tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275824557999662261.post3096568429679429981..comments2024-03-27T02:20:19.265-04:00Comments on Informed Comment: Global Affairs: On Iran’s Sincerity in Nuclear TalksJuan Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794922740548563607noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275824557999662261.post-85776910598841162242009-06-16T15:58:55.560-04:002009-06-16T15:58:55.560-04:00I think the best way to objct to the injustice of ...I think the best way to objct to the injustice of Islamic republic is using GANDHI"S ' STRATEGY . Peace and non violence or " Non-REACTION".<br /> <br />If all the people who voted for Moosavo wear "WHITE CLOTHING " <br />( reminder of peace to themselves and to the worlds" and walk in the streets around the world while holding the feeling of PEACE and freedom in their HEARTS. THIS WAY WE ARE USING THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE. Then watch the effect of this divine energy all over the world !!!!! By feeling the peace inside of us, we will bring it out to the physical.... " BE THe CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE IN TH E WORLD, Gandhi "<br /><br /> Islamic republic might be able to hide te number of votes but this way they CAN NOT hide the number of people in the streets . Gandhi's strategy is a higher conscousness way to deal with any injustic.<br /><br />If you agree please forward this to all Iranian BLOGS , Twitters, etc....<br /><br />Thank you...ElhamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275824557999662261.post-60408764333712878082009-04-21T11:45:00.000-04:002009-04-21T11:45:00.000-04:00Good faith applies for both sides, and let us supp...Good faith applies for both sides, and let us suppose that the principle sides, as distinct from the parties to the negotiations, are Iran and the US. I would like to believe that the Americans are acting with good faith. So what has the American Government been able to demonstrate to Iran in terms of positive deeds of good faith? Similarly for the EU, and importantly so too for Israel. Will they agree, for example, to dismantle their nuclear arsenal?wmmbbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460859618464223462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275824557999662261.post-1871705560560984232009-04-18T02:16:00.000-04:002009-04-18T02:16:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.wow goldhttp://www.wowgold-powerleveling.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275824557999662261.post-9046140527975976892009-04-17T22:15:00.000-04:002009-04-17T22:15:00.000-04:00Dear Farideh,
I have been thinking about your pre...Dear Farideh,<br /><br />I have been thinking about your present Comment over the course of the past day and hereby wish warmly to recommend you to submit this Comment to e.g. <I>The Guardian</I> — the latter has a lively and very widely-read "Comment is free" section, in particular concerning Iran, as one can see <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree+world/iran" REL="nofollow">here</A>. I sincerely believe that the cause of justice is served far better through exposing the contents of your excellent Comment to a wider readership than that of <I>Informed Comment: Global Affairs</I>.<br /><br />Kind regards,<br /><br />BF.BFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01615743404831820912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275824557999662261.post-15350033651585194512009-04-17T15:04:00.000-04:002009-04-17T15:04:00.000-04:00In some writing by such "Iran experts" it is also ...In some writing by such "Iran experts" it is also added (in an orientalist and essentialist manner) that Iranians are not sincere b/c they believe, as Shia, in "taqiyeh." And, there is always the difference between Iranian's inner intentions and their outer appearances ("baaten" vs. "zaaher"). m.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14774055889970757035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275824557999662261.post-60895796608305377222009-04-17T10:40:00.000-04:002009-04-17T10:40:00.000-04:00The wanton destructiveness of the likes of Michael...The wanton destructiveness of the likes of Michael Rubin knows no bounds. These are the continual advocates of war and war crimes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275824557999662261.post-69983616517607686182009-04-17T03:43:00.000-04:002009-04-17T03:43:00.000-04:00One of the major problems with these so-called &qu...One of the major problems with these so-called "Think Tanks" (hereafter TT) — such as <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute" REL="nofollow">American Enterprise Institute</A> (AEI) — that have mushroomed all over the place, is that they are <I>not</I> bound by the principles that govern the workings of the scholarly and academic institutions. Almost all, if not all, of the "publications" of the Fellows of these TTs seem to consist of newspaper and magazine articles, which are <I>not</I> peer-reviewed and are (almost?) never retracted when they are shown to be nothing more than compilations of half-truths at best, and blatant lies at worst. Such articles, as the present one by Dr Michael Rubin, would amount to a professional suicide for persons working in Academia or those aspiring academic careers. If Dr Rubin worked at an academic institution, he would have dissipated any chance of obtaining a future Research Grant after having been shown not to be capable of translating accurately and reliably some utterly simple sentences from a language that he purports to know,* a fact amply demonstrated by Professor Farhi in her present article; the possibility that he knew better but mistranslated the sentences at issue for ulterior reasons, would certainly cost him his academic position (if he had one) on account of academic misconduct. <br /><br />It is an unmitigated disgrace that our politicians in particular should be guided by the likes of Dr Michael Rubin. If I were Dr Michael Rubin, I would do the only honourable thing at my disposal: retract the article at issue from <I>The Wall Street Journal</I> with an unqualified apology to the readers for having misled them.<br /><br />BF.<br />_____<br /><br />* Of course, as Professor Farhi has also indicated, it is not necessary that Dr Rubin should know Persian, or any other language for that matter. However, as the article at issue is published under Dr Rubin's sole name, he has implicitly accepted the full responsibility for, amongst others, the accuracy of the translations that he has employed. The matter is extremely serious in the case at hand where the entire (shaky) structure raised by Dr Rubin is placed on the foundation of the "translations" at issue; without these "translations", Dr Rubin had nothing to write about.BFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01615743404831820912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275824557999662261.post-8425451597243728002009-04-16T11:34:00.000-04:002009-04-16T11:34:00.000-04:00The insistence on linking Iran's restart of enrich...The insistence on linking Iran's restart of enrichment to Ahmadinejad's election is a ploy by the Right. Here are the facts: Iran suspended enrichment as a voluntary, good faith gesture under the terms of the Tehran Declaration and Paris Agreement. In return the EU-3 was supposed to present Iran with an offer of negotiations process that would recognize Iran's rights, including the right to enrich. This temporary suspension was supposed to last only 6 months by the EU-3 dragged it out to 2 years and started implying that Iran was obligated to end enrichment permanently. When Iran pressed the EU to make their offer, they refused. So IRan -- UNDER KHATAMI -- announced the decision to restart enrichment. They delayed the actual restart of enrichment for a period of months to allow time for the IAEA to reinstall monitoring cameras at the facilities, and so the actual restart of enrichment happened to coincide with Ahmadinejad's election. However, Iran's restart of enrichment was NOT attributable to Ahmadinejad nor his election. The bottom line is that Iran showed flexibility by suspending enrichment -- and was cheated blind.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13386306001712721695noreply@blogger.com