By Fareed Zakaria
The discussion everywhere these days is about Iran’s strength. Mitt Romney, the Republican front-runner, describes Iran as “the greatest threat that the world faces over the next decade.” He and others are impressed by Iran’s recent declarations about its nuclear capacities and its missile tests. Newt Gingrich has compared the Iranian challenge to the rise of Hitler’s Germany. More measured commentators also see Iran’s rising influence and power across the Middle East.
In fact, the real story is that Iran is weak and getting weaker. Sanctions have pushed its economy into a nose-dive. The political system is fractured and fragmenting. Abroad, its closest ally and the regime of which it is almost the sole supporter - Syria - is itself crumbling. The Persian Gulf monarchies have banded together against Iran and shored up their relations with Washington. Last week, Saudi Arabia closed its largest-ever purchase of U.S. weaponry. Meanwhile, Europe is close to approving even more intense sanctions against Tehran.
The simplest measure of Iran’s strength is its currency. When Barack Obama became president, you could buy 9,700 rials with one dollar. Since then, the dollar has appreciated 60 percent against the rial, meaning you can buy 15,600 rials. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told parliament recently that the latest sanctions were “the most extensive . . . sanctions ever” and that “this is the heaviest economic onslaught on a nation in history . . . every day, all our banking and trade activities and our agreements are being monitored and blocked.” The price of food staples has soared 40 percent the past few months, Reuters reported this week.Tehran’s reaction to the prospect of sanctions that affect its oil exports shows its desperation. In recent days, Iran’s vice president - a figurehead with no power - and one of its admirals threatened to block the Straits of Hormuz, invoking the Persian expression that this would be as easy as “drinking a glass of water.” But a senior commander of the Revolutionary Guards - Iran’s crucial power source - quickly backtracked, explaining that Tehran had no intention of blocking the straits. It would be madness to do so because Iran would suffer more than any country. Blocking the straits would result in a total shutdown of Iran’s exports and imports; with 60 percent of Iran’s economy coming from oil exports, it would bring the government to a standstill.
These public disagreements are part of the Iranian political system’s disarray. Just two years ago, Ahmadinejad was allied with the nation’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Now they are adversaries. The reformist bloc, including presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi and former president Mohammad Khatami, is also opposed to Ahmadinejad. The clergy are divided and losing power. Above all of them sit the Revolutionary Guards, who are turning Iran’s theocracy into a quasi-military dictatorship. None of this suggests political stability or strength.
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How wonderful that the US is now going to invade Iran, our Tata's Parthian homeland now falling into the dirty hands of Muslim mulahs. As the world's greatest democracy and its only super duper power, India should join the US in this invasion, for this is the only chance that the invasion can ever succeed.
On the one hand, the US has plenty of experience of invading other countries, with the skills honed in the invasion of Panama, Greennada, Kosovo, Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, that India lacks. On the other, India has resources and ways and means to manage large dalit populations. We can send 100 million of our dalit armies, that completely overwhelm all the population in Iran. We can make all the Iranian girls to be married to our dalit soldiers, that will instantly solve our problem of too few girls, and at the same time all the next generation of them will be our content India dalits instead of being Muslims who are constantly a pain on India's butt. As for the rest of the Iranian men, they will either all be vaporized in their unholy and futile so called resistance, or that they can all migrate to Saudi Arabia to co-habit with their fellow Muslims.
This will completely change the geostrategic situation in south Asia, it will make India the strongest nation in the world, and enhancing our world's greatest and largest and duperest super power status. And in fact, that should turn it around immediately to make the USA our vassal state because of our immediate control of Iranian oil and gas and our chokehold on the straits of Hormus.
Submit to your fate under our Hindu Colossus, beg our 5 rupee meal middle classes, bow to our super powers.
Pray for India, we will have pity on you. Jai Hind!
I assure you with President Obama in charge, war will be the last case scenario only. Sanctions should be able to suffice for themselves.
India is a garbage can that its door is open and all of inside house flies invaded to other countries. Is there any place in the world that you can not see indian house flies? so sad...answer is no. the beautiful days of world without indian house flies is over.
what kind of crack u r using???? india against iran??? u r way out of ur mind, and do u think u can sell that cow pee to the US. and yes u can dream of marrying muslim girls but assure u that is not gonna happen....just imaging how a muslim lady can be with filthy cow pee drinker. IMPOSSIBLE.
FriendsofIndia, you are one funny Pakistani. Stop being so obsessed. This has nothing to do with India. It is the global community trying to curtail a rogue nation through use of economic pressure instead of military agression.
bobalu, why does not India take care of her own povery and hungers? If india is such wonderful place then get f back you your hole and let alone other that even have problem to see your amazing indian faces.
Seriously!!!!
i think sanity has not passed from near you...
Unknwon Unknowns,It was Jimmy Carter who so supitdly allowed Castro to send perhaps thousands of hardened criminals to the US. Crime rate in Florida exploded.
Dude... Understand That India Will Never Be A Super Power! Mayby You'll End Up Being Super Populated!
You call that a Navy? My fishing boat is bigger than that!!! Hahahahahahahahahaha!
OHHH. No wonder your mother kept referring the size of my southern organ to your fishing boat.
Your fat ass? Hahahahahahahaha
In my idea India is a garbage can that its door is open and all of inside house flies invaded to other countries. Is there any place in the world that you can not see indian house flies? so sad...answer is no. the beautiful days of world without indians house fly is over.
Fareed Zakaria – Helpful article – what about the Revolutionary Guards? The growing control of the RG seems to me be the longterm biggest problem, for which I do not see any counter.
Indeed, one shouldn't underestimate Iran's capability. It has the Hezbollah in Lebanon and Shia sleeper cells in the region that could foment unrest.
A generation shift might help the Revolutionary Guard reform.
The fact that this Zakaria man, who 3 years ago also announced us the end of the Islamic Republic, is still on the payroll of CNN shows just how fanatic our Western media is, and how pseudo-experts have zero accountability for their prophecies as fake as Jehova's Witness' ones.
This Zakaria is a joke and he is perfect fit for CNN. what can we expect from american media these days?
Look who make american public opinion these days? A perfect example of failed system shows itself. Are you a worm? no problem we show you as lion, oh...well, you are our king
Fareed Zakaria showes how you can use american stupidness and turn it ro money and transfer it to your Bank account in India.
HAHAHA Zakaria credibility is the same as his photo on top of this page. I can not find alot of similarity between this photo and Zakaria we see on GPS. He looks like a swedish dude in this photo.
U R trying to ...
It's far time to support the Iranian people in getting rid of the terrorists whom have destroyed our homeland. The reality is that unlike any of the other nations in the region; a free Iran will truly be a secular and democratic one. Enough is enough, regime change and regime change now. Not only do Iranians deserve better, but human civilization and world peace deserves better.
I don't think that when the Iranian people suffer because of United States sanctions, there will be any party in Iran, that will want to identify or see any form of agreement with the United States. I believe Mr Gingrich called the Republic of Iran the next Nazi Germany. The reason there was a Nazi Germany, was perhaps because no German then, wanted to understand the views of the victors of the First World War. It was not Hitler, but the German people who waged the Second World War.
It is surprising, that Shiite Islam is not Wahabbi Islam, and yet the United States chooses the state which promotes Wahabbi Islam. I have no issues on this accord, but Osama bin Laden followed Wahhabi Islam, and the cause of world terrorism is not Shiite Islam, even in Pakistan. In Iraq, the Sunni's are emboldened for some reason, and choose to promote extremism, in the form of suicide bombings. The Shiite's are known for their restraint, because of their cultural connotations to the death of the Caliph Ali, and his son's.
I believe, the United States will suffer in the future, because they make friends out of potential enemies, and enemies out of potential friends. Just because the United States needs oil, doesn't mean that trade and diplomacy are not different considerations, because the United States thinks differently.
u r right. i dont know when US will prove Churchill wrong who once said that US did the correct thing when they had done everything else.
Humanist,Meritorious tutghhos, no doubt. However, sometimes people overstate the case, but later reframe their argument.
Lol
Thank you for posting this article. It is very helpful and interesting.
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What some Countries in this World don't understand who is in charge, 'UNDER GOD' is; the Country like Iran, who can not learn Once (first hand at the past punished by America for its fault) and Twice (by watching others punished by America for their fault).
I know, America is incharge for this World, under GOD, since there are no other superpower, whether you love it or hate it!!! Now, those who hate it, will face the consequences. As American, practically, we do not accept what is write and/or what is wrong. What we said and what we asked must be accepted. UNDER GOD, we make the Rules and we decided.
My advise for other Countries who are blindfolded, just do what America said, or else, you will face the consequences. Look around and see the past and present examples.
Don't ever go to war, if you don't win!!! I said.
KKK, what a game!
What some Countries like Iran don't understand is; 'UNDER GOD', America is the only Superpower, whether you like it or hate it!!! At this moment, their is no write or wrong. If you accept what America wants, you are write, if not, you are wrong and you will face the consequences. There is no a Qur'a'n rules or Hindu Rules accepted here. There is only American Rules are accepted!!! Proof? Look at the past and the present. America makes the Rules. America makes the decisions.
Very simple. Either obey America or face the consequences!
Look what is going to happen against Iran now, unless Ahmedinajad kisses Obama's shoes, behind the scene.
Previously, Iran witnessed American Superpower, firsthand and
Currently, in our life time, Iran witnessed American Superpower through other Countries like Iraq and Afghanistan.
Now, with twisted Mentality, it will witnessing it again.
Iran said it captured American unmanned drone. That is FOOLISH! That drone has been send purposely with temporarily sophisticated message transfer memos. The memos got deleted by itself after it delivered all into American Air-base. What Iran have now is empty house drone, that Iran hiding it in underground, fear of the drones activity. At least, these CHIMPS learn something, under their turbans.
The assertion that Iran's economy is getting weaker does not mean we are safer from its nuclear aims. For example, consider Afghanistan under the Taliban who turned their nation into an economic disaster – probably worse than Iran – but yet they managed to harbor and support al qaeda who have attacked us in 9/11. Some of these terrorist regimes do not care so much for the economy and their people as much as for fulfilling a hateful and vengeful ideology, and will do whatever it takes to wreak havoc to their enemies – one of whom they threatened to exterminate.
Don't misunderestimate these Mullahs. Ahmedinejad is the Iranian version of George W Bush. Just as much of a dolt and useful idiot to the power brokers. Just as misguided by a notion of being called to duty by his God.
The only difference is that in Iran the power brokers are fed up with Ahmedinejad and are about to step out of the shadows. If the GOP win the next election the neocons and evangelical Christians will re-capture America to face down their religious opposites in Iran.
War will be inevitable. But it will be far harder costlier and bloodier than in Iraq sine the Iranian military is more capable, prepared and able to lash out. No doubt the war will see the total destruction of Iran, but will also see the destruction of Israel and Saudi. The Americans will have to decide if that is a price worth paying.
Ahmedinejad has more intelligence than Bush Two. The tirade he displays is just a show.
It goes to say that having a foreign policy that predates most of the leaders of a nation isn't the best. This istrue of Iran because their continous antagonism of the rest of the west,meant that they were unready for tha Arab Spring which has put their cloest ally,Syria in the most dire political upheveal since independance.Now,they can't go to anybody crying foul since they have been known for their intent towards dominating the Middle East!
We're both antagonistic – the West toward Iran and Iran toward the West. Both sides believe they are right, and that will never change. What we need to do is think of countries like Iran and North Korea as 3-year-olds. Whenever they don't get enough attention they throw a temper tantrum, and our responding to them only encourages them. We need to get past oil so we can make make most of the Middle East irrelevent – it would be a great start toward being able to turn our resources inward and solve some of our own problems for a change.
Fareed Zakaria makes money off the stupidity of Americans into believing this nonsense. Iran is larger than France, and will, whether America likes it or not be a future economic powerhouse. Iran is not threatened by America's satellite regimes, these regimes can barely provide for their own people. What does sanctioning Iran really mean? Less trade for America, more unemployment for Joe the plumber and lower wages. Instead of letting Americans benefit with good trade between Iran and the US, the American regime has behaved irresponsibly and is picking fights with countries halfway across the world, why? Because the people who invested in Obama's election have expectations of him now that he's in power, and the ignorant average Joe is told that this is a matter of 'national security', as usual, buying it. I feel sad for America.
[this is good]Are you saying that there is more than one American way? Many kinds of Americans? Many views and rotcaiens to globalization? Maybe it is the American way to NOT all take the same view. That would be a good thing, eh?
Some thoughts:
Fareed seems to assume the leadership in Iran is rational and will do nothing crazy because they want to stay in power. However, the political conditions in Iran suggeset otherwise. We can't assume that. These guys may be irrational and crazy and try out some real wild and crazy stuff.
Perhaps the Iranians have a "lesson learned" from Saddam Hussein's buffing strategy which ultimately was a complete disaster for him.. On the other hand, maybe the Iranians think they can be better at it than the late Mr. Hussein and will think they can avoid his mistakes.
Yes Fareed these are correct but you on the other hand seem to be helping the regime by giving free microphone to its leaders and asking them for their guidance etc. I remember back in the late 70's when the Shah was losing his grip on Iran, the western media portrayed him as the satan and he did not get a free microphone from anybody to tell the world that his country is being highjacked by the British backed mullahs.
Here is what a friend wrote on his blog about your show:
Fareed Zakaria in wonderland
Monday, 31 October 2011 00:06
Iraniansforum.com, 30 Oct. 2011
Zakaria's soft interview with Ahmadinejad, his friendly article about the regime and his advice to US administration to coexiste with the Mullahs should be interpreted as a campaign by special interest groups that try to prevent harsher sanctions against the Iranian regime
CNN anchor Fareed Zakaria's trip to Tehran, his soft interview with Ahmadinejad, his friendly article about the Iranian regime and his advice to US administration to seek coexistence with the Mullahs have shocked many in the Iranian American community.
But Zakaria has just mimicked other pro-engagement pundits who had travelled to Tehran, painted a rosy picture of the social and economic life in Iran, discovered that the regime has popular support, the nuclear program is supported by the majority of Iranians, the sanctions are futile, the people blame the hardship of sanctions on the US and finally, someone in the regime is ready to reach a deal with the US.
While in Tehran, Zakaria discovered that Ahmadinejad is a pragmatist and moderate politician whom US should consider as a genuine interlocutor:
"Within the context of Iranian politics, Ahmadinejad is the pragmatist. He has been trying to clip the wings of the clergy. His chief of staff has openly mused about having better relations with Israel. And over the years Ahmadinejad has made several moves on the nuclear front that, while imperfect, are serious opening bids for a negotiation."
Zakaria affirms that the Iranians view Ahmadinejad as a moderate:
"The talk of the people I met with – the political charter – was of the rift between President Ahmadinjad and the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khameni. Now what is hard for most westerners to understand is that in this debate, in Iran, Ahmadinejad is the moderate. He has been trying to clip the wings of the clergy; he has advocated loosening up some of the restrictions on women, allowing them to attend football games, for example; he speaks of Iran's pres-Islamic past with pride – something that is anathema to the clergy."
Zakaria's week long show ended with a déjà- vu advice to US administration to abandon pressure against the regime and seek coexistence with the Mullahs:
"What is our goal? Is it to overthrow the Iranian regime? Is it to make it cry uncle and give up its nuclear program?... Strategic engagement with an adversary can go hand in hand with a policy that encourages change in that country. That’s how Washington dealt with the Soviet Union and China in the 1970s and 1980s. Iran is a country of 80 million people, educated and dynamic. It sits astride a crucial part of the world. It cannot be sanctioned and pressed down forever. It is the last great civilization to sit outside the global order. We need a strategy that combines pressure with a path to bring Iran in from the cold."
Although Zakaria's week long media blitz seems futile and outrageous, it should be interpreted as a campaign by special interest groups that try to influence US policy with Iran and prevent harsher sanctions against the Mullahs.Tehran's terrorist plot, its efforts to highjack the Arab spring, its dangerous drive to acquire nuclear weapon and its predictable push to dominate Iraq after US withdrawal will oblige the US administration to adopt a harsh and firm position toward Tehran. Eventually, the sanction of Iranian Central Bank and oil seems the next step to pressure Tehran.
This prospect frightens the pro-appeasement circles in Washington and on top of them the big oil corporations. Zakaria's show was simply about business.
Excellent article re Iran, thoughtful, unbiased and informative This gives a much clearer picture of how things are run in Iran.
I congradulate you for your 8th sense. Be carefull nobody steal Fareed Zakaria from you.
Fareed you are stupid . American affinity for war. Terrorist America will destroy this world for 1% . You are slaves of One % . American nation is fool they believe wrong information , do not examine . Whereas their is making America fool . Tax cut creats jobs . Good . Today press tv report on their economy , country's non-oil exports have reached 32 billion dollars in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (ending March 21, 2012).
Hosseini said Wednesday that the amount shows a 33-percent rise, compared to last year's corresponding period.
You've got to love how the Americans on this site believe Fareed is giving them such an insightful, informative look into Iran, some even claim he is unbiased (lol) while he is just parroting Democratic rhetoric. Fareed has it going on, cashing in on the absurdity of his claims with no one but Iranians to call him out for his distortions and lies. One thing's for sure, we all know now how he gets his paper stacked so high, one day the Iranian government is powerful, popular and gaining ground, the next day Iran is desperate and fragile. What do Americans call that again? Flip Flopping? Get that paper Fareed, get that paper.
Imbedded western journalist take on middle east issues remains weird .Fareed's take is notable but not the only view.I have seen a analytical column publish by a Middle East commentator about Iran issues which makes Fareeds column sound baseless.Anyhow good try Fareed.I guess you beating drum for War ?
I see that the Republicans are ranting about what a "big threat" Iran is to world peace. Actually, it's these warmongering Republicans who are a far greater threat since it is these people who want another war in the Middle East. These right-wing politicians make me sick to my stomach!!!
You are So Right about that ! thank you for your input. None of us in America really know for sure what is going on over there. Our media insulate us. I used to live in a foreign country and found the news to be totally different.
قال ناشطون إن 26شخصا على الأقل قتلوا اليوم برصاص الأمن السوري معظمهم بدير الزور، يأتي هذا بعد يوم سقط فيه 23 قتيلا وسط تحذير من أزمة إنسانية تحدق بحمص. في المقابل أفرجت السلطات السورية عن مئات المعتقلين بالأحداث الأخيرة.
وأضاف الناشطون أن ثمانية قتلى سقطوا في دير الزور التي تشهد قصفا عنيفا واقتحاما لعدد من مناطقها.
وبالتوازي مع مقتل المزيد من المدنيين حذرت الهيئة العليا للإغاثة السورية أمس من أن حمص على شفا كارثة إنسانية، وحثت المنظمات الإنسانية على الإسراع بالتدخل
iran , hizboallah , bashar al asad and nori al maleki are the worse evil in earth we must get red of them now before it is too late, shiia are thugs killers liers weld mot3a
HAHAHA one more arab lizard eater is running mad here. HAHAHAH
if obama want to win this election he must attack iran now.
if romney want to win the elction he should get john mccain as vice president and declear war aganist iran ...asap
America will lose buddy, Israel wins.
I congradulate to all americans for having Fareed Zakaria. He is a national treasure. I can not believe all his natural genius that inject endless sh1t to american head all these years.
Pretty funny watching the iraq war 2 propaganda. Iran has done nothing wrong. zi0nists want their next war
نقول لأوغلو لا حياة لمن تنادي فإيران مستمرة في دعم الإجرام الأسدي في سوريا والفتنة الطائفية في لبنان والعراق ولن تتراجع حتى لو استمرت المنطقة في صراع ودمار وظلام لأن سياسة ايران يرسمها أصحاب عمائم لا علاقة لهم بالسياسة والتحضر ولا هم لهم سوى وصايا امام السرداب
Nobody knows arabic here but it is OK but do not blow up yourself here!!
I do not know what language is. Anybody can talk to camels?
If this alsestani above can't post in English, I only wish that he'd at least post in French so that at least some of us here can read what he's saying, me included!!!
down with hizboallah down with moqtada al qather down with 3asyeb ahl al haq those are the one who are destroying iran and lebanon, down with evil bashar al kalb, down with nori al haleki al kalb in iraq, all are the evil hands of iran the dark evil empire. all those shiia thugs kelab mojremeen hothalat , fe mazbalt al tareekh. la3ankum allah
fk your allah.
Do you realize David, that their allah and our God are one in the same? In fact, Allah is Arabic for Jehovah although the Muslims worship him differently.
AWALD MOT3A LIERS WITH TAQEYA ALJALABI AL GAWAD, AL PAJAJI, AL JA3FARI AL MOJREM, MOQTADA AL QATHER, AL HALEKI AL GAWAD, AL SESTANI EBN AL MOT3A , WEL HABEL 3AL JARRAR, KHAMENI AHMEDI NEJAD AL KELAB , ALKHAWANA, hizboallah and bashar al asad mojremeen al 3asser. those are the new holako the new criminals IRAQ IRAN AND SYRIAN SHIIA THUGS MUST BE STOPPED THEY ARE THREAT TO THE FREE WORLD , DONT ALLOW THEM IN USA AND CANADA KIK THEM OUT
fc your allah.
NOBODY who wants to allow Iran to get a nuke has been able to respond to these arguments:
Zakaria is well known for minimizing anything negative associated with Muslims and Islam (examples to follow later), and Here you go again!
For your information, nobody is claiming that Iran is strong and stable. People are saying that Iran may get a nuclear weapon, and that it is INSANE. Can you not understand?
Why do you refuse to acknowledge that practically every country or culture that has a big Islamic population has to deal with Islamic insanity to a greater or lesser extent? This applies from Pakistan to Iran to Saudi Arabia to Egypt to Syria to Indonesia to Malaysia to India and now even to Europe.
You are the guy who wrote previously that terrorism was due to poverty, lack of education, etc., while refusing to acknowledge that Bin Laden was worth hundreds of millions or more, Zawahiri was a surgeon, the head of a Mid-East terrorist group was a pediatrician, and various suicide jihadists were engineers, economists, bankers, etc.
You need to understand that this is the source of our difficulties in Iran:
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (the most glorious figure in Shiite Islam, who has a more magnificent memorial than what we have for Lincoln) said:
"Those who know nothing about Islam pretend that Islam counsels against war. Those people are witless. Islam says: 'Kill all the unbelievers just as they would kill you all!' Does this mean that Muslims should sit back until they are devoured by the infidel? Islam says: 'Kill them, put them to the sword and scatter them.' Islam says: 'Whatever good there is exists thanks to the sword.' The sword is the key to Paradise, which can be opened only for the Holy Warriors! Does all this mean that Islam is a religion that prevents men from waging war? I spit upon those foolish souls who make such a claim."
The TWO THOUSAND highly respected Pakistani clerics who gave their highest honor to Bin Laden in June 2007 were Sunnis.
This means that both Sunnis and Shiites believe that the SWORD IS THE KEY TO ISLAMIC PARADISE.
It is tragic that you, Mr. Zakaria, are using your influence to whitewash and downplay everything having to do with Islamic threats.
The U.S. has already made a gigantic and historic blunder in allowing the Pakis to get nukes. If we make the same blunder with Iran, I think most experts would say that we will be facing a 75% chance of getting nuked by a smuggled bomb. (They already estimate that we have a 50% chance if the Pakis are the only Islamic country with nukes.) Who will the US retaliate against if a smuggled nuke goes off, and both Sunni and Shia crazies are claiming credit to get glory for Allah, while their governments are vigorously denying responsibility?
You've got use your brain, Mr. Zakaria!
It is about to get bumpy. Regarding Syria, I dont understand why, at this point, there is no UN security council action moving forward with Chinese and Russian support.
Fareed you are free to think the way you deem fit. US citizens have the choice of electing in to power who will make matters worst for them within and outside US. For Iran there is nothing new. Neither the sanction no the war threat. Your problem is that you tend to present to your readers and viewers hallucinations as realities of life. Arab leaders may find it difficult to celebrate Iranian military might within the region, but believe or not Iranin leaders are most popular in Arab contries than the Arab or US politicians.whereever Ahmadinejad goes the masses que up to cheer and welcome him. Not same with US and European imperialists.
Wow, I dont know if I have seen this much trash in any internet comments thread before. I can identify at least one Pakistani crazily obsessed with India, some crazy white racists and some fundamentalist Muslims too! Cool down people... India really isnt involved in this Iran issue. Blame anyone you want for this, but not India or Indians. Come on people...show some sense.
Then who the fk Fareed Zakaria came from? Not from India...No...He is a too westernaized indian who wanna be an american. funny huh...
Everyone talking about how violent and murderous Islam is...take a look through some of your old Testament. Read some of the rules in Leviticus about how violations of laws are to be treated. All societies, all cultures, all mythologies have preached on both times of peace and times of war. Seeing a Christian type "**** your Allah" always tickles me, because all you've done is curse God (remember, Allah being name for God in another language).
All this religious animosity is just ridiculous, and that's coming from an Agnostic. They preach the same basic principles: be good to others, live as pious as you can, have faith in the divine. Anyone who thinks Christians aren't war-mongering murderous types, look through ANY of the Crusades (The Children's Crusade being my personal favorite). Then look through European history. Then American history. We do a Hell of a lot of killing in the name of God the Merciful.
Or, a second option, you can take those religious texts as parables meant to teach you lessons of life, rather than as strict historical accounts. I also advise against any person using a translated quote from someone, as you don't know who translated it, how good of a translator they are, or what they're intentions behind translating the quote were. It very easily could be heavily mistranslated or blatant fabrications just to prove a certain viewpoint the other person wanted to convey.
U.S. Zionist media shows one sided view. I urge others please try to watch other News Media channels like Russia Today, Al Jazeera English Or Press TV!
Some thought, if you want be like America-Super, change the Doctrines of Qura'an,
Pray only Once/Day-the other Four round will be replaced by work,
Admit America is your Earthly Lord,
Don't hate America and live accordingly.
Right away, accept America, as your superior.
You do need Money, don't you?
So,..............................................
My middle finger for america. Just India...
The greatest mistake the Iranian leadership did was to kill demonstrators that were protesting against the fraudulent elections doctored and supported by the Mullahs. This act dented the image of Iran and put a question mark on their sincerity in terms of having an alternative to western style democracy. In my opinion Iran is on its way down as a result of infighting among the different elite
جيفري فيلتمان نائب وزيرة الخارجية الأمريكية يؤكد اَن قادة العراق السياسيين قادرون على تدارك الازمة الراهنة في البلاد من دون اية مساعدة خارجية
نبيل العربي يحذر من القضاء على فرص تحقيق مصالحة حقيقية في العراق ويندد بتفجيرات الخميس الدامية
رئيس اقليم كردستان العراق يشدد على ان الاكراد لن يشاركوا في اي حكومة قائمة على اساس تهميش المكونات العراقية الاخرى
البارزاني يحذر من انه في حال إستمرت المشاكل السياسية ولم يجد الائتلاف الحاكم برئاسة المالكي حلولا سريعة فإن الاكراد سيقيّمون كل الاحتمالات
وكلاء المرجع الديني محمد صادق الصدر في النجف يحذرون من مغبة دخول عصائب أهل الحق في العملية السياسية ويتهموها بممارسة القتل حتى اليوم
وكلاء المرجع الديني محمد صادق الصدر في النجف يحذرون من مغبة دخول عصائب أهل الحق في العملية السياسية ويتهموها بممارسة القتل حتى اليوم
دبي-الشرقية 7 يناير: حذر عددٌ من وكلاءِ المَرجع الديني مُحمد محمد صادق الصدر في النجف من مغبةِ دخول ِ عصائب أهل الحق في العمليةِ السياسيةمشيرين إلى أن العصائبَ ارتكبت جرائمَ ومازالت تقتل وتُشرد وتُساوم وتَبتز.وقال عددٌ من وكلاء وطلبةِ السيد محمد الصدر في بيان ان الحديثَ عن المقاومة ومواجهةِ القوات المحتلة بعيدٌ كلَ البعد عن عصائبِ أهل الحق وأفعالِها وان العراقيين لن يَنسوْا ما فعلته العصائب من جرائمَ ومازالت تفعل من قتل ٍ وتشريدٍ ومساومة ووصفوهم بأنهم حية ٌ مَلمسُها ناعمٌ وسُمُها قاتل.. واتهم البيان العصائبَ بقتل ِ عددٍ من منتسبي الأجهزة الأمنية في النجف والديوانية بحجةِ حُرمةِ الانتماء فضلا على تنفيذِ 5337 عملية ً استهدفوا فيها الأبرياءَ بضمنِها اغتيالُ النائب عن الكتلة الصدرية صالح العكيلي.
Goli,"Iran is suiroes about rapprochement and its aim is reconciliation..."- Can you please explain what the US would gain from this?