By Fareed Zakaria, CNN
The Iranian regime has been deeply divided ever since the disputed 2008 elections and the rise of the Green Movement. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used to be Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s protégé. The two are now clearly at odds.
When I was in Iran in the fall of 2011, one could clearly sense that there were two rival centers of power with Khamenei's clearly being the more powerful one.
The result of the external pressure - sanctions, rhetoric against Iran, and threats of military strikes - has been to shift power to the hardliners. You can see Ahmadinejad’s power has weakened. It’s weird to call Ahmadinejad the moderate but in this context he is. Khamenei is far less willing to strike any deals with the West. Ahmadinejad, in contrast, has wanted to be the man who delivered some kind of negotiated settlement to Iran’s problems.
Today, Ahmadinejad is weak and getting weaker. Ayatollah Khamenei is strong and getting stronger. The people who have been most empowered the past few years have been the Revolutionary Guard - the military. Iran is in the process of morphing from a theocracy to a military dictatorship. It’s not clear what impact this will have on foreign policy - but it is an interesting consequence of all the external pressure on Iran.
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Making Iran more dangerous to Israel and the Saudis.
No, Iran will not be more dangerous! The supreme leader will take a harder stance towards the West and Ahmadinejad more mercurial. Although he's weaker now as his supporters lost seats in Parliament, he's not beaten. He's extremely Machiavellian and would survive better than the supreme leader, who has garnered support thanks to the nuclear crisis. It would not be the end of his career, when Ahmadinejad steps down after his second term next year.
I agree. Politics all over the World is gradually turning Machiavillian.
Supreme Leader? You must be on drugs. The clerics rule while this puppet dances to their bidding. The entire bunch of them have no idea how to live with the rest of the world.
Fairplay, I think you're confused. The supreme leader is not Ahmedinijhad (sp?). The supreme leader is Ayatollah Al Khamenhi, the head of the group of clerics you mentioned.
Both of them are insane.
Diplomacy has always been a "carrots and sticks" environment. The relationship between the US and Iran illustrates this reality at its rawest edges.
Zakaria comes up with the strangest theories that defy logic. More suitable for a backroom discussion between strategists than a CNN headline.Ahmadinejad is what is called a Lame Duck President They just had an election for parliment, military dictatorship? if every country who has a strong army that is behind the ruling government is a military dictatorship, then the US is a military dictatorship too. They have two, maybe more political movements competing for government. There isn't a drift in their leadership. They are just not doing what we want them to do. What is the purpose here? to deceive people? They think if they keep repeating something it will sound more like the truth. It is funny that they have been pounding on our ears that the Iranian economy is weak and will come to it's knees. In the Article"Iran Gobbles up US wheat", the author confesses that by regional standards the Iranian economy is self reliant and diversified. They also have a budget surplus and significant amount of reserves in gold. dollars and other currencies, according to CNN. Good for them! But what is more important right now is that their alliance with the US is the single most important factor that contributes to stabilizing the Middle East. Why don't we talk to them?
I think you missed his point. You are assuming the elections were in fact "free" and "fair." Voters could easiely be doing what leadership tells them to do or risk certain consequences. If you assume they are not fair (which is far more likely, I think), Zakaria makes an excellent point. They are probably using people's fears as we do in the US to coerece voters and have more influence.
IInteresting take, but I think you are a bit too impressed by the electoral process in Iran. All the candidates are vetted by the ruling clerics prior to being listed on the ballot, so the parliament is merely a rubber stamp for Khamenei. Your statement that the U.S. could be called a military dictatorship by Mr. Zakaria's standard is laughable. The military in the U.S. reports up through a democratically elected president, while the Iranian military supported a revolution as recently as the 1970's and is more closely allied with the ruling clerics than the "democratically elected" president. As for the Iranian economy, they can probably hold out for quite a while due to the high price of oil, but inflation is soaring along with unemployment. The sanctions are just starting to bite, and they will cause great suffering. This will not sway the clerics or the secret police (who have demonstrated their willingness to crush dissent through deadly violence), but it could lead to a military coup.
because that is not what Obama, and Zakaria's bosses want. The goal of the global powers its to embroil the world in debt, war, disease, fear and propaganda. The reasons and goals for this are simple. To consolidate power, decrease global population, increase technology, decrease liberty, and destroy all currencies in favor of a global one.
All is going according to plan.
USA = Uneducated Sheep of Apathy
Fareed's piece was like, he just woke up and suddenly decided to write that short commentary. It suddenly dawned on him that Ahmadinejad is getting weaker. It was like a dream he had to share with others.
Yes he is getting stranger every time.
Ashkenaziman, you didn't read the article properly, did you? I'll wager that a lot more research went into his thinking than just an overnight thought as you suggest - in fact, Fareed clearly explains he visited Iran in Fall 2011, which shaped his opinion. A lot more homework here than you or I, just spending 5 minutes reading this and then hastening out to spew our opinions.
thanks mardjan it s very nice to hear you re following iranian political affairs with reality
He looks like a hamster..eewwwwwwwwwwww !!!!
dont say that , hamsters are cute, i am an Iranian and I can say he is most ugliest person i have ever seen in my life, not only he is ugly, he is dumb and stupid too. cant wait till they get the hell out of country
but his got huge #@*&^%is!
A beady eyed little satanic hamster...ready to sink his little hamster teeth into your lower intestine...from the inside.
come on to be honest he is more beautiful than your president
...and making Iran more dangerous to itself by imploding from within.
Please, Captain, not in front of the Klingons.
Ahmadinejad is the least of our problems. Hezbollah and the mullah global terror coordination warrants more scrutiny.
Every prediction Zakaria made was dead wrong: 1. Assad did not fall from power. 2. Iranians do have a nuke weapons program. etc. Being a muslim, Zakaria does all he can to pacify the American public. I would never trust him, ever.
I have suspected Zakaria was a mole for years now...getting encrypted transmissions straight from Hezzbollah HQ.
What is muslim Zakaria really after? Convince US not to attack Iran, and not to have sanctions. What's next – embrace Khameni?
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–Why should Iran remove their nuclear program? The law needs to apply to everybody equally. When you discriminate against some countries and put other countries above the law, you turn the law into a farce. Then the international order breaks down and you are left with "Might Makes Right". That may be good for War Inc., but perpetual war is not good for ordinary people.
If you are concerned about nuclear weapons, why not agree to Iran's proposal for a nuclear-FREE zone in the Middle East. When the U.N. General Assembly voted on this proposal, the U.S. and Israel were the only two countries to vote against. That tells us which countries put their FAITH in nukes and which countries do not.
I think you overestimate the power of death and destruction – e.g., you can not use nukes to educate children or grow crops or sustain an economy or build a house. And you project your own infatuation with nuclear bombs onto other countries. Not all countries idolize nukes the way you do. Iran has explicitly rejected them, and years of inspections have turned up NO evidence that Iran is developing nukes.
For argument sake let’s say Iran does have or are developing Nukes, I don’t think the Mullahs are that stupid to attack Israel. I’m not defending the ruler’s of Iran, but what I’m saying is that these Mullahs are survivors, they know if they do attack Israel with nukes or give them to anyone else to plant them somewhere in Tel Aviv the retaliation would mean the end of their existence ( I said their existence; they care about themselves and not millions of other innocent Persians who hate them as much as anyone else). All I'm saying is: Instead of going to war with these crazy fanatics who running the Islamic republic of Iran, which is exactly what they want, so they can get the backing of Persian people and their national pride, so they can last another 30 years, give people of Iran power and gun to take back what it's rightfully theirs, Iran.
Well, the goal was to de-stabilize Iran, internally, with this sanction business. The thing is, ya don't know where that will go, once it sorts itself out.
Bingo!
I learned in the USMC and in Iraq...
if you go to push someone off the fence...
you better have a good idea what side of the fence they are going to come down on.
Oh, wait. Do people use pseudonyms, here? Oh well.
Our moslem friends usually use WASP names so that they can fool us.
I liked your post, can you explain more?
I like your post can you explain more?
Rule of western media @ all anti american government are not popular, separated from people , repressing their own people , no freedom in anti american country . So Iran has power struggle between President and Supreme leader , In Russia , Putin vs People , in China no freedom , in north korea internal dispute . Zakaria your war monger brain can not writte something good ? There is no such dispute . All are western media invented . Such article create hostility . You can not write about nasty politics between Republican controlled Congress and Democrat President Obama ?
The western media must be very inventive, indeed, to be able to report on things in other parts of the world that are undisputed by anyone else in the world except those described as totalitarian.
Only the article is written by a Muslim from India so maybe not just Western?
What makes you think Fareed is muslim? He has brown skin, so he must be a muslim, right?
As far as I'm aware, he is not religious.
WTH is this Fareed guy talking about huh? Drinkin that western cool aide i bet. Been following IRAN from different sources. The Iranian president – who faced the parliament questionings recently – is not as popular as the he would like, but he is still the best man for the Job. It will be too hard for Iran to replace such a guy as Ahmadinejad. You can put him on any station, through any debate on anyones turf and he will hold his own.
On a side note, Just look at this hypocritical bullscrap: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/232603.html
How will any country be happy about what Israel is doing?
Please dont refer to RT news or PRESS TV news, they lie and present only one side. If you type anything against their regime on those sites, they will not print it, what does this tell you? Israel wouldnt have all of these problems if Iran didnt HIRE SHEEP to do their dirty work for them from Arab factions H&H...Why do Arabs listen to Iran? Iran suppresses Sunni in Iran, many will tell you they "dont like Arab, period"(but they will USE Arabs for their own gain.)I think Hamas and SOME Palestinians are figuring this out. Israel and Palestine people want peace and to live together as neighbors. Its radical factions as Hizbollah, Al Qaeda and Iran regime (not Iranian people) , who want to stir the pot and cause problems between Palestinian and Israeli. This is where the world has gone blind. They have set the stage and are keeping the fires burning to stir up problems by using Palestinian as their PAWNS against Israel. I think there are many intelligent Palestinian people out there who will finally see the light and not be pawns for Iran regime and their bullies. Iran does alot of PLANTING behind the scenes. They plant bad things then blame the west or Israel, but it seems many in Middle East cannot see through their manipulations and lies. ISRAEL and PALESTINE-forget the world-make your own peace, do not let these others use both of you to keep their own evil agendas going. They want a fire in the Middle East, pay attention. They like these Arab Springs which they took over from the youth, to change it in their direction. Palestinian people(most of them) want to make peace with Israel, have jobs and a future for their children. ISRAEL can enhance this. Palestinian should join hands together as a team and have dialogue with Israel, andnot let other countries or factions USE YOU for their own greater good. PEACE for Israel and Palestine! Down with Iranian &Syrian regime who have caused problems all over the Middle East, similar to al qaeda, but in a more invisible way by using others for their own gain.
that we all will be free to wear the same uniform (even ialens), and instead of mosks and churches we will have a great fleet of starships. The greatest will be the Enterprise, and its first commander will be Captain Kirk...So do not give up hope, in only a few hundred years it will not be our religion or race that differenciates us, only the colour of our uniform will tell us from which department we are. There are lightyears of space, and God or ALLAH or Shiva or Odin or Ra will be history.Youb4ve gotta look at it from above!STOP BEING FRIGHTENED !!!
100% right LEE
101% correct. Can this guy write about wall street occupation?
Alot of posers on here using American names, huh?
dear lady be sharp israeal is not looking for peace they invaded palestinian teritory for more than 60 years killing innocent people(which are called militiant in usa media) and have beenincreasing settelments illegaly
disputed 2009 election, not 2008....
I don't think that's the Western media's portrayal, Lee. Take Russia, for example, there were huge protests to Putin. The media isn't making that up. There's evidence for why that portrayal is made, usually that it's very true.
Your comment on the other hand doesn't seem to be evidence-based, could you please elaborate?
Zakaria's pattern seems to be the same as Iran, soft-shoe/delay everything while Iran races to get ready with atomic weapons. Once they have all the ground work laid, what do you think their buddies in North Korea are going to do for them? Every time Zakaria writes, the pattern reflects, 'if we are patient a little while longer'. Why not speak for all the people and tell the guy to 'fish or cut bait'. Now.
Yet another case of "be careful what you wish for". While we may not like Iran the way it is or was, ultimately we have no control over what it will become. Surely our experience in Iraq should teach us that. The neo-cons wanted us to 'save' the middle-east (along with their oil) and all we got for it was an even more unstable part of the world ... soon to be armed with nuclear weapons.
Yup, because of the free world, we have somehow ensured that Iran gets WMD=nuclear weapons.
رئيس السوري بشار الأسد ربما اكتسب شهرة بالعنف المخيف لكنه "بطة" في مداعبات زوجته الرقيقة له في الرسائل الإلكترونية المسربة المتبادلة بينهما.
وأشارت صحيفة ديلي تلغراف إلى أنه في يوم 18 يناير/كانون الثاني عندما كانت الولايات المتحدة تسعى لزيادة الضغط الدولي عليه وجد الرئيس الأسد بطاقة في بريده الإلكتروني من زوجته معنونة "إلى بطتي" وموقعة "بطتك".
وتوالت الرسائل الرومانسية والعاطفية والمفعمة بالحيوية من أسماء لزوجها. وفي إحداها تبدو أبيات شعرية رقيقة على شاشة لخلفية موسيقية وفراشات تصفق بأجنحتها.
وهناك رسائل أخرى من أسماء الشغوفة تشمل قصائد حب شعرية مكتوبة بحروف وردية سميكة مثل "لماذا أحبك؟ أفكر وابتسم لأني أعرف أن القائمة قد تطول لأميال. وكثير من الأشعار في هذا السياق.
وأشارت الصحيفة إلى أن مواقع المعارضة وصفحات فيسبوك امتلأت بالنكات على الرئيس السوري. وأحد هذه الدعابات صورة ملفقة تصف أتباع النظام وهم جالسون على ركبهم يقبلون صورة بطة.
فواز الأخرس
وعلى صعيد آخر كتبت صحيفة غارديان أن حما الأسد فواز الأخرس يتعرض لضغط للانسحاب من رئاسة الجمعية السورية البريطانية بعد استقالة كل أعضاء مجلس إدارتها البريطانيين بسبب القمع الوحشي للاحتجاجات على نظام دمشق.
ضغط على فواز الأخرس (الفرنسية)
وقد واجه الطبيب فواز الأخرس حرجا الأسبوع الماضي على خلفية الرسائل الإلكترونية المسربة التي نشرتها الصحيفة والتي أظهرت تقديمه المشورة للأسد في كيفية التعامل مع الأزمة وكذلك إسراف ابنته أسماء زوجة الرئيس في التسوق بشراء بضائع كمالية فاخرة بينما العنف يجتاح البلاد.
ومن جانبه أقر السير أندرو غرين -سفير بريطاني سابق في سوريا ورئيس مشارك للجمعية- أن الجمعية واجهت فوضى العام الماضي وأن الرسائل الإلكترونية -وخاصة تلك التي تبين تقديم الأخرس المشورة للأسد في كيفية دحض الأدلة التي تقول بتعذيب المدنيين- كانت القشة الأخيرة.
وقال غرين إن هذا الأمر برمته محزن جدا لأن الجمعية قامت بعمل مفيد لكن من الصعب جدا رؤية كيفية استمرارها في ضوء الإفشاءات الأخيرة ومن ثم قرر أعضاء مجلس الإدارة الخمسة البريطانيون الاستقالة.
ويشار إلى أن الجمعية كانت في أزمة منذ بداية الانتفاضة في مارس/آذار الماضي. وفي ستبمبر/أيلول قال بنك إتش إس بي سي إنه لن يعد يمثل الجمعية وقد استقال من رئاستها الملياردير السوري البريطاني وفيق سعيد الذي قال إن "مشكلة الجمعية هي أنها دفنت رأسها في الرمال باتباعها سياسة الصمت التي ترقى إلى تأييد ضمني للنظام الحالي في سوريا وما يحدث هناك. وهذا غير مقبول وقد فقدت الجمعية كل مصداقيتها".
That would likely be a whole lot more interesting if any of us English speakers could read it.
sure thing Abdul.
In see some grammar errors in there.
AHHHH.....Now I can understand it. You have to read it left to right.
LOL!
This is about Iranian politics, not Syrian. Get your countries straight and post in English please.
Assad is a duck???? what????
Assad makes love to ducks???what???
عظيم. ما عدا هذه القصة تدور حول ايران، وليس البريد الإلكتروني الأسد. أنت حر في تعليق في أي اللغة التي تفضلها. ولكن يجب أن تعلم القراءة الإنجليزية إذا كنت تريد الذهاب للتعليق على القصص التي نشرت في تلك اللغة.
ممتاز. وقال كريس جيدا.
المقدسة الشيعية
does your mom know you talk like this ?
His mother taught him how to talk poison
I liked the part about the three legged dog.
أمك هو دهن الخنزير
I throw a shoe at you and hope you eat pork chops
Good visual. Way too funny.
type in English MF
Well stated!
jalajalajalaja; boooommmmmmmm jajajajalajlaja;
with all due respect to the mulsulmanes I've always wondered why the Jews control the world economically without natural resources like oil as we have enemies like Iran, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and countless rivals in religious thoughts countries ??????? . I will be your religion to kill the infidel is wrong and God does not favor this brutality and analizen favors the Jewish people has always been mistreated and always will match sticks?????? lol lol lol lol
lol
What are you saying??????????
Stop using the Farsi translator and learn English if you want to partake in discussions.
Iran is not a theocracy. It is a dictatorship of a single religious leader who has the final say on all matters military and otherwise. Until Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the Supreme Leader position of power he occupies are eliminated, there will be no democracy in Iran, the occasional election of hand-picked candidates notwithstanding. http://www.panderingpoliticians.com/
Iran appears to be a theocracy in that it's laws are supposedly based on religious tenets. Yes, it may have one strong man leader, but if he were to die, then another similar religious leader would take his place. My understanding of what Mr. Zakaria wrote is that there could be a danger of the country becoming a military dictatorship as opposed to a theocratic one. In either case, those in power are or will be only concerned with retaining that power and will probably do almost anything to keep it.
IRANIAN FRENCH MAN KILLED THE KIDS HIS NAME MOHAMMAD MIRA
French police have been in an armed standoff outside an apartment building in Toulouse, where a man suspected of gunning down an adult and three children at a Jewish school on Monday is holed up. The twenty-four-year-old French national, identified by a police official as Mohammed Merah, is also suspected of killing three French soldiers in two separate incidents last week. In negotiations with police, the suspect claimed to have ties with al-Qaeda (WSJ) and said the murders at the Jewish school were to "avenge the death of Palestinian children," according to French Interior Minister Claude Guéant. At least two policemen were injured by gunshots fired by the suspect from inside his apartment early this morning. Police indicated the suspect could
where do you come up with these stuff. 1. he has not been arrested yet. 2. The French authorities speculate that he may be French-Algerian.
What did the french police surrender to the slapnut?
He is from Algeria, not Iran...please stop lying to advance your agenda. Its sad truely.
Here, have a rag, blow your nose, you will still be ignorant but you will live.
this guy was algerian
Fareed contradicts his blogs every other week. One week he says Western media/people just want war and that Iran should continue with their nuclear agenda since there is no evidence to support they would build the bomb. Then he says the country is turning into a military dictatorship with the Revolutionary Guard is in control.
Fareed is very tough to take serious. I don't think he believes have the stuff he writes, only that he gets people to watch/read him.
Week to week he is still OK then?
This may be good news for the right-wing thugs in Washington but horrific news for humanity on the whole! Right now, Iran is the only state opposing the will of Washington and it's unholy ambitions in the Middle East! I guess that there are a lot of right-wing halfwits reading this post of yours Fareed, and thrilling to it!!!
Stop pretending you are anything but some Arab Al Qaeda/Herbollah piece of crap.
Your only reason for being here is to try and sow dissent.
Get over yourself. You simply are not very bright.
Quite right, Patrick. That's why they made me commander of the 3rd Army during WW2. Moreover, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad is a very good man who helped the poor people of Iran but this the right-wing news media never talks about!
You are so funny Adbdul.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OMG UR SOOO FUNNY U SHUD B A COMEDIAN LIKE RUSSEL PETERS CUZ UR JUST THAT FUNNY MAN KEEP IT UP YOUR GUNNA GO PLACES KID
There coming to take me away ha ha, hee hee....
I have followed your posts and you are so full of venom but, thank God, not very bright.
I dont know how zakaria is deffrentiating between supreme leader and president of Iran .there is no match between them president is reporting to supreme leader and he do exactly what supreme leader say president is selected by Supreme Leader and president is on seat because of Him. And there is no contradiction between them
In other words, Kameini is Allah.
I agree with george to a certain extent. Iran is totally justified in its stance with the West. If america really wants to make peace with Iran, grant them concessions through letting Irans nuclear program continue
Let us placate this muslim allah wannabe and because Abdul, pretending to be Bill, says so, the people with real intelligence will let Iran have nuclear devices.
Are you stupid??? How can you make that statement so straight faced.
Hammas only wants suicide vests to protect themselves.
to protect themselves from ??
u ignorant rasict piece of crap.Abdul? no im not muslim because im sympatheitc to Iran's cause. Iran has proven that they have no nuclear weapons. they have the means to produce them but they have not. if u want a dangerous nation with nuclear devices look at Israel. they have nuclear weapons and are causing middleeastern countries to increasingly become hostile towards them. america isnt trying to persue a resolution if they were they would realize that they are indirectly causing hostilities from Iranians. JUST LOOK AT THE IRAQ-IRAN WAR (or the imposed war) and next time pat try to argue with intellectual facts not crude name calling. loser
How can you state that they do not have a bomb or many?
How do you know?
Sure they dont.You saw no bomb so they dont have 1.Why does everyone blame Israel?You got a fetish with them??
hey zionist,
israel has acknowledged they have bombs.
go read or sumthing
FAIL !!!!!
Israel has NEVER acknowledged having nuclear weapons.
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Bill
hey zionist,
israel has acknowledged they have bombs.
go read or sumthing...............................
You mean................"something" ???
Ignorant.
Abdul, you and your friend george (sic) err 'hammed are so ignorant.
You simply do not understand Americans and you never will. You do not have the faculty to even think like an American.
Go back to your imam and tell him you are too stupid to continue in this job. Ask him to let you become a suicide bomber in Iran.
sick rebuttal buddy. u r such a typical american ignorant as hell. go educate urself
Do u know the history of american-iranian relations? thought so
and btw im not middle eastern im canadian and my views reflect my education. im not saying iran is good no they have had terrorist connections... but so have the united states
Again, we say that you are "The pot calling the kettle black."
Mr. Schooled. hehehe....
First you were American, Now you are Canadian, Next you are a woman?
nver said i was american u idiot
I bet your an Islamic Jew from sweden who hates himself
howd u know? bet ur a 40 yearold loser who didnt graduate highschool but u think ur intelligent and funny enough to post
shut up man ive heard all u have to say from pat already. did i get that right 'chosen one' pft actuali i change my mind i bet ur a neo-con zionist jew. ur username gives it all away u arrogant piece of crap
Wow, Chosen one's name gave him away. You saw right through it did'nt you, you sooooooo smart.
It was a tricky one too.
*** my views reflect my education..............
Grade six ?
Reception
and no i dont live in an igloo or ride a polar bear mr ignorant
More like a sandpit with the other scorpions.
Pat man i will respect u more if u have one arguable fact or if u have any solid argument because i came to this site to debate the iranian issue with smart people. Clearly u r not, and on top of that ur racist. Stop making jokes and actually start making sense man
habibi, ditto
GOT SCHOOLED
A madrassa is not necessarily a place where you get proper schooling.
Keep talking Bill err Abdul. You will bury yourself.
First you pretend to be American, then you insult them.
Not very good at your job. Are you?
Do us all a favour and stop talking, ur really giving americans a bad name man
hehehehehe...
For the record i never said i was american and all i did was point out the failures of the american government in the past. dont really think i was dissing the american people but only a complete moron lie urself would think i was.
Patriotism really is the last refuge of the scoundrel (yourself)
Now id like to see what othr creative islamic names
You claim that Iran doesn't have the bomb, which most people would agree with the problem is that their demands to keep up their research and the technology that they have aquired paint another picture. Their threatening statements toward Israel in the past also don't speak well of them. They also calim that their activities are peaceful yet they don't want the international community to see what they are doing. And before you give that line about no one else does, I think you will find that the IAEA is allowed to go to commercial and civil, but not military plants in almost all countries in the world. Then you make the statement that Iran "had" terrorist connections, which assumes that somehow they stopped sponsoring terrorist attacks in other countries. I think if you will look again you will find that some of the most recent rocket attacks on Israel that the rockets were traced back to Iranian manufacture. Sounds pretty bad to me.
What, me worry?
@Bill and George. I followed your posts and both of you are quite correct in your view of things. Just don't pay any attention to these ignoramuses here. Now I expect one of them to start calling me names here too, like Abdul, or some other Islamic name!
Yeah, you are American also. hehehe...
Are you Canadian yet??
no bill is french, and he surrendered
Yeah like akmed the dead terrorist
hehehe...
chosen one i bet ur just pat in disguise haha what a joke and a half
Aha, what a joke and 3 and 2 quarters.
Beat that!
hehehe...
Chosen one – Thanks for the support.
Best thing to do would be to retore the monarch. SHAHANSHAH
Even if Iran has nukes they will not use them against anyone. Why would they want to destroy themselves, they are not that crazy. They both have nukes, and Pakistan is more of a threat to the area than Iran. The Russians or the Chinese have Iran and they will help them with their nuclear programs as the US help Israel with their Nukes. And they both might fight it off. Israel for the US and Iran for Russia.
Yes i completely agree. The potential for retaliation would prevent Iran from acting out for sure. Iran doesnt want to take over the USA. they just view any superpower state as having imperialistic tendencies, such as American influence in the Middle East. American intervention in the Middle East is causing more problems than solving them. A definite change in the American governments foreign policy is needed.
Thank you, Bill. I couldn't have said it better! If America would only butt it's way out of the Middle East, that area might begin to make progress both economically and socially. Like I said, we need to adopt a laissez-faire foreign policy and soon!!!
First they came for the Jews and we did nothing.
Then they came for us and there was noone left to help us.
So how is the potential for retaliation stopping Iran from continuing its current nuclear ambitions. Oh wait its not.
It certainly slows the process...until we send these guys back to Allah the magnificent and his profiteer 'hammed.
ahmadinejad is an egotistical, anti semitist puppet of ruthless and murderous islamic terrorists bent on the destruction of the only democratic state in the middle east and an ally of the United States
iran has been this way for 30+ years and it's only now with the advent or the gulf wars and 9-11 that people are learning more about the most dangerous number one terrorists country on the planet
the clock is ticking for iran, it's not a mtter of IF, it's a matter of WHEN
Here again is another right-wing idiot above, spewing his pro-Washington, anti-Iranian ignorance! This is starting to get old and fast!!!
Anyone not on the islamist side is considered a right wing idiot.
Go back to your imam and ask him for another card to play.
Funny that you use a name of a General who probably would have pushed for a premetive strike on Iran. But all your statements are leave them alone and hope for the best.
Oh really? Weak or no weak,Ahmadinajad is my hero and as far as I am concerned,he is the most powerful man in the World.
I feel the same way you do, Name*Asabe Gamawa, except that I despise the right-wing thugs in Washington who care only for themselves!!! Mahmoud Ahmedinejad is indeed a very good man!
Swallow much ?
I love a good laugh in the morning.
I bet Mr Ahmadinajad cannot touch the Bibile.
I am Christian and don't eve want him to touch the bible
He seems to be the one of the anti christ because his past remarks to Israel and US.
Why he will not touch the Bible. Bible is the only book who tells about coming of Mohammad in Arabia near a mountain.Christians are really ignorant about the Bible.Get out of trinity.
Get your head out of your a ss.
Honestly, who cares what Fareed Zakaria thinks, he is nothing more than an establishment mouthpiece. Think for yourself-don't get used to newsies dictating "the truth" to you.
Ahmadinejad is expendable, and the Grand Ayatollah / all of Iran knows it ..... he has no real power.
That's exactly what I say, Quarant. The right-wing news media does try awfully hard to tell what to think and to like war!!! I again wish to reiterate that there's absolutely no glory in war, none at all!
Zakaria is an adviser to President Obama.
You guys calling him a right wing supporter......
You dont read much, do you ?
So are you waiting for the left wing to give you orders to attack or what? Your bias is as bad or worse than the people you rail against.
he might be weak, but not Iran.
The people of Iran are as weak as their leadership.
Future will clearly show who will be weak. IRAN or usa!!!!
Our intelligence vs your intelligence.
Oh wait, you do not have any.
Well then, Allah the magnificent is waiting for you.
Go ahead, explain to your lenient god how you screwed up. hehehe...
and all smell equally as bad
Of course you never know.....When a war is on the horizon, you will here Israel and America give false positives and negatives as part of the plan. I see commenters state "why would Israel publish their plans???? You put out disinformation as a stradegy. Now my question is who's side is the writer of this article on or is he just Reporting the news? Its a big poker game but with a much bigger pot involved people.
Tim err abdul, misinformation is what you and your islamist piglet friends try to do everyday.
The funniest thing is that by repeating the lies your imam told you, you now believe it.
LOL PAT U R HONESTLI THE BIGGEST ROLL I HAVE EVER SEEN. DONT U GET BORED OF ALL THE ARAB NAME CALLING? W8 COMPLETELY FORGOT UR A PIECE OF WHITE TRASH
Patrick, when did you become a roll ?
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BIGGEST ROLL I HAVE EVER SEEN
"roll"???? is that the best your Farsi translator will give you???
I have a great idea. Why don't we, (The USA), just leave things alone over in the Middle East. This area has been a hotbed of foolishness since ancient biblical times. Its not going to go away, and its not going to change. We need to just let all of them go to war with each other and let them duke it out. May the best country win. Just keep the Nukes out of it! Only when their war involves attacking one of our allies should we become involved, not until then, and only enough to push their armies back over the established international boarders. Enough of this stuff! Its never going to end. Nuff Said!
Okay, sure,let's walk away from our friends and allies and when the war comes to us, then?????
the whole point of walking away is to prevent war u idiot.
Yeah that totally worked for us in WWI and WWII we just played isolationist and we still ended up in wars that were a big mess. I'm wondering if the fact that our interfering as you say has kept us from having another gigantic world war hummmmm.
*** Bill
the whole point of walking away is to prevent war u idiot.
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Neville Chamberlain walked away from Czeckoslovakia in 1938
declaring that he had achieved peace.
Worked out real well, didnt it ?
This is a totally stupid idea. The vacuum of influence will be immediately filled with Russia and China. Do you really think this will make things any better for the US?
At least, that particular bunch of bullies will be history.
It has been the Israelis and there American puppets who want this war. It is all to grab the Iranian oil. Iran is a peaceful country surrounded by terrorist states. The Supreme Leader is a man of god who abhors war.
Ted, habibi
"there" denotes a location. ex. The islamic pig over there does not know how to spell.
"their" denotes something that belongs to something. ex. The islamic pig believe their own lies.
LOL thanks for the grammar lesson mr. harvard-graduate
LOL you're welcome
Perhaps they wouldn't be surrounded by terrorist states if they weren't funding and arming them.
Iran is a terrorist state.
Fixed that.
Much in the same way that Charles Manson is a murderer by convincing other people to do the killing for him. Even though he never killed anone himself. Cowardice has its advantages.
all those terrorist states sorrounding iran like..................? must mean Israel that responds to irans proxy hezbollah and Hamas rockets with "terrorist" F16s? will they never learn?
what ??????????
The hate expressed by a fellow American when I simply disagrees with the war mongering position of my government. Patrick...OUR government has murdered untold Muslim women and children. The American government authorized an invasion against a Muslim country that had done nothing to it. This has resulted in hundreds of thousands of Iraqi deaths. All because Baby Bush wanted to be a tough talking cowboy. The peaceful Muslims of this country reacted as anyone would defending against invaders. Thousand of American lives were lost and for what? So Baby Bush could give his oil buddy cronies billions of dollars in profits.
PATRICK...You are whats wrong with this country, why don't you go fight in the Middle East to guarantee an oil billionaire more money in his pocket. Americans were sacrificed to enrich American billionaires. Iran has not murdered and citizens or invaded any country. America is the problem in this world, and I am ashamed to be an American today.
Ted I agree completely with u .
forget about Pat hes just getting off at trolling people who want intelligent discussion.
*** Iran has not murdered and citizens or invaded any country.
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Right.
They supply Hamas & Hezbollah with rockets to murder Israeli citizens.
Such a peaceful country.
First how many muslims are left in the world, because last time I checked there are still quite a few. It is said that anyone has died but alot of the killing is being done by terrorists killing innocent civilians. No one has clean hands in these wars but alot of the killing is being done by foreigners entering these countries for the purpose of killing Americans. And because of the Hezbollah rocket attacks on Israel your claims of Iran being innocent of killing civilians rings false. Iran paid them and supplied them with weapons to attack civilians in another country, it is no different than if they attacked directly themselves. In fact its worse because they don't have the guts to pick a fight themselves. So they can pretend its not their fault and if they get attacked can play the victim.
If you are ashamed of being an American, then go back to whatever sandpit you crawled out of.
Bravo, great acting, great drama.
Now suck it up boys and reference your rhetoric.
For more info on the Middle East and Iran read the groundbreaking novel - king of Bat'ha - and the sequel - Tales from the East: Return of Ivanhoe. These are based on personal experiences of living and working over there.
OK, now you are talking, Farid. Your “interesting consequence” in odds with your “do not strike Iran” idea. So what is your point?
WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR ISLAMIC SUPPORTER MR.ZAKARIA IS SAYING.
Just read the FINAL SENTENCE!
"but it is an interesting CONSEQUENCE of all the EXTERNAL PRESSURE on Iran."
You're 100% right.
Ahmadinejad: " I'ma-need-a-job soon."
Hilarious!
Well stated!
hehehe...
Who cares about Israel or the Saudis? We should care only about our homeland security.
As you know Abdul, world security is inter-connected.
this is why americans should support RON PAUL and his views on foreign policy
Has he taken his nap yet ?
hehehehe...
Ayatollah Ali Khamene'i is the power, everyone else isn't very important
Mohammed Mehra est mort. Vive la France!
On est tous Francais aujourdhui.
As you all know Arabs, in general, lie and some have stolen my name.
Please do not be fooled.
I be not fooled.
Don't worry, the real patrick, you can always tell the arabs by their stench!!!
For those islamist pigs who stole my name, do you know that imitation is the greatest form of respect? Thank you
idiot
I am a moron.
The truth from Bill err Abdul. So funny, you are a moron.
Even if Ahmadinejad is about to drop dead from his real or imaginary weekness, it doesn't change anything for us. With or without him, Iran will still be ruled by the ayatollahs, will still be hostile to us as or more than your average Moslem country, and will still be pursuing nuclear weapons with enthusiastic support of its people.
It's not Ahmadinejad, stupid - it's Iran.
And what do u think caused this hatred for the West? Iran's main problem in reestablishing diplomatic relations with America is because the Iranian people dislike America and its history of exploiting the middle east. The iranian government is not the main problem here. To solve this low intenisty conlfict between America and Iran, America has to take on a less violent stance with Iran. And organizations like the UN have ignored Iran's concerns, especially when Saddam used chemical weapons on Iran. Under the Geneva convention this is breaking international law, but did the UN (US) do anything? of course not
(shoosh, be quiet...i have to do this or they will shoot me)
DEATH TO AMERICA
DEATH TO THE GREAT SATAN !!!
(Its ok, they are gone now)
i compeletly agree as a veteran i ve been in war fronts and i ve seen chemichal weapons used by sadam
You are 100% right!
In fact what most people LOSE SIGHT of is the fact that Iran speeded up its quest for developing nuclear capability under the "so-called" moderate President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani who was even termed as western friendly.
Likewise that's true with JIHADIST PAKISTAN too, whose once again so-called moderate former Prime Minister had famously declared "PAKISTANIS WILL EAT GRASS, BUT NOT GIVE UP THEIR QUEST TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS" which he himself famously termed THE ISLAMIC BOMB..
The same is coming true with Iran...... SO-CALLED CRIPPLING SANCTIONS NOT WITHSTANDING!!!
So called, Huh? The intrigue.
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There is no hatred of the West.In New York City alone thousands of immigrants from all over the world are sworn in as American citizens every year.This "hatred" is a fairy tale.Secondly the Iranian people do not dislike America.They hate the Iranian regime which does not give them free and fair elections.The Iranian people like Americans.
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There is an evolution to everything. Perhaps a military dictatorship is a closer step toward democracy than theocracy is.
unlikely the military is willing to commit suicide by sending missiles against US ships or pushing israel into a war for "paradise", so it is maybe an improvement over OIneedajob in terms of foreign relations albeit a tragedy for the average iranian. However, nuclear weapons in the hands of the revolutionary guards could be catastrophic for the region and the world
Ahmadinijad is the only ruler who is not corrupt in Muslim world, that is why he never bent before west.
Of course. He only bends to the East.
Allah Akbar!
Long live Saddam and Bashar!
Soon Iran will have nuclear weapons. America and Israel should accept this. If Iran wants to use the bomb on these 2 countries, let them. They will face the consequences. Besides America needs to reduce its population. This would be healthy. Iran could be the next super power to control the world.
Have you considered taking your meddies EVERY day?
And have you considered decaff?
SO, Ahmadinedjad is weak. Now we have the other Khameini to worry about. At least ahmani was a graduate of the Iranian University. The only thing Khameini knows is how to recite the Koran by heart and how to apply Koranic Law. ANd that is not enough to run a country. No improvement there. Both are loonies.
our leaders are fooled by religion
Why would CNN have a biased person continually write stories about Iran that are in fact his own agenda based opinions? CNN should protect their reputation and find someone who is able to be fair and impartial when dealing with Iran. When you continually see these types of stories one may be tempted to start referring to CNN as CN-Jazeera.
In reality ahmadinejad couldnt be stronger, this is more zi0nist propaganda.
your correct, he is stronger, but body odor doesn't count.
Once again, FZ is pretending to be an expert on everything around the world. He cannot possibly know what he is talking about, since he seems to post a column almost every day on many places around the world. CNN seems to be exploiting him. As a result, I no longer read his posts, as I doubt that CNN or FZ really know what they are talking about.
The only thing that isn't weakening about him is his stench/ LIke most iranians and arabs in general, he smells like a goat. That is what happens when you don't ever bathe or change your clothing. Those 1970's polyester leisure suits are the bomb!!!
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Maybe a drone will zero in on his stench some day soon, and the world will be a better place..
A much better place.
wishful thinking by FZ.The people from the middle east that move tp America and denouce anti-iperialist freedom fighters from the countries from which they came only proves how reactionary they are.They never criticize the puppet agent governments that Nato and America prop up.The neocolonialist regimes that western imperialism prop up are some of the worst human right abusers inthe world.Moreover,the imperialist forces have special ops,cia,special forces,mi-6,mossad etc,etc involved in any nation-state that consciously has anti-imperialist policy.Israel has Nuclear weapons and it seems to be alright.How many wars has the zioist state been in since it was found in 1948? When was the last Iran was an aggressor?iran is a sovereign nation,can they think about diversifying technology for medical use,i mean think about,just like looking at a menu.The arrogance of the west never cease to amaze me.They want to be the thought police and apologist for zionism.There are arabs that support zionism as well and their are arab racist like in libya that hate Africans.Imperialism uses the hell out of these stupid racist pro-zionist arabs.so,FZ what is your postion on Zionism?
Ahmadnidejah is no longer a viable tool for the Revolutionary Guards and will be replaced sooner rather than never. He was chosen because the Guards know him as a simpleton, and an obedient servant. Now that the entire world has trade sanctions against Iran , and as the Iranian economy comes to a grinding halt soon – Ahmadinead gets the blame and will get the boot in his face.
The world should be seeing the real faces of the power behind the Iranian Government. And typically this stubborn, arrogant and defiant nature of these people will cause mayhem to the oil trade. The Straits of Homultz will be set aflame by these former irrational closet rulers.
After which Iran will be reduced to ruins. Bankrupt and destroyed by a bunch of unthinking military generals who think they can rule the Middle East with their very average mentality.
Those darn unthinking generals with their average intelligence, what do they know Abddul?
You were educated in the best madrassa in your bled and you are plenty smart.
You tell it like it is buddy.
I am not here to debate about Farid. The topic is about Iran and Iran only. Anything outside of this is just gibberish immaturity.
If I dont like the topic in any political forum, I move on. I wont be hanging around and embarassing myself by attacking web moderators or admins.
If I were Farid's friend, I would give him a hug – for a job well done.....
because, truth hurts, and many American netizens cannot handle the truth. They would prefer the Hollywood version s or the political TV stageshows.
hehhe...
At this rate Ahmadinejad is going to end up like Sadegh Gotbzadeh who was the fair-haired boy of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini back when the American Embassy in Tehran was overrun and the staff taken hostage. He disappeared and was rumored to have ended his life in front of a firing squad, sanctioned by the old Ayatollah. So much for loyalty. The question is whether the military will follow the orders of the clerics or will they attempt to remove them as opposition? In that case, all we will be missing is the Shah...
Except the Shah was aligned with the US. We can expect a military dictatorship that emerges from the current murky mess to be much less friendly.
"fair-haired". stop, stop, way way too funny–Carole????
a monkey with narrow eyes!
what ????????????
It is really too bad that cnn should offer this service of responding to the given topic, preferably on a somewhat intelligent, if at least, mature level. it is so common for those who find fault and blame otheres, to find themselves at fault and to blame. it is the fault of the nature of mankind from the beginning of time, to attribute all the success to themselves and all the blame to otheres. lets all practice this "i am sorry, i should not have said/done such unto you. let us work together to find common ground that we shall share the successes and burdens equally." everytime men create disaster, afterwards, they work together to clean it up. how about we just work together from the start, and avoid the disaster completely. salaam
Wow that was deep!
What did it mean?
Zakaria is getting weaker!
In what way?
Zakaria's writing skills have deteriorated and it's evident that he isn't getting top billing anymore on the left wing propaganda circuit any more! ...saying that ahmadinejad is getting weaker isn't really helping our half wit presidents image or his lack of foriegn policy either!
David err Abdul, "evident"???
Mr. Zakaria still has a job which he does efficiently.
Diplomacy has always been composed of "carrots and sticks" options. After all, wasn't it Klauswitz who said something like the use of the military was simply an extension of diplomacy? In any event, we are seeing the rawest edges of the manipulative style of diplomacy in the relationship between Iran and the rest of the world.
it seems some of you will argue with anything Zakaria says. Is this human nature or do people of middle eastern descent like to argue for some reason.
They like to argue with facts they pull out of their as ses.
They simply do not understand saying anything without lying.
Ahmadinejad is weak and the Ayatollah is getting stronger. Muslim clerics are the leaders of political parties of the "Arab Spring", terrorist organizations, and Islamic governments. No wonder violence, hatred, terrorism, discrimination is becoming the norm.
Tom: He's weak and getting weaker?
Dick: I disagree, is this not the same man that called the US out on 9/11 during a UN meeting and all the US representatives could do was (cowardly) vacate the meeting.
Harry: It sucks when you are so ashamed of what your country does that you can't even verbally defend it.
Tom: oh great here it comes....
Harry: I can see this Zionist banker cartel, planning to replace obama with a Obiden.
Dick: What is wrong with you are you from the Palin family tree?
Tom: Harry is being an antisemite... I learned that from the great elders of Zion.
Harry: Yeah Tom you studied the protocols well.
Serious case of multiple personality disorder buddy.
Do not waste a minute and go see a psychiatrist or ask Allah for help.
Seriously!
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Another analysis by Zakaria that advises us to do nothing. What a surprise.
Iran is going to get the bomb. It's a matter of time.
Hamdulilah! he gets it.
Iran will not get a bomb. There is no need for that now.
Iran will more likely self destruct from a terrible implosion – and massive unrest. Iranians do not want this wasteful confrontation with the rest of the world to continue forever. It has to stop somewhere.
Political and religious edicts from the leaders is not giving them food and water – and normalcy in their lives.
Historically, desperate nations have resorted to desperate measures which is an even greater reason to be afraid of this type of a fanatical theocracy! A classical example of this is WWI Germany and the treaty of Versailles that our own president Woodrow Wilson refused to sign, stating that it would cause another war, because of impoverished people there! He was proven correct shortly afterwards with the outbreak of WWII! In essence"bad things can happen when supposedly good men choose to do nothing! ...or atomic weaponry is nothing to mess around with, because radiation is not bound by borders!
For as long as Iran does not renounce its publicized goal of annihilating Israel, there can't be peace for Iran.
It is amazing how many people actually responded to this short blog by Fareed. With all due respect to Fareed, the subject of power is much more sophisticated in Iran that he put into these simple conclusions. Ahmadinejad himself comes from the Revolutionary Guard that raised to this level of power in military and economy with Ahmadinejad's help and support too. The reason for the Leader and the parliament to disagree with Ahmadinejad is combination of things most of which is related to the very fact of Ahmadinejad's complete lack of diplomatic skills. In other words, Ahmadinejad is now a liability for the regime and in the establishment's eyes, he needs to be minimized. But that has has nothing to do with Iran becoming a military dictatorship. Iran is too big, too populated, and too educated for any absolute dictatorship to be fully enforced. Iranian regime has made many mistakes and wrong decisions but one should not consider them simple nor irrational.
We Iranians people love Israel. They are our brothers and sisters. They are part of us and we part of them. its just the American imperialistic government , the Zionist govt, and the Islamic govt wants war to get their pockets richer.
well said Pouya.
Ahmadinejad caused a global gaffaw when he confidently declared, while in America, that Iran do not have gay people.
That to me was a measurement of how irrational, and disconnected, the present Iranian leaders are with the real world.
I think after he is gone, Ahmadenejad will long be remembered for that famous line he made while visiting USA.
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