Not only does Cox & Forkum have the full-size cartoon, they also have an excellent roundup about 18 Tir and the Iranian people's ongoing struggle for freedom. Another good roundup can be found at Kesher Talk.
Not only does Cox & Forkum have the full-size cartoon, they also have an excellent roundup about 18 Tir and the Iranian people's ongoing struggle for freedom. Another good roundup can be found at Kesher Talk.
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Somebody better tell the Bush Administration:
Buoyed by statements from President Bush and a campaign on the Internet to provide timely photographs and news of the events on the ground, many Iranian dissidents were hopeful America’s policy that led to the toppling of Saddam Hussein would inspire a counterrevolution in Iran. Today, many of those dissidents feel betrayed by a president who had once so publicly voiced solidarity with their struggle.The author of “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” Azar Nafisi said the silence from the White House was “terrible.”
And then there's this.
This, on the other hand, is courage.
Praktike,
The link in #24031 doesn't work. Try again - I'd like to see it.
Probably the standard "blogspot permalinks don't work right" bit. I can't make the link work, but just going to http://abovethewall2.blogspot.com gives it as the first article (at the time I write this).
Sorry, it's the first post on MM's link. While we're what-iffing Iran, here's a troubling scenario: Iran invading Iraq.
(the October stuff is obvious nonsense)
From Ignatius' piece:
Finding the right strategy for dealing with an Iran that has nuclear ambitions and terrorist capabilities won't be easy. But Iranians and Americans who were involved in the secret dialogue of the past few years remain convinced that the only answer is a "grand bargain" that builds on the two countries' shared interests -- and seeks to satisfy each country's security concerns. That's one item to put in the White House "in-box" for January.
I'm trying to think of one shared interest...
A stable non-Taliban Afghanistan?
Really, now.
That's stretching it just a little. They couldn't care less whether it's stable, so long as it isn't hostile. And a US-backed regime in Kabul probably isn't their ideal of what Afghanistan should be like.
And even if that were true, Iran is at war with the US. Looking for common ground while Hezbollah and IRGC are killing US troops is a bit much.
Joe, you need to fix the link to Kesher Talk - just get rid of the extraneous HTML.
Colt:
Iran wants:
To expand Panjshiri influence, to protect Shi'ite minorities like the Hazara, to repatriate Afghan refugees, and to gain indirect contol of the western provinces. They do want a stable situation there, to protect these interests.
Okay. Now what? We allow Afghan refugees in to Afghanistan in exchange for calling of Muginyeh and pulling VEVAK out of Iraq?
Sure, they'd say. Suckers.