http://www.newsweek.com/id/223862
Has the silent overthrow happened? Was that what the election rigging in April about (the Iranian government is never so blatant)?
Saviors of the Japanese
Has the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a coup de' etat?
http://www.newsweek.com/id/223862
Has the silent overthrow happened? Was that what the election rigging in April about (the Iranian government is never so blatant)?
“The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.”
—Sir William Francis Butler
Comes Rei Militaris
Re: Has the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a coup de' etat?
Saw that guy's interview on the Daily Show. Was great.
One thing is for certain: the more profoundly baffled you have been in your life, the more open your mind becomes to new ideas.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.
Primicerius
Re: Has the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a coup de' etat?
what a story - impressed me deeply!
not sure if it says much about the internal politics within Iran though ....
Science flies you to the moon.
Religion flies you into buildings.
Victor Stenger
Saviors of the Japanese
Re: Has the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a coup de' etat?
It does talk about the belief the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a coup, and that there is a fight internally between the Hardliners and Super Hardliners.
“The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.”
—Sir William Francis Butler
Now Is Not the Time
Re: Has the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a coup de' etat?
So.... the bad guys are fighting the even more bad guys, in other words?
Civitate
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Great article but man I had to laugh about the whole "New Jersey Islam" and the image of a bunch of Iranians running around talking like the Sopranos or something....seriously article does bring up some interesting stuff. Much better then their Palin cover...
Re: Has the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a coup de' etat?
10 pages...
*takes off trousers
Re: Has the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a coup de' etat?
If rupert murdoch has his way you're only gonna get half a page in future. Get it while you can brother.Originally Posted by BlackPirate
Praeses
Re: Has the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a coup de' etat?
Its long but good.
Besides the pages are short.
"If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance." - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Praeses
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read it, worth it
"Therefore I am not in favour of raising any dogmatic banner. On the contrary, we must try to help the dogmatists to clarify their propositions for themselves. Thus, communism, in particular, is a dogmatic abstraction; in which connection, however, I am not thinking of some imaginary and possible communism, but actually existing communism as taught by Cabet, Dézamy, Weitling, etc. This communism is itself only a special expression of the humanistic principle, an expression which is still infected by its antithesis – the private system. Hence the abolition of private property and communism are by no means identical, and it is not accidental but inevitable that communism has seen other socialist doctrines – such as those of Fourier, Proudhon, etc. – arising to confront it because it is itself only a special, one-sided realisation of the socialist principle."
Marx to A.Ruge
Comes Rei Militaris
Re: Has the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a coup de' etat?
What's the coup de' tat thing about regarding the RG?
One thing is for certain: the more profoundly baffled you have been in your life, the more open your mind becomes to new ideas.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.
Saviors of the Japanese
Re: Has the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a coup de' etat?
I would later discover that I had been picked up by the intelligence division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC. Before the June election, this unit of the Guards was little known; whenever journalists and intellectuals ran afoul of the authorities they were usually questioned by the official Ministry of Intelligence. But the IRGC, which reports directly to Khamenei, had been growing dramatically more powerful. Many suspect that the Guards rigged the election. Certainly they led the crackdown that followed.
IRGC intel is now responsible for Iran's internal security, which means that its rampaging paranoias have suffused the regime. There remain players within the system who can make rational decisions about Iran's international interests; if there weren't, I would still be in jail. But the Guards are exacerbating the Islamic Republic's worst instincts, its insecurity and deep suspiciousness. As world powers try to engage Tehran to mitigate the threat of its nuclear program, it's critical that they understand this mindset and the role the IRGC now plays within the Iranian system. I learned all too much about both while in the Guards' hands.
“The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.”
—Sir William Francis Butler
Comes Rei Militaris
Re: Has the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a coup de' etat?
I'd hate to break it to you...but paranoia and change in responsibilities does not equal a coup.
One thing is for certain: the more profoundly baffled you have been in your life, the more open your mind becomes to new ideas.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.
Saviors of the Japanese
Re: Has the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a coup de' etat?
But engineering an election does though.
I read this two days ago in the magazine and got that impression from reading it, but I could have misread it.
“The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.”
—Sir William Francis Butler
Comes Rei Militaris
Re: Has the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a coup de' etat?
That's a non military coup if you insist on using that word instead of 'theft of election'. Military coups tend to be a lot more...let's use the word 'blunt'. Military coups tend to be a lot more blunt. And coups tend to want to wreck the government anyway, not merely take it over.
One thing is for certain: the more profoundly baffled you have been in your life, the more open your mind becomes to new ideas.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.
Saviors of the Japanese
Re: Has the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a coup de' etat?
Not all coups are military style take overs.
“The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.”
—Sir William Francis Butler
ԱՐՄԵՆՈՒՄ
Re: Has the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a coup de' etat?
I'm fine with current Iranian regime, they've given blockaded Armenia gas routes and they seem to have tensions with Azerbaijan.
[ Under Patronage of Jom ][ "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:21 ]
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Yeah, as long as they support Armenia they can do no wrong.
Heir to Noble Savage in the Imperial House of Wilpuri
ԱՐՄԵՆՈՒՄ
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I know it sounds arrogant, but Armenia after all is blockaded by two of its neighbors and economic and political situation is unstable; it can use all the help it can get.
[ Under Patronage of Jom ][ "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:21 ]
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Re: Has the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a coup de' etat?
Iran is just looking for a way to destabilize its neighbor. I truly doubt Iran is offering aid to a Christian insurgency out of kindness.
Heir to Noble Savage in the Imperial House of Wilpuri
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