I spent some time this morning reviewing a The Duran video that includes, in its second half, a critique of Iran’s handling of the most recent Anglo-Zionist attempt at regime change.
It's worth considering that out-of-country Iranian news sites are "compromat", giving the favorable Western interpretation of the Iranian unrest. I've heard, or read, that 400 Mossad agents were captured by Iranian law enforcement---which naturally would include CIA personnel. The violence of the protests was instigated by intelligent agency asset agitators.
The above link is a 3-day old discussion on LJ's Counter Currents podcast, of Larry Johnson with his colleagues and friends, Nima Alkhorshid and Prof. Sayed Mohammed Marandi. Both Nima and the Professor are giving first hand experience, since they are in Iran, now. Larry contributes and clarifies with his wealth of studiously earned experience in recognizing the Intelligence Agency playbook. This video is just one of several informative intellectual discussions on the Anglo-Zionist predatory crush against Iran, which I have learned from, since Christmas. Additional insights can be had from other discussion podcasts with hosts and guests that feature these men, and of course, Alastair Crooke
Interesting Max Blumenthal discussion yesterday with Ali Alizadeh, an Iranian academic of some sort, on the history of civil unrest in Iran since the Islamic Revolution. I do not know nearly enough about Iran to verify whether Alizadeh is on the up-and-up, but he seems credible and fills in a lot of gaps in my understanding (derived, of course, from hearing only one side for decades).
Americans have never experienced anything like the suffering Americans have delivered to Iranians, and Afghanis, Iraqis, Libyans, Syrians, Lebanese.
Years ago after reading E L Doctorow's The March, about Sherman's March to the Sea in US Union vs Confederate war, I visited Milledgeville, GA, where much of the action took place. The town has never really recovered, nor have dozens of other towns in the South.
Sadly, chaos and destruction make windfall cash (and, thus, influence) for soulless opportunists. Rather than allowing Iran to follow a natural course of human development (by virtue of geography and Persian identity as one of history’s great civilizations) as the regional hegemon, guys like Marc Rich make gazillions by busting embargoes and sanctions imposed on behalf of their very homelands. Repeat thousands of times on even greater scales, you have a cruel, depraved world that decent people, even students of history, can’t quite comprehend.
I actually think Iran did an amazing job apparently with assistance of Russia or China with mainly with shutting down internet / Starlink
And I opine what was planned was a decapitation strike of the military leaders and religious leaders, where only targeting from planes was needed - and hope the population would rise up
against any that were left
What is amazing to me is how the populations still fall for it - despite watching
SYRIA and exactly what just happened in Syria
not to mention Georgia color revolution in 2003 or even Afghanistan
But Yes watching UKRAINE unfolding right now
So the population in Syria fought to remove Assad - and now the Syrian Druze Christians Alawites are being terrorized and often killed - and Israel is taking a part of their land and turkey other portions - and they have a wanted murderer as their leader Julani
What don't the populations understand ??? Here is an idea - let's remove our leadership like the Syrian's removed Assad - and everything will be great !
====================
Duran mentions but does not appear to focus on
- the most important element in Regime Change
And that is making sure they do not have money to pay bills - specifically
that they do not have money to pay soldiers/army - police force
and thus soldiers/army/police are open to bribes and corruption
" The very first thing that happened, if you remember, what started this process, was a collapse of the Iranian currency. A 40% collapse of the Iranian currency. "
So that is always a KEY - it was the 2nd KEY in my opinion,
For example: in SYRIA over time you bankrupt the County with Sanctions and then
when they cannot pay soldiers you bribe them and then you hit them with with the Currency Collapse and organized riots - with no police/military protection
-- Not sure what the US actually planned, or if the 'attack' was called off last minute by Trump
The Iranian leadership certainly does seem to have been naive in recent years, however there are good signs. It was very encouraging that they accepted Chinese/Russian help to block Starlink and they seem to have opened up broader military links with their BRICS partners too. Israel must realise that, with the Starlink episode and failure of the colour revolution that they have lost their dirty warfare edge.
After first listening to Duran, I thought they had said, 'Iran should work on repairing relations with Arab neighbors.' But nothing like that was expressed.
However, that Arab states joined with Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan to voice opposition to an attack on Iran is a significant development, one that it would be beneficial for Iran to pursue.
Over 10 years ago Flynt & Hillary Leverett had a robust blog, Race for Iran, on which they wrote numerous time that US policy toward Russia was pushing Russia toward China -- which is what has occurred.
In one of the Haggai Ram links posted elsewhere, Ram wrote:
"“Commonsense world was in keeping with the two states' **perceptions of themselves as outsiders in the Arab Middle East,** as well as their **desire to integrate their respective (Jewish and Iranian) populations into the Christian West."**
I got the sense that these two polities were like high school girls, trying to fit in with the cool clique, and taunting the other that "they like us better than you."
Israel made its best move -- got its girls on the cheerleading squad -- with the Abraham Accords. But then, Israel went too far, played Rebel Without a Cause and killed the opposition quarterback, bad sportsmanship all the way around.
Now, the Abraham Accords are up for grabs.
That may be a very fragile fissure, but if Iranians have the diplomatic and analytic skills that others in their heritage have demonstrated (and that Araghchi seems to possess) , they can bring about the "transformation of the Middle East" that Bibi has boasted of, but in terms of mutually beneficial peace, not eradication of the Other.
maybe the regular assassination of top or leading members of the government, military and scientific communities by IDF+CIA+MI6 has thinned out the bench and the people who have had to step up were not experienced enough...though these are baptisms of fire here..
NIAC News brief: Major cities are quiet, but tensions underneath.
UN convenes at request of US, but Russia and China insist: no violence.
Russia / Putin taking mediator-role between Iran and Israel
Witkoff
"at Trump’s direct instruction, he contacted Iranian officials and conveyed a direct U.S. message to Tehran. Importantly, Witkoff made clear that these contacts focused on four long-standing strategic issues: Iran’s nuclear program, uranium enrichment, missile capabilities, and regional proxy forces."
Very disappointed in Mark Wauck. He is misguided or misinformed about Iran's internal structure and that it is not a difference between the religious and civil authorities in Iran. The Religious authority Ayatollah Khamieni actually supported the initial riots due to the drastic change in the value of the Rial when he said that ' shopkeepers who complain that they cannot run their business are speaking the truth '. and later when outside interference had made things violent he said that the Military and IRGC needs to distinguish between the peaceful protesters from the foreign agents when they repress the rioters.
It is the pro-western Prime Minister Pezeshkian who has been allowing this turmoil to happen....it is very telling that he was the only well known face who was leading the crowd protesting the riots openly without any fear that Mossad agents/assets would kill him.
You say "it is not a difference between the religious and civil authorities in Iran" but then say that there IS a difference in how the Ayatollah and Pezeshkian treated the protests/riots? So is there a schism within the governing authorities or not?
Sometimes Mercouris is Greek and sometimes he is British. In this discussion, he demonstrated the most obnoxious characteristics of Elizabethan-British colonialism.
"Iran will be attacked again."
BULLETIN BULLETIN BULLETIN!! Where'd you get your first clue, Sherlock?
"I know for a fact that the Iranians do not have the ability to take down Starlink ...they had to have gotten help."
Iranians formed the largest cohort of foreign students in graduate programs at America's most demanding technical universities. I worked with them. Years later, I did business with a person who was, then, professor of aeronautical engineering and later became head of the Department of Engineering at an even larger university in the South.
Numerous American corporations did business in Iran, employing Iranians and attending Iranian universities. During the Pahlavi era, most of the American military academies had contract relationships with Iran's government, defense industry, and universities.
Aside from that, Iran's relationship to Jews is far more complex and intense than Mercouris has ever dealt with. Even today, Iranians consider Jews their little brothers, a special component of the Iranian cultural mix. There are some analogies to Putin's complex relationship to Ukrainians, who are Russians.
PS. On the other hand, Iranian Jews do not recognize zionism as having anything to do with the Jews of Iran, or of most of the Middle East, for that matter: zionism is a project of Eastern European Jews, a 'breed' that is alien to the experiences and life-style of most Iranian, and Iraqi, etc. Jews. Haggai Ram has published several essays, available online, that attempt to frame these cultural differences:
It's worth considering that out-of-country Iranian news sites are "compromat", giving the favorable Western interpretation of the Iranian unrest. I've heard, or read, that 400 Mossad agents were captured by Iranian law enforcement---which naturally would include CIA personnel. The violence of the protests was instigated by intelligent agency asset agitators.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WNvtCXsAyM
The above link is a 3-day old discussion on LJ's Counter Currents podcast, of Larry Johnson with his colleagues and friends, Nima Alkhorshid and Prof. Sayed Mohammed Marandi. Both Nima and the Professor are giving first hand experience, since they are in Iran, now. Larry contributes and clarifies with his wealth of studiously earned experience in recognizing the Intelligence Agency playbook. This video is just one of several informative intellectual discussions on the Anglo-Zionist predatory crush against Iran, which I have learned from, since Christmas. Additional insights can be had from other discussion podcasts with hosts and guests that feature these men, and of course, Alastair Crooke
Interesting Max Blumenthal discussion yesterday with Ali Alizadeh, an Iranian academic of some sort, on the history of civil unrest in Iran since the Islamic Revolution. I do not know nearly enough about Iran to verify whether Alizadeh is on the up-and-up, but he seems credible and fills in a lot of gaps in my understanding (derived, of course, from hearing only one side for decades).
https://rumble.com/v74dqh8-with-you-in-the-field-the-grayzone-live.html?e9s=src_v1_s%2Csrc_v1_s_o&sci=e4e78f43-292d-4949-bf48-b87736f0dcc9
I listened to an hour. I can't listen any more.
For what purpose all this suffering.
Americans have never experienced anything like the suffering Americans have delivered to Iranians, and Afghanis, Iraqis, Libyans, Syrians, Lebanese.
Years ago after reading E L Doctorow's The March, about Sherman's March to the Sea in US Union vs Confederate war, I visited Milledgeville, GA, where much of the action took place. The town has never really recovered, nor have dozens of other towns in the South.
Sadly, chaos and destruction make windfall cash (and, thus, influence) for soulless opportunists. Rather than allowing Iran to follow a natural course of human development (by virtue of geography and Persian identity as one of history’s great civilizations) as the regional hegemon, guys like Marc Rich make gazillions by busting embargoes and sanctions imposed on behalf of their very homelands. Repeat thousands of times on even greater scales, you have a cruel, depraved world that decent people, even students of history, can’t quite comprehend.
I actually think Iran did an amazing job apparently with assistance of Russia or China with mainly with shutting down internet / Starlink
And I opine what was planned was a decapitation strike of the military leaders and religious leaders, where only targeting from planes was needed - and hope the population would rise up
against any that were left
What is amazing to me is how the populations still fall for it - despite watching
SYRIA and exactly what just happened in Syria
not to mention Georgia color revolution in 2003 or even Afghanistan
But Yes watching UKRAINE unfolding right now
So the population in Syria fought to remove Assad - and now the Syrian Druze Christians Alawites are being terrorized and often killed - and Israel is taking a part of their land and turkey other portions - and they have a wanted murderer as their leader Julani
What don't the populations understand ??? Here is an idea - let's remove our leadership like the Syrian's removed Assad - and everything will be great !
====================
Duran mentions but does not appear to focus on
- the most important element in Regime Change
And that is making sure they do not have money to pay bills - specifically
that they do not have money to pay soldiers/army - police force
and thus soldiers/army/police are open to bribes and corruption
" The very first thing that happened, if you remember, what started this process, was a collapse of the Iranian currency. A 40% collapse of the Iranian currency. "
So that is always a KEY - it was the 2nd KEY in my opinion,
For example: in SYRIA over time you bankrupt the County with Sanctions and then
when they cannot pay soldiers you bribe them and then you hit them with with the Currency Collapse and organized riots - with no police/military protection
-- Not sure what the US actually planned, or if the 'attack' was called off last minute by Trump
but Iran did I think a great job
The Iranian leadership certainly does seem to have been naive in recent years, however there are good signs. It was very encouraging that they accepted Chinese/Russian help to block Starlink and they seem to have opened up broader military links with their BRICS partners too. Israel must realise that, with the Starlink episode and failure of the colour revolution that they have lost their dirty warfare edge.
After first listening to Duran, I thought they had said, 'Iran should work on repairing relations with Arab neighbors.' But nothing like that was expressed.
However, that Arab states joined with Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan to voice opposition to an attack on Iran is a significant development, one that it would be beneficial for Iran to pursue.
Over 10 years ago Flynt & Hillary Leverett had a robust blog, Race for Iran, on which they wrote numerous time that US policy toward Russia was pushing Russia toward China -- which is what has occurred.
In one of the Haggai Ram links posted elsewhere, Ram wrote:
"“Commonsense world was in keeping with the two states' **perceptions of themselves as outsiders in the Arab Middle East,** as well as their **desire to integrate their respective (Jewish and Iranian) populations into the Christian West."**
I got the sense that these two polities were like high school girls, trying to fit in with the cool clique, and taunting the other that "they like us better than you."
Israel made its best move -- got its girls on the cheerleading squad -- with the Abraham Accords. But then, Israel went too far, played Rebel Without a Cause and killed the opposition quarterback, bad sportsmanship all the way around.
Now, the Abraham Accords are up for grabs.
That may be a very fragile fissure, but if Iranians have the diplomatic and analytic skills that others in their heritage have demonstrated (and that Araghchi seems to possess) , they can bring about the "transformation of the Middle East" that Bibi has boasted of, but in terms of mutually beneficial peace, not eradication of the Other.
Iranians are very smart/educated.
But their leaders (both civil and religious) seem so mediocre/uninspiring.
Don't know why
maybe the regular assassination of top or leading members of the government, military and scientific communities by IDF+CIA+MI6 has thinned out the bench and the people who have had to step up were not experienced enough...though these are baptisms of fire here..
NIAC News brief: Major cities are quiet, but tensions underneath.
UN convenes at request of US, but Russia and China insist: no violence.
Russia / Putin taking mediator-role between Iran and Israel
Witkoff
"at Trump’s direct instruction, he contacted Iranian officials and conveyed a direct U.S. message to Tehran. Importantly, Witkoff made clear that these contacts focused on four long-standing strategic issues: Iran’s nuclear program, uranium enrichment, missile capabilities, and regional proxy forces."
--- but nothing about protests.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#inbox/WhctKLbvRTMzfWQldTxXwMhrLKKDzVSlSqQspvJxCCpxHWWJxlkdXcLtqQpFDMsXVDbDkBQ
The more I read Mark Wauck's take in here the more I'm convinced that he is pushing western propaganda....I'm gonna drop him right now.
This isn't an airport. You really don't have to announce your departure.
Didn't you know that he's Lindsey Graham in disguise?
You mean Lady Lindsey (credit: Robert Barnes)
Disagree.
Refute the arguments, don't plug your ears.
Very disappointed in Mark Wauck. He is misguided or misinformed about Iran's internal structure and that it is not a difference between the religious and civil authorities in Iran. The Religious authority Ayatollah Khamieni actually supported the initial riots due to the drastic change in the value of the Rial when he said that ' shopkeepers who complain that they cannot run their business are speaking the truth '. and later when outside interference had made things violent he said that the Military and IRGC needs to distinguish between the peaceful protesters from the foreign agents when they repress the rioters.
It is the pro-western Prime Minister Pezeshkian who has been allowing this turmoil to happen....it is very telling that he was the only well known face who was leading the crowd protesting the riots openly without any fear that Mossad agents/assets would kill him.
You say "it is not a difference between the religious and civil authorities in Iran" but then say that there IS a difference in how the Ayatollah and Pezeshkian treated the protests/riots? So is there a schism within the governing authorities or not?
Sometimes Mercouris is Greek and sometimes he is British. In this discussion, he demonstrated the most obnoxious characteristics of Elizabethan-British colonialism.
"Iran will be attacked again."
BULLETIN BULLETIN BULLETIN!! Where'd you get your first clue, Sherlock?
"I know for a fact that the Iranians do not have the ability to take down Starlink ...they had to have gotten help."
Iranians formed the largest cohort of foreign students in graduate programs at America's most demanding technical universities. I worked with them. Years later, I did business with a person who was, then, professor of aeronautical engineering and later became head of the Department of Engineering at an even larger university in the South.
Numerous American corporations did business in Iran, employing Iranians and attending Iranian universities. During the Pahlavi era, most of the American military academies had contract relationships with Iran's government, defense industry, and universities.
Aside from that, Iran's relationship to Jews is far more complex and intense than Mercouris has ever dealt with. Even today, Iranians consider Jews their little brothers, a special component of the Iranian cultural mix. There are some analogies to Putin's complex relationship to Ukrainians, who are Russians.
PS. On the other hand, Iranian Jews do not recognize zionism as having anything to do with the Jews of Iran, or of most of the Middle East, for that matter: zionism is a project of Eastern European Jews, a 'breed' that is alien to the experiences and life-style of most Iranian, and Iraqi, etc. Jews. Haggai Ram has published several essays, available online, that attempt to frame these cultural differences:
Between Homeland and Exile: Iranian Jewry in Zionist/Israeli Political Thought. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20455554
The Logic of an Israeli Obsession
https://www.jstor.org/stable/23033315
Toward a Cultural Understanding of Israeli Anti-Iran Phobias
https://www.jstor.org/stable/30069612
What does “pattern of serial production executions” mean?
I think it means that they grease a lot of people at the same time rather than just one or two.
Means Iran uses a production line methodology for killing a large number of internal enemies.
And subtext of this is Iran is getting a lot of negative publicity for this.
Something Joe Biden would say after 3PM