Thomas Friedman is a famous American journalist who needs no introduction to the readers. I agree with that he writes far more than I disagree and respect him either way. In an article last week under the title “The Green Revolution(s)”, Friedman called for an end to the “US addiction to the oil that funds Iran's Islamic dictatorship.” This sentiment is true if it were only possible, but it is impossible today, tomorrow or in the foreseeable future; the US and the motorcar have made each other and the twin will never part. Still, Friedman wants it because he wishes it, a position he advocated in the past. I called this type of writing the journalism of wishful thinking. If a two-time winner of the Politzer Prize can fall for it (as I must have done myself) I understand comments on the aftermath of the Iranian elections from well-meaning people and Likudnik extremists that reflect the wishes of the writer rather than the situation on hand. - Asim Siddiqui wrote a good analytical article whose headline “From Imam to Dictator” I overlook as it refers to what happened 30 years ago, not today, but I write down his statement “Islamic leadership, if it denies the sovereignty of the people, as in Iran, is no different to any other kind of dictatorship.” I comment by saying that it is a theocratic dictatorship at any rate, and then I insist that Ahmadinejad, whom I have always criticized, won the election. - Haleh Afshar wrote an article headlined “In Iran's Battle for Justice, the Diaspora Must Join the Fight.” She sees that the flood of all sorts of emails certainly reflects demand for democracy. But I insist that the election truly ended with the victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the next demand will not be for justice, as is the case in the headline, but for democracy and personal freedom. - A Likudnik website says that “Arab states may align with NATO against Iran”, but I insist that they will not do so and the future is ours to see. Ahmadinejad's re-election is beneficial to the Arabs as his policies are explicit, and assaulting them is easy, contrary to the policies of a president claiming moderation. - The New York Times published an article headlined “A Different Iranian Revolution” by a student whose name was kept secret, while I find both the student and the daily credible. In my opinion, this student speaks of a thirty-year struggle against “the Enemy”, and then objects to some of the American press for saying that the election may not have been rigged. Once again, I oppose Ahmadinejad's entire performance, but I think that he won and that the student reflects his generation's wishes. However, the majority of the Iranian youth are poor and uneducated peasants like him, hence their support for the popular president. - The pro-Likud Washington Times surpassed itself in an editorial headlined “Neda and Obama” in which it asserted that a sniper from the police killed young Neda Agha Sultan before the indictment is issued, let alone the verdict. It certainly sees that the election is rigged, but the crux of the matter lies at the end whereby it sees that the election results means that “Iran's bomb now cannot be ignored”, a fact it has never ignored for the sake of Israeli interests. The radical daily published an article by Jeffrey T. Kuhner headlined “Obama Betrays Iranians.” I believe that Obama will betray the Americans if he furthers Israeli interests, since they voted for him so that he would represent their interests, not those of any other country or party. - Robert Kaplan published in the Washington Post an article headlined “Iran's Struggle, and Ours” in which he said that the Iranian demonstrations have the potential to usher in a new era in Middle Eastern and Central Asian politics. I believe that the demonstrations are over now and that the Iranian Revolution has won a victory. Then, I strongly oppose his mix-up when he says that Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and other countries were created out of “a featureless desert”, contrary to the great Persian power that occupies the Iranian plateau. The entire world civilization started in Iraq, and then in Syria. The former has the greatest rivers in the region, while the latter's capital is the oldest inhabited city in the world. Another Arab country such as Egypt, the “Mother of the World,” has the Nile, the world's greatest river. We, neither the Persians nor the Magi, are the ones who taught people the alphabet. I conclude by referring to two of the most despicable Likudniks, namely Charles Krauthammer and Daniel Pipes, both of whom have written time and again to instigate against Iran and to assault President Obama for not threatening Iran. I will not give such people space in my column. The Likudniks want America to fight Iran and to sacrifice its people to serve Israeli interests while Israel has become, thanks to the Likudniks, a neo-Nazi state that kills women and children… and then, they warn us of Iran. http://www.j-khazen.blogspot.com/
