Iranian Bloggers Write about Ahmadinejad's Speech & Israel
Ahmadinejad’s speech about Israel created a lot of emotions and reactions around the world. Iranian president said that Israel must be wiped from map! According to President “With God’s help we will experience a world without USA and Israel”! UN Security Council condemned Iran and World’s Media is still talking about this speech. Let’s look at some Iranian blogs to see what they say about this diplomatic disaster:
Former reformist vice President, Abtahi, writes in his Webnevest (link in Farsi)
“Israel is the most non-democratic country in the world. All human values stop at its borders…World has become Israel’s hostage”.
But he regrets that Ahmadinejad’s speech can empower enemy’s propaganda against Iran and create problem for country. In reality Abtahi does not reject Ahmadinejad’s idea about Israel but he only doesn’t approve his strategy.
In Iranian Truth, Nema Milanain created an open panel to let people express themselves concerning this subject: Sojourner put such an interesting comment:
“He (Ahmadinejad) said what he meant, simple as that. Such a statement should not come to anyone’s surprise, even if not diplomatically prudent. This was not a deviation in the rhetoric of the regime, simply because Kharazzi did not speak in such language in the past few years. Destruction of the Zionist entity has always been a revolutionary principle and remains an “article of faith” for many. This obviously does not mean one has to agree with it or not, even if a supporter of the revolution and its other principles”
Sharam Kholdi, a UK based blogger, published his dialogue with one of his friends about Ahmadnejad’s speech. His friend writes:
“I am afraid that no amount of incisive condemnation will align Ahmadinejad's (and his type) radical mentality with the rest of the world. It seems to be a characteristic of this type of extremist mentality to be completely delusional about the serious dangers and consequences of actions (or words). In an indirect way, it reminds me of the Iraqi minister of information who repeatedly denied the seriousness of war threats, during and below the shock and awe”!
Mr.Behi, a blogger from Iran, writes:
“There is a nice Persian proverb that says: “Sometimes a fool can drop a stone in a well that a hundred wise men won't be able to take it out!”.Mr.Behi Like many other regular human beings is shocked by the remarks that Iranian president produced this time. This is the most wrong speech he could have made in such a sensitive time. That is the result of putting a politically immature fellow in a position that words and even the tone of voice is important when you make a remark.”
FMSOKHAN (link in Farsi), an Iran based journalist, says Ahmadinjead is like a kid who can not control his mouth. Hoder , a Canada based blogger, says that Iranian president represents only a fundamentalist minority. Pasdar ( it means guard or revolutionary guard and link is in Farsi) , an Iran based blogger who is in love with revolutionary guards, says that Dr.Haji Mahmoud ( he means Ahmadinejad) says what we are thinking in Iran. In Fanous (link in Farsi) , a collective blog, we read that Israel is our enemy because it has not done anything to help Iran’s economic, human rights…conditions before and after revolution!! But Israel exists and we must accept this reality.
Another reality is that Iran has not been so isolated in the world for many years. Remaining isolated in a globalised world will be disastrous for Iranian people but what about rulers?
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Farid, I found your round-up and your blog very interesting. It is so helpful to have a range of Iranian voices and their reactions to the Iranian president’s “wipe Israel off the map speech”. I have been covering that in my blog, and if it is possible, I would like to exchange emails with you. I don’t know if you have access to this, probably not, but I am also interested to know what exactly the heads of Hizbullah and Hamas said when they spoke in support at the World without Zionism conference. And apart from that, I would like to present a wider range of Iranian voices through my blog. I first picked up your blog via Lisa’s On the Face, which is really the best blog in Israel.
Ahmadinejad is a lot of things none of which make him a leader. He is the archtypical anti-leader, and someone who has the traits of a Ceausescu or Slobodan Milosevic. However he is most like a certain other outspoken Middle East leader and one that Iranians would not take too kindly to having their own version of: Saddam Hussein.
Ahmadinejad is another egocentric personality cult but this time maybe playing the game for America. Ahmadinejad could just be an American agent with a mission to split the Islamic Republic’s leadership in two leaving a way open for a coup. Maybe Ahmadinejad will change when he has Khamenei gone and show he is a liberal pro-Shah US puppet. The US could then tell the world that it was at least better to con the current Iranian Republic into implosion than launching an Iraqesque war on it. Why?
He surely can’t be a leader of a third world country who wants to quickly terminate that leadership? No. Afterall, he is not illerate Mullah Omar or neither do I believe he thinks he’s invincible like Saddam did. But, neither does he seem to know his limits like Milosevic or Kim Jong Il. The only sensible explanation is that Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a US agent with one mission: to destroy the current Iranian Republic and wipe that off the face of the map and replace it with a restored Empire of Persia. Lateral thinking peacemaker (in the meaning that he kept the US army from suffering in Iran like they did in Iraq out of the regime change), Ahmadinejad, will want work of course and the position of Shah is open once he has swept the Mullahs away.
Ahmadinejad is a fraud as “Islamist”. This is his smokescreen. One thing I do not believe he is anymore than Islamic Fundamentalist is a democrat. In fact, this Islamic fraud is probably a second Mohammed Reza Pahlavi who wants to play the Shah v Clerics game all over again.
John.
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