Iran: Number One World Power? Nope, Not Today
March 2, 2008 – 12:40 am“Iran is the number one power in the worldâ€? – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
No, the aforementioned text has not been lifted from a “Saturday Night Life� script. According to FOX News, Ahmadinejad uttered these words this past week in a speech to the families of Iranians who perished in the Iran-Iraq war that occurred more than 20 years ago. And, yes. He was being serious.
In what serves as yet another example of his refusal to let go of the past, Ahmadinejad showcased his unadulterated lunacy in his assertion that he is leading the world most powerful country.
This baseless statement is more than laughable, especially when considering the fact that Ahmadinejad and his government deny the existence of homosexuals in Iran, authorizes the murder of gays and restricts the rights of women. I suppose these components contribute to his idea of what it takes to become the “number one world power.� Unfortunately, these are traits of an ideologically torn nation that is ruled by a cruel despotic figurehead – not indicators of a good or decent nation by any means.
“Today the name of Iran means a firm punch in the teeth of the powerful and puts them in their place.� - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Whose teeth is he referring to? And the American liberals think Bush is a brainwashing buffoon (my guess is that this story will go widely unpublished amongst liberal bloggers who are probably more concerned with statistically predicting Bush’s next bowel movement)?
Ahmadinejad’s latest verbal assault on reality is unbelievable to say the least, but what else are we to expect from a man who seems determined to solidify his nation as the diaper rash of the world.
11 Responses to “Iran: Number One World Power? Nope, Not Today”
This is Billy’s cheapest shot yet.
Notice how skillfully and wittily he turns a post about an absurdity uttered by the Iranian leader into an even greater absurdity.
Young Billy couldn’t resist his ill-considered and childish non sequitur, a feeble dig at liberals, in this latest epistle from the dim side of blog commentary.
The remark does nothing to advance his argument, but tells us a lot its author.
When Billy depletes his meager arsenal of verbal artillery, he resorts to his even scantier ordnance of ‘wit’.
So he caters to the scatological humor of three-year-olds, but leaves the adults among us wondering when he’s going to grow up.
Happily, Billy’s powers of cogitation are as limited as his insight, and his inability to make a logical transition in thought leads him to kindly inform us that Bush delivered a speech that out and out lies to his own people.
One hesitates to pop his bubble and tell Billy that this is old news to us liberals— it seems more humane to let him enjoy his insipid gruel.
By Vince Williams on Mar 2, 2008
Vince: Somewhere, in all of this, lies the thread of history.We can’t escape the legacy of American, British and French colonitalism over the past 150 years and the hand that it has dealt us. This goes way beyond party politics as I have said so often. Both sides of the aisle have had a hand in baking this pie and it will be the lot of future adminstrations to deal with the continuing story as it unfolds.
To what extent the veracity of the next administration will be with respect to being up front with the American people remains to be seen. My take on history, as well as life, is to expect nothing, therefore, never being disappointed.
By DAD on Mar 2, 2008
Billy has ‘helpfully’ removed a sentence of his from the post rather than striking it out for clarity.
For the record, Billy’s sentence after the bit about Bush’s next bowel movement was, “This man delivered a speech on (state) television that out and out lies to his own people.”
I had it saved on another tab.
By Vince Williams on Mar 2, 2008
P.S.: In the final analysis, for me, the choice of candidate isbased on a global assessment of who brings to the table what is required to deal with the entire world view as it stands on the day of the vote and, as well, the choice of running mate. (As a Kennedy brat, you can appreciate why.)
Imagine!!..Cheney in the Oval Office!!!!!!!!!
By DAD on Mar 2, 2008
It appears Billy was willing to leave it looking as if my comment was a non sequitur.
D__, since you brought up the subject, I think now is a good time to remember some not-so-ancient history, a subject that young Billy’s darling, George W. Bush, is not overly familiar with.
Perhaps “honest Abe” Billy would care to lend an ear, if he can tear it away from his favorite squawk box of bias and distortion, FOX News, for just a moment.
I have no doubt that it would come as a revelation to our less than incandescent ‘intellect’ in the Oval Office to learn that the bastion of liberty and freedom, the U.S., has not historically hesitated to interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign nations, when that suited its purposes.
The U.S. and Britain supported and funded the coup d’état that removed Mohammad Mosaddeq as the prime minister of Iran, after the Iranian Majlis and Senate voted to nationalize the Iranian oil industry, which of course was not beneficial to the interests of the company that became British Petroleum..
This was a boon to the Muslim religious community, which was disturbed by Mossadegh’s assumption of dictatorial powers, dissolving of the Iranian parliament, and abolishing of the Constitutional guarantee of a secret ballot.
Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. directed the CIA campaign that resulted in the overthrow of the anti-imperialist politician.
For the student of world affairs who cares to gain insight into the attitudes of the Iranian people, it helps to know a little history.
He could even win some respect from an Iranian counterpart whom he might wish to engage in “constructive dialogue”.
By Vince Williams on Mar 2, 2008
Vince: Why stop there?? Then, for the icing on the cake, we go ahead an reinstate the Palavi dynasty which Mosaddeq had, for all intents and purposes, disposed of. Then the Shad falls ill and the rest is the past 30 years.
What you have done, in this reprise, is re-enforced, by example, the argument which I have often made in these discussion with respect to the geopolitical game.
If you don’t possess a complete historical perspective of the world view, myopia is your lot and, unfortunately for many,keeping a breast of J-Lo’s comings and goings, including the intimate details thereof, is far more challenging a subject than studying for tomorrows’s history exam on the Cuban Missle Crisis.
I bet that most Americans are of the opinion that the Korean War is over. I know you know the answer to that one, and why.
By DAD on Mar 2, 2008
Gadzoooks!!!! My typos are awful!!
By DAD on Mar 2, 2008
D__, don’t worry.
After reading your previous comment, I was wishing I was the one taking care of J-Lo’s breast and its intimate details.;-)
By Vince Williams on Mar 2, 2008
Vince:’Jeeez”! I wrote a double-entendre without portfolio, and didn’t even realize.
Too much taken with the world!
Well, none the less, the observation now holds greater weight.
By DAD on Mar 2, 2008
D__, I’ll be nice and not go into a Freudian interpretation.
By Vince Williams on Mar 2, 2008
Thank you!
By DAD on Mar 2, 2008