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Did you know that the hezis

Did you know that the hezis wanted to change the name of Iran to IR and they settled for IRI? They changed the flag and national anthem. Thank you.

Ali Mostofi

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Is the Iranians' view that Hezis as you call them from outer space or from another country?

They are Iranian just as nedrecks in USA are Americans. We can not call our wishful thinking the truth and shove it down other peoples throat. Hezbollahis are part of Iranian people whether we like it or not.

Until we do not fully accept our shortcomings we cannot move forward and we do not accept shortcoming by not acepting the fact that there are many people in Iran that are hezbollahis and brainwashed or paid stooges (sandiskhor). 

On the dole

Right I am really on the dole. That's why I work 10 hours a day; ofthen 6 days a week. Right another word of wisdom from our IRI supporter.

Thank you Trita, like

Thank you Trita, like always you have expressed an expert view.

If you have difficulties understanding Trita, the problem is yours. You have been on the dole for so long.

VPK,

Lets agree

to disagree

masouda: I am on his

masouda: I am on his facebook and I keep telling him that he has a responsibility to represent Iranians' views properly. But he keeps calling Hezis Iranian. He has a responsibilty to describe the various political elements correctly. He doesn't.

Ali Mostofi

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Shame on us all

Iranian Americans for having this bozo Trita as the "President" of the National Iranian American Council...he is neither Iranian nor American.

lol at 3,000 years of hostility comment...the fool does not even knowcapital of Persia was in today's Iraq.  

But no surprise for CNN pressing hard for Euro interests in America.

Iraj Khan

1. Whatever I think Iran and Iraq should be friends.
2. Yes USA got rid of Taliban in power. The reason they are having trouble they have one hand tied. If USA went all out Taliban will be gone in weeks.
3. Iranian culture is not based on Islam. It was grafted on it by force. Islamic Republic has made Islam not so hip as it was.  No war is needed to remove it from the culture since IRI did it already. War is to remove the IRI. 
4. The Iranian culture is nothing like Egypt. Iranians still hold to the pre Islam identity while Egyptians lost it. How many Iranians are named Cyrus and how many Egyptians "Tut" we value our ancient identity.

Correcting Mola Nasreddin (aka "iraj khan's") falsehoods

1) The biggest vote-getter in the last Iraqi elections was Ayad Allawi's bloc. Maleki came in second. It was through backroom deals that Maleki has secured the Prime Minister's spot for the time being.

2) The U.S. is not begging anyone. Last I checked Molla Omar wasn't leading Afghanistan. The Taleban are a terrorist presence, to be sure,  largely due to help from the Pakistani intelligence and military, but they are not currently in power.  

3) Iran has had a Muslim majority for over 1000 years and a Shia majority for a few centuries, but the IRI has been in place for 32 years (shorter than the Pahlavis, Qaddafi, Assad, Saudis or even the UAE, etc). Iranian Islam does not equal Khomeinist rule any more than German culture equals Naziism and Russian culture equals Stalinism.

4) Last I checked, Egypt was ruled by the military. In any event, Sunni hardliners consider Shia as "heretics" and are perfectly willing to kill them left and right, as frequently happens in Iraq, Pakistan., etc

VPK,

1. Trita Parsi includes the Iraqi Kurds and Sunnis as Iraqis too while trying to counter the propaganda from the pro war crowd in Washington's centers of power. I was mostly talking about the Shia majority of Iraq that rules Iraq now.  

2. Was U.S. able to destroy Taleban in Afghanistan or is she begging to get them to agree on a peace accord?

3. Iranian regime lives in mosques and Iranian religious beliefs/culture, hence it cannot be destroyed. Cultures and ideas are hard to destroy, case in point Taleban of Afghanistan. 

4. What Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi's prescribe for Egypt is the creation of an Islamic regime rooted in Egyptian religious culture and traditions which is not much different from IRI's prescription for Iran. 

Hezis are not mentioned

Trita Parsi: with all his intelligence still does not single out The Hezbollah Party in Iran but talks about Iran. If he looked at the situation as Hezbollah vs US it would be a lot dofferent.

Ali Mostofi

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Dear Anahid:  Don't

Dear Anahid: 

Don't know how to verify?? do you?

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

Dear Vildemose

Are you sure Trita's wife is Moroccan swedish? somehow I thought his wife is Iranian. I may be wrong but that was my impression.

He's got a monarchy of his own: NIAC's Life Long King, I mean

"Elected President."

Agree with the Mose, above all he's a lobbyist, and a pawn of US oil interest.

Iraj Khan

1. Iran and Iraq may well be close together. Proving Trita Parsi is wrong. 
2. USA most definitely may change any government with the right plan. Attack by itself is hard. But they could support internal dissent. Just 10% of Iranian population given US/NATO backing will get any regime they want.
3. They don't need to destroy much to change the regime. Just hit the right points and the regime is gone. In fact sanctions may be enough with no attack required
4. People of Egypt got a different mindset than Iran: apples vs. oranges.

Faramarz: Spot on. I still

Faramarz: Spot on. I still think he is not a lobbyist for IRI. However, he is a lobbyist for Rockfeller and Goldman sacks empire.

The fact that his wife is moroccan-swedish has a lot to do with his biased view toward jews as well...

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

I had to

I had to listen for myself to be sure about what he said. Yes it is right there about 3000 years of hostility. As many said Iraq is a very recent creation. It did not exist in this from for 300 years.

• Iraq in its form was created by Britain in 1932.
• Much of Iraq was historically part of Iran. The capital of Sassanids Ctesiphon is very close to Baghdad. The same capital also belonged to Parthians.
• Post Islam the Caliphate ruled the whole Iran from Baghdad.

I am not attacking Parsi but am disputing what he says. Because he is plain wrong and is giving bad information to American people. The worst part is he gets on television while normal people do not. Therefore a false image is made.

I gave up on main stream media years ago. It would be nice if so did others. But too bad many still pay attention to this garbage. Americans are being fed *** by their own media.

two points

or maybe more,

1. Iran and Iraq will be very close for many many years to come because they share the same religious culture and history.

2. United States/NATO cannot change Iran's regime by attacking it.

3. They can destroy Iranian infrastrutures, military, industrial structures, they can turn it into rubles but they cannot overthrow the Islamic Regime of Iran.

4. Read and follow what's happening in Egypt.

The credibility of the character is highly dubious

As demonstrated by his and his organization's activities on behalf of IRI functionaries and interests. But I do understand that NIACis are very devoted to their Rahbar and don't wish to hear an unkind word against the President-for-Life.

He is a closet Monarchist!

He is a Swedish-Iranian-American-IR-inclined-Reformist-Monarchist.

But seriously, like some people, he is better defined as what he is against than what he is for. He is against AIPAC, everything else is secondary.

Did I hear

him saying these two countries have been  hostile rival in the region  for 3000 years? some body needs history lesson in here. I wasn't even aware there was a country named Iraq 3000 years a go, go figure this one out.

Great analysis and right on the money.....

If you can’t argue against the point made here, then attack the character.

'Hambastegi' is the main key to victory 

Mehrdad

Roozbeh jaan :-)

Don't knock the high-tech, advanced, "indigenously developed" Corolla super weapon. It was our first car in the U.S., and we nicknamed it "Kar-o-laal" (Deaf and Dumb)

Framarz, he's probaly going back to Babylonian/Assyrian times.

Who knows maybe he's an Assyrian deep down? Could "Trita" pass as an Assyrain name?

Just in case Trita is Assyrian and for all Assyrians in Iraq (and all my Assyrian highschool pals that taught me this song). I think it means "My Little Bird?"

Ahela Yoni

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Iran and Iraq relation,

So many of you have correctly noted that the Iraqi regime is in a pocket of Iran and this bring us to the fact that United State 's support for Maliki government is a obvious fact and they did everything in their power to make sure that Maliki stay in power. I really question the real motive of united state regarding its policy on Iran, I think what they are doing is preparing for another war in the area which is in line with what IRI is wishing to get out of the mess that they are in and the only loser in this dirty game will be Iranian people and the other people in the middle east. Just today US announced the sales of 80 F15 fighters to Saudi Arabia. And many more lucrative deals with UAE, Qatar and other countries in the region.Plus they all have to pay a hefty price of protection against so called enemy.

3,000 Years of Hostility!

"These are two countries that for about 3,000 years have been pretty hostile rivals in the Region!"

OK, good doctor, even the late Shah pegged Iran at 2,535 years and Iraq came about in 1932.

This comment is in line with Khomeini's, "America has been victimizing Iran for 2,500 years!"

Hooshang,

My hotline proposal is still on the table.

Put the red phone between Trita and Mashaii.

When a call comes from the field in the middle of the night, it will go to the night guard at the visitor's lobby in Pentagon. He takes the message, calls Mullen at home. Mullen calls Trita who will use the hotline to call Mashaii. Mashaii then calls Ahmadi who wil tell Rahbar who will tell Sepah.

Trita's views on how to block Starits of Hormuz.....

I want to hear, not all these old boring repeats of talk to kahamenei joon and docor joon to reform them.

I've heard of a Mexican/iranian(maybe)/lebanese car dealer down the road from where I live who has been going round telling everyone how he can block the Starits of Hurmoz by dumping 150 of 1987 corollas, exported back from Chernobyl, right in the middle of it. Trita, let me know if you need his contact details. 

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."

So what: Marandi, Leveretts, etc appear in US mass media too

Does Parsi's appearance in US mass media erase his solicitous relationship with the IRI's former UN envoy, Mohammad Javad Zarif?

That's what your 'good friends' seem to be needing.

As far as you, Imam's Plastik (to fill your perpetual void) could be on its way, pending further discourse.

IR practically implented every Shia politician in Iraq, starting from Hakim, to Moghtada to Maliky and he says they won't  be allies.

Islamic Republic of Iraq is in the pocket of Islamic Republic of Iran. And every Iraqi knows it and resents it.

Maliky in his visit to white house had his transportation secreatary who is a veteran of Badr Brigade: Ghods sponsered and trained milita.

In some sense Solaymany in nothing short of a pro consul.

A hottie red phone...........

......Is that all you need?...........