Although I can agree that "America is weaker" as the result of the attacks on Iran, the subtitle and part of the article's content is, I believe, based on a faulty premise. I sincerely doubt that "a more dangerous man is leading Iran". Did "the assassination of Mojtaba’s father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei actually hand the program "to someone worse"?
To my recollection, the N.Y.Times has never been a reliable source of information. The few statements we receive from the present ayatollah seem rather restrained compared to the daily disinformation promulgated by President Trump on Truth Social. A nuclear weapon now seems to be a rational option for a country threatened by two nuclear armed regimes. It has long been a deterrent for other nations that have incurred the displeasure of the West, as North Korea's Kim Jong-un might attest.
But, was Iran ever really a threat to the stability of the region? The image of an autocratic theocracy portrayed in Western media doesn't hold up when we see videos of modern Iran with young women wearing stylish chadors and even with hair completely uncovered. How are those often colorful chadors more offensive to Western liberal sensibilities than the long black garb and "payots" worn by Hasidic men and other Jewish sects?
Ironically, despite being a secular ideology, zionism needs to adhere to a religious doctrine that justifies Jewish law as chosen by God. There can be no integration with "unclean" goyim.
Despite Palestinians being mostly Jews whose ancestors converted to Christianity or Islam, they have to remain second class citizens in an Israeli theocracy that remains repressive for even secular Jews. Next to Israel, Iran is a liberal democracy. Could it be that Iran is a regional threat because it is the most vociferous voice against Israeli expansionism?
There are 200 to 260 million Shia Muslims worldwide. Many of them considered the Ayatollah their religious leader. It was kinda like killing the Catholic Pope.
I understand 20 to 25 million people attended Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral. A similar number in Iraq. Largest funeral on record.
And Trump attacked Iran during his funeral when he promised not to!
America will be hated for a long, long time after this. Israel is already hated for genocide and for bombing virtually all its neighbours.
Ahmed: I admire you profoundly... but please: why is it so dificultades to say USA???? America is a continent, and the rest of us feel awful when you talk about "America" with a gringo accent!!! We are entitled to feel like latin Americans and not associated with USA... I ask this as a favor... In the same sense that Palestine exists and is NOT Izzzzz!
John Lander, former Australian ambassador to Iran, speaks Farsi and knew Khamanei personally. Lander says exactly what Ahmed Eldin has asserted - that is, that Khamanei was strongly opposed to the development of nuclear weapons. John Lander adds that this opposition was based on religious grounds.
Although I can agree that "America is weaker" as the result of the attacks on Iran, the subtitle and part of the article's content is, I believe, based on a faulty premise. I sincerely doubt that "a more dangerous man is leading Iran". Did "the assassination of Mojtaba’s father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei actually hand the program "to someone worse"?
To my recollection, the N.Y.Times has never been a reliable source of information. The few statements we receive from the present ayatollah seem rather restrained compared to the daily disinformation promulgated by President Trump on Truth Social. A nuclear weapon now seems to be a rational option for a country threatened by two nuclear armed regimes. It has long been a deterrent for other nations that have incurred the displeasure of the West, as North Korea's Kim Jong-un might attest.
But, was Iran ever really a threat to the stability of the region? The image of an autocratic theocracy portrayed in Western media doesn't hold up when we see videos of modern Iran with young women wearing stylish chadors and even with hair completely uncovered. How are those often colorful chadors more offensive to Western liberal sensibilities than the long black garb and "payots" worn by Hasidic men and other Jewish sects?
Ironically, despite being a secular ideology, zionism needs to adhere to a religious doctrine that justifies Jewish law as chosen by God. There can be no integration with "unclean" goyim.
Despite Palestinians being mostly Jews whose ancestors converted to Christianity or Islam, they have to remain second class citizens in an Israeli theocracy that remains repressive for even secular Jews. Next to Israel, Iran is a liberal democracy. Could it be that Iran is a regional threat because it is the most vociferous voice against Israeli expansionism?
HOW TO CREATE "TERRORISTS."
There are 200 to 260 million Shia Muslims worldwide. Many of them considered the Ayatollah their religious leader. It was kinda like killing the Catholic Pope.
I understand 20 to 25 million people attended Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral. A similar number in Iraq. Largest funeral on record.
And Trump attacked Iran during his funeral when he promised not to!
America will be hated for a long, long time after this. Israel is already hated for genocide and for bombing virtually all its neighbours.
That is how to create "terrorists."
The US was hated for a long, long time before this!
Ahmed: I admire you profoundly... but please: why is it so dificultades to say USA???? America is a continent, and the rest of us feel awful when you talk about "America" with a gringo accent!!! We are entitled to feel like latin Americans and not associated with USA... I ask this as a favor... In the same sense that Palestine exists and is NOT Izzzzz!
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John Lander, former Australian ambassador to Iran, speaks Farsi and knew Khamanei personally. Lander says exactly what Ahmed Eldin has asserted - that is, that Khamanei was strongly opposed to the development of nuclear weapons. John Lander adds that this opposition was based on religious grounds.
An insane man still leading America