100+ Years of War on Modernity

100+ Years of War on Modernity
by fozolie
04-Jun-2012
 

Iranian history is really groundhog day, Iranian style. I came by a striking photo of one of the ancien generals in Lor fighting ourfit so could not resist this. Enjoy. From Shepesh to Shepesh in less than 100 years. Congratulations.

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I agree with Anglophile too ... Milani & Mashayekhi are wrong

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anglophile

There is, however, a big difference here

by anglophile on

When General Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi, subject of your blog, was fighting as a young officer in Lorestan he wore the local tribal outfit of the Lor fighters. Don't see anything wrong with that when it is a means of showing unity with the Lor fighters who were fighting alongside him. T E Lawrence did the same during the Arab revolt against Ottamans. The Islamic republic's army are not in unity with anything but themselves or putting it your way, shepesh in unity with shepesh. There is a fundamental difference between the two. //iran-bahasht.blogfa.com/post-347.aspx

MRX1

good one

by MRX1 on

The differnce are the current shepish drive foreign cars, shop in Europe, have looted money  in dubai or canada and bad mouth west, joos (jews) on 7/24 basis and want respect from west at the same time!


vildemose

What a great find.

by vildemose on

What a great find. Incredibly telling. Groundhog day aptly describe Iranian political history.

 

 

All Oppression Creates a State of War--Simone De Beauvoir