Ari Siletz

Thanks Ari

As a member of the Parsi/IRI "cyber army" I thank you for your good humor. Here's a little note I posted on the topic:
//iranian.com/main/2011/oct/trita-parsi-n...

Thanks VPK

I think it is a good idea to agree to disagree as I call all of them politicians.

Dear Divaneh

We must agree to disagree. I did get the point just do not agree. My whole point is they are not all politicians. The only one who is a politician is AN. Politician has a definition. Not anyone who runs a group is a politician. I repeat:

• Parsi is a lobbyist who have never run for office.  
• Rajavi is a terrorist. he tried politics long ago but was banned from running. Since then he has never ran for anything.

By the definition you are using then anyone who runs any organization is a politician. This is not a matter of good or bad. You may not dislike all of them and that is fine. But I want to be using the right term to describe people.

Dear VPK

With respect you did not get the point. I was not comparing these politicians, I merely commented that you can extend that argument to any politician. Of course the politician has to be able of causing the FATM syndrome, and hence the choice of the other two.

Not True Divaneh

There are vast differences between AN; Rajavi and Parsi.

• AN: is an IRI approved politician. Like him or not the guy is a real politician. He is in a position of power albeit limited. Therefore directly responsible for actions of IRI. He is therefore very guilty of those actions and should be held to it.
• Parsi: is a lobbyist not a politician. He is not elected even in a rigged way. He runs a lobby group he started. You may join or leave on your free will. No obligation. He has no executive power. He is not responsible for actions of IRI or anything beyond NIAC. Which by its nature has limited power next to none. Parsi has very little power hence very little influence.
• Rajavi: is a leader of a traitor cult and also terrorist. By Iranian people definition. Not by American or EU definition. Delisting makes no difference since the crime is against Iranians. Members of MEK cult are not free to go. They are prisoners in Camp Ashraf. He is not a politician but a dictator over a tiny miserable rabble.

Good Caricature

Thanks Ari for this excellent satire and the caricature that you have drawn of some who do not approve of Trita. The good thing is that you can change the name of Trita with any other politician such as Ahmadinejad or Rajavi without the blog losing its quality.

Your distinction at the end between those who have the phobia and those who oppose the policies of a politician is worthy of a good discussion. Whilst obsession with a certain politician is pointless, do we expect something good coming from Bolton or Larijanis?

With respect to Trita and NIAC, they need to show which of their policies will weaken the regime in order to gain respect and trust from a wider spectrum of the Iranians.

p.s. I add my vote for Faramarz presidency and short relationship policy for the good of mankind.

You were there for NIAC gathering? Or, part of peepel tanked!

Good.  You were there for NIAC 2011 Leadership conference, and I am glad that you liked it.  For a minute, I thought you were going to say that you were in DC as part of the peepel that Maryam jan tanked so deerly.

Thanks to NIAC; some of us had an early Thanksgiving in D.C.

Dear Oon Yaroo: you missed it.

For $75 one could have three days of all-you-can-eat buffets (breakfast, lunch and dinner).

Plus you could learn how to lobby your representatives in the House ... for free.

Plus you could be personally blessed by Trita et al, with kisses and embraces!

Plus you could learn Leadership ... that is: how to Lead a Ship into the IRI harbour ... LOL.

Shazdeh, 2011 American Thanksgiving in Washington DC will

serve a modified dish this year, Skunks + Turkey = Strunkey!

It's Turkey in the center with a bunch of Skunks surrounding it!
Do you get the drift?

Much Obliged Oon Yaroo

I am ready for the post and the challenges that come with it. But first I need to find a realtor in Toronto and get my Canadian paper work in order!

The topic of the future cabinet of Iran was covered in great length last year by Masoud Kazemzadeh. Check it out and don't miss the comments.

//iranian.com/main/blog/masoud-kazemzadeh...

SAM - where is the beef?

Please tell Trita to send my desperately needed money.

I also suggest that you make your own gravy from scratch and not rely on others' mishmash to put on your Thanksgiving turkey, among other things.  Bon appetit.

Faramarz for president, I second that!

Now, that you have been nominated for President by majority vote, what cabinets would you have in your administration? And whom among the IC members would your nominate/assign to you cabinets leads? e.g., Health: Shazdeh, etc.

Health:

Justice:

Education: 

Water:

Power:

Defense:

Intelligence (new SAVAK):

Interior:

Art:

Foreign Affairs:

Oghaff (aka Masjed & Imamzadeh):

others:

PS - Would TP play any role in your administration?

Telling it as it is..

Ari: "As a result they fail to develop qualities that society finds worthy of notice. The Tritaphobe’s primary emotion is that of feeing ignored by those around him."

Indeed they are ignored by the Iranian people inside and outside of Iran.

What nation on earth would want to listen to those who advocate 'Sanctions', 'bombardment' or 'Invasion' of their land?

PS: Ari jan, I hope that you are not short changing yourself ;-)

Hey the Gravy Train is flowing ... be careful not to be the left over ... Canadian Thanksgiving is this Monday ... Turkey meat is really dry without some good old gravy ... lol.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgXNFO76VdQ

Trita pays me half of Mohamad Mansouri ... and I'll love him too

Is it true that Trita paid a certain MM (Mohammad Mansouri) of NIAC, tens of thousands of dollars out of some Congress funding?

//www.iranian-americans.com/docs/NED/NEDGrant.pdf

If yes, then pay half that much to me, and I'll start to love him too ... lol.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AAKCZiIoB4

......

Faramarz for president

that's my vote

Maziar

Farmarz Jaan: I have always enjoyed ...

our respectful exchange in this regards or otherwise and found you "jabs" has a good pinch of logic in them, so will look forward to any discussion as long as it stays the same form.

'Hambastegi' is the main key to victory 

Mehrdad

Fanoos - do your boys reside in one body or two?

.

Dear Fanoos

You are my kind of a Fanoos in a dark night!

Faramarz Khan - I once sought out two boys, one to have fun and

one to marry. I succeed in both.

Thanks!

fanoos

Faramarz: Chasing The Same Girl Story!

I needed the laugh.Thank you!

Trita is all yours Ari!

Ari,

I did not realize how strongly you felt about Trita and NIAC.

To me, it all seemed like a good exercise in pointing out the problems and the inconsistencies in what he is doing and saying. But I guess that I was wrong. You and my other good friends here, Mehrdad and MM (let’s put Soosan Khanoom in there too, since she has a good sense of humor at times!) seem to be very passionate about Trita and NIAC.

This reminds me of the time that both me and a good friend of mine were chasing the same girl for completely different reasons. I was looking for quick fun; he was looking for a serious relationship. And once we realized what was going on, I just backed off and let him have it. She meant more to him than she could’ve ever meant to me.

So Trita is all yours. I will treat him with all the respect and the dignity that you and my good friends deserve.

But I do reserve the right for the occasional jabs, if you don’t mind! You would expect that from me, I am sure!

well done.....

 For having your blog featured without making a single explicit reference to human genitalia in Parsi language...

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."

Yes, criticise constructively, but also support

when what NIAC and Trita do are supportable. I personally do not have brotherhood pact with anyone.

I could not agree more with Anahid khaanoum and VPK - our difference on some other issues aside. In my view, Bahmani has also made several excellent points.

That is the way it should be. My own personal motto has always been [and I have said this in the past here at IC several times]:

Support what can be supported;

Reject what must be rejected, and

Criticise constructively what needs criticism.

Mammad

dear VPK, just like you, I agree with some of NIAC

positions and work they have done, but I think they should be harder on IRI.

Dear Anahid

If NIAC is wrong let people discuss it with reason not with hate. You mentioned before it is possible to ageee with some things and diagree with others. For example I do not approve of:

• Their fixation on Israel.
• A number of their board and other high level members.
• Some other policies like going too easy on IRR

I do agree with:

• Preservation of our national heritage.
• Student visa reforming.
• Opposition to MEK. 

There are parts I do not understad:

•  How could NIAC influence IRR if it does not have any contact. The critics want both which is impossible.
• How is NIAC able to stop IRR terrorism? They have no agents; no army; no enforcement power. How should they do this?
• Why don't those opposing NIAC form another group. Many of them live in Tehrangeles; are  rich what is stopping them.

Where did you get Trita's childhood picture?

Ari jan; where did you get Trita's childhood picture?

Thanks for your creative blog.

I like it!

I have said before all you got to do is say NIAC for some people to go into shock. Now I did foam at the mouth once in college after being fed 1/2 bottle of Scotch at my frat. I was young and did not know better. That is the 1% Ari talks about.

But of course Trita was not around then and it was before the revolution. So I guess I am excused now. But seriously there were people who regarded me very highly. Then I wrote a blog asking we work with NIAC to help unite Iranians. The "gang" becamse my permanent enemies. They call me "Chadori"; "IRI agent" and anything else they may think up. They flag posts for no reason; make really rude "jokes". Then get their "buddies" to laugh at it.

These are typical actions of school yard kids which are no longer acceptable in USA. No doube Ari has a right to put this up. In fact it is those NIAC haters in glass houses who asked for it. The funny thing is it does not matter where you stand. People from practicing Muslims like Mammad to very secolar like are attacked. Why: because we dared say NIAC without following with some "fohsh". Or God forbid something good.

Humor in this article is good but when Trita is wrong

People should be critical of it. Another point that will help is not to relate any argument to NIAC and/or MEK. Neither is important enough in Iran's politics to relate each and every argument to them. When someone argues a case, if they have not brought NIAC or MEK up, there is no reason to side with them or not side with them based on what NIAC or MEK says. That argument or article should be discussed independently. Also everytime Trita writes an article, going back to previous questions will not help. That article should be discussed based on its merits.

Politics aside, this blog is a good piece of writing

I like the humor in it, but I can clearly see how some people are going to be offended by it.