tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post1319927803448438198..comments2023-11-05T22:35:31.766+00:00Comments on Neil Clark: Terrorism in IranNeil Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-75345214102163108212010-11-30T19:29:09.651+00:002010-11-30T19:29:09.651+00:00Hi Douglas- David does include the leaders of Arab...Hi Douglas- David does include the leaders of Arab states among the hawks circling Iran.Neil Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-84580531709999836882010-11-30T19:10:52.910+00:002010-11-30T19:10:52.910+00:00David Lindsay should include the leaders of the Ar...David Lindsay should include the leaders of the Arab states among the war hawks circling Iran.<br /><br />Noticing you've been quiet (at least at this blog) since the Wikileaks story brokeDouglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15146665485840381349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-81766607283650837902010-11-30T16:36:43.903+00:002010-11-30T16:36:43.903+00:00The War Party has no problem with ghastly dictator...The War Party has no problem with ghastly dictatorships. It has no problem with Islamists, including in Europe, and indeed in the Iraq where such forces have been unleashed by its actions.<br /><br />And it has no problem with Ba'athists, cheerfully encouraging and assisting the People's Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI) that moved <strong><em>during the Iran-Iraq War</em></strong> to Saddam Hussein's Iraq, which until its own overthrow in 2003 provided most of the PMOI's money and all of its military assistance.<br /><br />No, it is not made up of Arabs, and Ba'athism is supposed to be a form of Arab nationalism, founded, like so many such forms, by a Christian. But if there are Russian Nazis, increasingly in Israel because at least they are not Arabs, then there may as well also be Persian Ba'athists. And there are.<br /><br />In fact, in backing both the PMOI and Jundullah, the neocons are backing both the Ba'athists and the Sunni Islamists in relation to the same country. But it is that country. So that's all right, then. Isn't it?David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.com