Now what am I going to do about my Iran blogging? Mad Mahmoud, the Monkey Boy (really, look at that chimp face) is on the way out, and his replacement is–I’m told this by nearly every media source in the world–a “moderate”. Yes, that’s right, we’re back on that same old song. Benjamin Netanyahu is warning the world that nothing has really changed, as Iran’s president has no real power. This is the surprising lead of the AP story:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the international community on Sunday against easing sanctions on Iran following the election of a reformist-backed president, as the country’s nuclear efforts remain firmly in the hands of Iran’s extremist ruling clerics.
Netanyahu made the comments a day after the surprise victory by Hasan Rowhani in Iran’s presidential election was announced. Although Rowhani is considered a relative moderate and had the backing of Iranian reformists, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is the ultimate authority on all state matters and key security policy decisions- including nuclear efforts, defense and foreign affairs — remain solidly in the hands of the ruling clerics and their powerful protectors, the Revolutionary Guard.
Netanyahu said that the Iranian clerics disqualified candidates they disagreed with from running in the election. He said the international community must not get caught in “wishful thinking” and ease the pressure on Tehran saying “Iran will be tested by its deeds.”
Note the way they get all the right information in the first three paragraphs? Wait for the updates and watch it drop.
The Russians and the international community are all pretending that there’s been some kind of change in Iran. The AP and the rest of the world media are all gaga about the “reformist” who is going to be the next president. Color me skeptical.
“We won’t let the past eight years be continued,” Rowhani told a cheering crowd last week in a clear reference to Ahmadinejad’s back-to-back terms. “They brought sanctions for the country. Yet, they are proud of it. I’ll pursue a policy of reconciliation and peace. We will also reconcile with the world.”
Let’s not forget that nobody ran for president without the blessing of the Iranian “supreme leader” Khameini. This guy isn’t a reformer in the sense that the world media is claiming him to be. Guaranteed he will toe the Israel line and the nuclear line. And here’s why:
The conservative daily Jomhuri Eslami said Rowhani’s choice is “Iran’s yes to moderation and no to extremism”.
Rowhani, it said, “sends the message that Iranians hate extremist thought and want moderation (as the policy) that runs the country”.
But it added that “moderate does not signify compromise with the dominant powers and forgetting rights of the Iranian people. The president must use reason and logic for recognising their rights”.
The “dominant powers” are the U.S. and the EU. And just in case you think I’m exaggerating, check out his background.
Nothing has changed, except the public face of Iran. And that’s the dangerous part. If everyone but Israel thinks that Iran now wants to negotiate on nukes, the Iranians will gain another year to work on developing nuclear weapons. I hold out no hope that the Obama administration, and the idiots at State, will see through this “reformist” ploy.