people, Frank, that power lies with the Supreme Leader; the presidential position exists to fool people here in the US. Also (this comes courtesy of RegimeChangeIran) Ahmadenijad's (or however you spell his name, I've really given up) sect was so radical it was driven underground by Ayat Allah Ruhollah Khomeini when he came to Iran in '79. anonymous, you strike me as either one of two things 1) Extreme leftist 2)IRI government employee. Frank, being very active on RegimeChangeIran, there's usually one or two people logged on from Iran when I visit most of the time. That web log is banned in Iran, so the people that have access to it, needeless to say are information warfare agents of the IRI. anonymous might very well be one, considering they like attacking the US on points they know they can hit such as torture (which yes we did and occasionally do practice, but IT'S NOT A PART OF OUR SOP THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME) or Iraq. I have a suggestion Frank. Make your next post about suffering of women under the current government over there. I can guarantee no IRI agent would go near that. They never do on RegimeChangeIran, at least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-1147445688073603342006-05-12T08:54:00.000-06:002006-05-12T08:54:00.000-06:00Anonymous,Usually people read the post before comm...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Usually people read the post before commenting on it.<BR/><BR/>But thank you for your comments and your interest in my site. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion, even if that opinion is uneducated and of the knee-jerk variety.<BR/><BR/>"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."<BR/><BR/>- Ronald ReaganFrank Stahelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-1147439981100367002006-05-12T07:19:00.000-06:002006-05-12T07:19:00.000-06:00You're pretty critical of the Iranian government. ...You're pretty critical of the Iranian government. Understandable considering you come from a manipulative country that "oppresses, imprisons and tortures" people without charge. Excercises it's own "Hitlerian" motives by invading without due process, and whos general foreign policy would be a joke if it weren't so diabolically exploitive. But go ahead, if it makes you feel better. Lay your big nazi boots into another country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-1147438053725182612006-05-12T06:47:00.000-06:002006-05-12T06:47:00.000-06:00Elizabeth,Considering what I said in my post regar...Elizabeth,<BR/><BR/>Considering what I said in my post regarding Ahmadinejad getting his ideas from American liberals, the answer to your question is Yes. <BR/><BR/>I don't know how truth could ever be construed to be slander.Frank Stahelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-1147385272378117412006-05-11T16:07:00.000-06:002006-05-11T16:07:00.000-06:00Do you really believe American liberals support th...Do you really believe American liberals support the views of Ahmadinejad? This type of slander is really not helpful.Anne Rettenberg LCSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08924529514196589677noreply@blogger.com