Comments on: Laura Rozen Details Iran’s Fuel Swap Offer

By: Jon Harrison

Jon Harrison — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:51:35 +0000

Mithra, it’s great to know you don’t think I’ve done my homework, based on a few paragraphs that I’ve written here. I would love it if you would develop your own arguments — I want to read them. Dismissing me in this fashion doesn’t further your knowledge or mine.

By: mithra

mithra — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:57:34 +0000

Jon Harrison: If you really cared about America in the long run, you would have done yoru homework and knew that coddling anotehr dictatorship in the ME is not in the long-term interest of the US. I love American and I fear for its future.

By: Jon Harrison

Jon Harrison — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:00:32 +0000

Iranian, you can’t have it both ways. I’m not being “sensitive,” just calling ‘em as I see ‘em. Sorry if you don’t like my tone, but I’d say that’s you being too sensitive.

Do I care about Iran and the Iranian people? Yes, I do. But I’d be lying if I said they’re more important to me than America and the American people. You’re dreaming if you think the world is full of gushing lovers of humanity. Such people do exist, but they tend to wind up irrelevant or dead.

By: Iranian

Iranian — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:23:13 +0000

Jon Harrison: This is not about you or me. You’re so sensitive…

I know you don’t care about Iran and Iranians. That much was evidenced from the get go.

By: Jon Harrison

Jon Harrison — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:32:03 +0000

I read your post, Iranian. I frankly don’t care whether I possess any authority or credibility with you.

By: Iranian

Iranian — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:33:42 +0000

Another Iranian: Please reread my comment. I did not say Iran at the moment is trying to provoke an attack against itself. I said, “the only way the regime is going to persevere is by provoking an attack against itself”. Whether they will resort to such tactics remains to be seen but that is the only way they have a shot at survival.

By: Iranian

Iranian — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:10:54 +0000

Another Iranian:

There are hundreds of articles by Persian writers inside Iran that are asserting the same thing. I don’t have time to translate them all. But if you read Persian, you would have known. The fact that you don’t know that makes me think that you’re not really informed.

By: Iranian

Iranian — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:08:48 +0000

Jon Harrison: I think you should read my comments again instead of using empty pejoratives. Until I hear you refuting the contents of my posts, you have no crediblity or authority to know what’s good for Iran or the US.

By: Jon Harrison

Jon Harrison — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:40:24 +0000

I see Iranian is able to foretell the future (“Do you think . . .”). Therefore let’s just shut off our minds and listen to what he/she has to say.

“The U.S. should stay away completely.” Not a bad thought, but unfortunately the world does not work that way. Let’s try an adult approach, trying to do the best that can be done for both the U.S. and the Iranian.

By: Another Iranian

Another Iranian — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:43:32 +0000

@ Iranian:

while your arguments for the U.S interference in Iran’s internal affairs are genuine and worth thinking of, what you say about IRI’s intentions to provoke an attack is at best a conspiracy theory, if not lack of in depth understanding of the system and the overall picture.