I will not waste too much time to reply to your post, however

You must be out of your mind to suggest, “The US helped Iran democratize”

The entire world is aware that in 1953, The US toppled the popular and democratically elected government of Iran headed by Dr Mohammad Mosadegh, and replaced him by a US puppet dictator called “The Shah”.

The main reason was oil.

If USA and British did not interfere in Iran’s internal affairs back in 1953, and did not steal Iran’s oil, by now, Iran would have been one of the most prosperous countries in the world.

I think you must be the one who is mentally handicapped if you still believe “The US helped Iran democratize”

Your stupid comments should tell readers something about you.

Your other comments about Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iranian nuclear are equally stupid.

Unlike Israel and the United States, Iran has abided by the rules of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, of which it was an original signatory, and has allowed routine inspections under its legal obligations.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has never cited Iran for diverting its civilian programme to military use.

IN 2007 the N. I. E. confirmed that Iran does not have nuclear weapons and is not pursuing them.

Before US attack on Iraq back in March 2003, the UN inspectors had confirmed that Iraq had no WMD but the US still went ahead and attacked Iraq.

I suppose in your narrow mind “US helped Iraq democratize too”…lol

it was the Iranians who supported the American soldiers in their conquest of Afghanistan and defeat of the Taliban — until the Ledeens and Franklins and Feiths prevented any rapproachment of Iran and the U.S. They were ready and willing to help by offering intelligence information, emergency runways and search and rescue missions. They even offered to equip and train 70,000 Afghan military troops (with the help of the American field manuals that the advisors had left behind in their flight from Tehran.

It was the Iranians who supported the Americans again in their invasion of Iraq. And the same thing happened again: The Zion-cons blocked any attempt to get warmer relations between the two countries.

It was at a time when Iran’s military budget was cut down to a bit over 4 bn. dollars that the country was called a global nuclear threat — when Bushehr still lay in tatters — and a supporter of international terrorism when Hezbollah complained about being abandoned and cut off from the financial help they had got to be used to.

How come?

P.S.: Please forgive my poor English.

Were you equally certain Iraq had WMD? Were you contemptuous of those who wanted more evidence than you could provide?

“The US helped iran democrotize and helped wtih women’s rights in Iran while it had influence, and yet the Iranian shah and his Iranian oppresive regime was just that – iranian, and americans couldn’t do everything for Iranians. Their interference included educating countless Iranians too. If the iranians want to blame anybody they should blame themselves, the americans and british didn’t do the coup by themselves”

So the US can finance, organize and launch a coup. It could sanction Iran (in 1953 banning oil imports and Iran’s access to currency markets) to ruin the economy, it could hire local agitators to get the economically devastated people onto the streets…but yet bears no responsibility for the government they bring to power.

“after it the Iranians let them get away with it.”

No they didn’t. That’s why that US installed government is no longer in power.

“Of course the US doesn’t talk about democracy when it doesn’t fit it, it has real interests, just like the iranians don’t talk about the injustice they inflict on iraqis with the civil war they instigate but shed crocodile tears for the palestenians.”

I’m sorry. I was under the Impression that it was the United States and its “coalition” that invaded Iraq under contrived pretexts. But all along it was actually Iran. Or are you telling us that the US bears no responsibility for what happens in countries they invade and occupy? That if a civil war happens, it can’t be America’s fault?

“Saudi Arabia and Egypt are the responsibility of Saudis and Egyptions, not the US. Syria is one of the worse arab regimes and they’re anti-americans, American ’support’ means jack in keeping those repressive regimes. It’s the people that are responsible. How many egyption protests have you seen lately?”

It was the neocons and the Bush administration who blabbered on about democracy, not anyone else. The US backed governments undertake policies such as the starvation of Gaza, that no locally formed government would take. In the absence of US interference, Egypt might still be authoritarian. But it would never participate in the starvation of Gaza. Only a puppet government would do that.

I still want to give the president a chance, though. Even the most thoughtful Americans tend to think in terms of months, weeks or even days. We need to allow some time — years, perhaps — for leaders and their policies to, shall we say, ripen. Of course, the Chinese think in terms of centuries; to them even decades represent too short an horizon.

I don’t find quoting Krugman a compelling lead-in to this piece. The last thing Obama needs to do is follow more closely the leftist foolishness espoused by Krugman, a man who got his Nobel based on the political winds of the moment, rather than any deep understanding of economics. The election returns in Massachusetts represent a repudiation of Krugmanomics. That Krugman is taken seriously in some quarters is a mark of how screwed up America is at the moment.

I find Wig-Wag’s tone rather offensive, for this reason: if you haven’t got the guts to put your name on your comments, then you should observe the decencies. If you want to call people names, let us know who you really are, as opposed to hiding behind some silly internet moniker.

Iran’s crime is being a medieval state with rotten ambition. You’d have to be mentally handicapped to believe you need evidence to see if they’re developing nuclear weapons.

The US helped iran democrotize and helped wtih women’s rights in Iran while it had influence, and yet the Iranian shah and his Iranian oppresive regime was just that – iranian, and americans couldn’t do everything for Iranians. Their interference included educating countless Iranians too. If the iranians want to blame anybody they should blame themselves, the americans and british didn’t do the coup by themselves and after it the Iranians let them get away with it. And when they had the chance to build a decent country they decided to create an ‘islamic’ utopia that’s the source of all their misery right now.

Saudi Arabia and Egypt are the responsibility of Saudis and Egyptions, not the US. Syria is one of the worse arab regimes and they’re anti-americans, American ’support’ means jack in keeping those repressive regimes. It’s the people that are responsible. How many egyption protests have you seen lately? Just anti-western ones. They’re busy killing their chirstian minorities and ranting about jews to protest for something decent.

As for Saudi Arabia, it doesn’t get US aid and acted against the interests of the US plenty of times, continues to do this today, it’s a wahabi pro-alqaida state. The PEOPLE want it to be this repressive, because that’s their brand of islam. The US would be as successufl in improving women’s rights in saudi arabia as the saudis would be in making american women wear the veil and stay home. SA is actually one of the least repressive regimes, I’ve seen an interview with an opposition activist once and even he acknowledged it’s not exactly saddam’s regime, with jails full of tortured opponents. what’s repressive about it is what the saudis sees as islamic law, which is quite taliban-like, and again the US is not responsible for the koran or one country’s interpretation of it.

Of course the US doesn’t talk about democracy when it doesn’t fit it, it has real interests, just like the iranians don’t talk about the injustice they inflict on iraqis with the civil war they instigate but shed crocodile tears for the palestenians. However bush did talk about democracy in all the arab world, and obama woul talk about democracy in egypt of egyptions go out and protest. he’d have no choice. He’d never talk about democracy in saudi arabia because al-qaida would probably win (interesting to know that the al-qaida like groups don’t support elections of any kind, it’s against islam they say).

Great site and Great article

However, in your article, I would have liked to see more analysis of the destructive power and influence of Israel lobby in Obama’s administration and foreign policy.

I strongly believe that: In America, “Obama” is in office, but “Israel Lobby” is in power.

From the late 1980’s to the present, The Israel Lobby has been in the forefront of a campaign to promote a US military confrontation with Iran in collaboration with Israel.

The Zionist military proposals gained tremendous momentum during the 8 years of the Bush Administration.

The Israel Lobby mounted an unrelenting mass media propaganda campaign demonizing Iran, fabricating and disseminating falsified accounts of its nuclear programs, infiltrating and occupying key positions in the US Treasury Department, aggressively bludgeoning other governments, industries, banks and investors to boycott Iran.

Zionist Treasury Department officials hope to strangle and weaken Iran’s economy in order to soften it up for a military strike.

No other single or combined force in North America, or, for that matter, any place in the world (except Israel) has played as big a role in promoting an offensive war against Iran as the Zionist politicians and officials in the US government.

They were aided and abetted by Jewish lobbies, Zionist propaganda centres, multi-billionaires and hundreds of Jewish community organizations.

The most important foreign policy of US and Israel is to prevent Iran from becoming a super power in the Middle East. Their objective is to protect Israel at any cost and in doing so; they do not care if they destroy Iran.

Their sole aim is to destabilise Iran’s government and replace it by a US puppet government that protect the US and Israel interests in the region, and not the interest of Iran or Iranian people.

USA and Israel are aware that an attack on Iran will have “catastrophic consequences”; instead, The CIA and Mossad plan for Iran is an agenda to maintain division and instability.

They intend to Damage Iran economically in order to turn more people against their government, which in turn would destabilise and divide Iran. In other words, bloodshed and chaos equals control.

So far, American government Has lost nearly 5000 soldiers, spent over 900 billion dollars and killed and maimed over one million Iraqis.

This is the price American government is prepared to pay in order to change a regime in Iraq and replace it by a puppet government to look after the interests of US and Israel in the region.

To American government, “Iran” is worth far more than “Iraq”

Iranian people must be aware that Iran is next. They must not allow USA and Israel to turn their beautiful country into another hell like Iraq In the name of freedom and democracy.

Iranian people must also be aware that another revolution will have catastrophic consequences for Iran and its people.

If the USA and Israel manage to divide the Iranian people and to destabilise the Iranian government, this will trigger another revolution and bloodshed far greater than what we have witnessed in Iraq and Lebanon.

There will be bombing, street fighting, etc, the like of which we have not seen before.

There is also a good possibility that Iran will be divided, as did Soviet Union, into smaller countries, such as: Kurdistan, lorestan, blouchestan, Azerbaijan etc

The only looser will be the Iranian people.

The last thing Iran needs is another revolution and bloodshed, however, Iran does need reform which can only be achieved by civil and peaceful none violent demonstrations.

I do not think the leaders of Israel will be so foolish to undertake such a suicidal mission. As would it be also suicidal for Iran to launch an attack on Israel.

So please, it will be useful to you and everyone else in this forum if you take that idea from your mind completely.