Will the US try to stop Iranian influence
Will the US try to stop Iranian influence
Iran emerging from behind Iraq shadows
A number of political analysts believe that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was selected by the ruling theocracy in Tehran in order to aggressively push forward an agenda consisting of three action points.
First, to proceed full speed ahead with the nuclear program, enabling the Islamic republic to become a nuclear power. That is already underway.
Second, to revive the dream of the founder of the Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Ruhallah Khomeini, by exporting the revolution to other Muslim nations.
Third, to establish a foothold in neighboring Iraq, as a first step in accomplishing the above step, that of exporting the revolution. That, too, is already underway.
The southern two-thirds of Iraq have de facto become "the Islamic republic of Iraq," says Ken Joseph, an Assyrian who grew up in Japan, studied in the U.S., and who has been active in Iraq since the downfall of Saddam Hussein. "We call it 'Western Iran,'" says a demoralized Joseph. MORE
Posted by Ted Belman at January 17, 2006 03:05 PM
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Will the US try to stop Iranian influence
Iran emerging from behind Iraq shadows
A number of political analysts believe that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was selected by the ruling theocracy in Tehran in order to aggressively push forward an agenda consisting of three action points.
First, to proceed full speed ahead with the nuclear program, enabling the Islamic republic to become a nuclear power. That is already underway.
Second, to revive the dream of the founder of the Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Ruhallah Khomeini, by exporting the revolution to other Muslim nations.
Third, to establish a foothold in neighboring Iraq, as a first step in accomplishing the above step, that of exporting the revolution. That, too, is already underway.
The southern two-thirds of Iraq have de facto become "the Islamic republic of Iraq," says Ken Joseph, an Assyrian who grew up in Japan, studied in the U.S., and who has been active in Iraq since the downfall of Saddam Hussein. "We call it 'Western Iran,'" says a demoralized Joseph. MORE
Posted by Ted Belman at January 17, 2006 03:05 PM