Iranians and Americans Fooled For 30 Years :By Jalil Bahar -May 9, 2008

We have sucked up endless hot air from America’s politicians about the imminent danger from Iran and the need for sanctions…even the possibility of war! Iran after all was labeled part of the Axis of Evil. And like everybody else you’ve believed them and handed over your hard earned cash…
Yes, you’re a sucker. You’ve been fooled.
The Mullah’s in Iran and successive administrations in the United States have been working hand in glove for over 30 years; under a general operating principle: “Private Amity, Public Enmity”! Yes. Absolutely Yes! They publicly rebuke each other, pretend they have no relations, but secretly coordinate all their actions to achieve their mutual strategic objectives. It’s shrewd and absolutely true.



Don’t feel bad you’re not the only one. Sometimes, false enemies can do you big favors. It’s a game that has been going on for over 30 years. We’ve all been sucked up in it! When Iranian leaders visit North Korea and ask for assistance with their Nuclear program, guess what? They end up learning what North Korea’s got; and all that information makes it back to the United States. They’ve fooled North Korea’s shrewdest leaders! When Iranian leaders visit Russia or China and ask to purchase anything, and the Russians or Chinese capitulate, guess what? All that information makes it back to the United States. Russia, China and North Korea fooled! The single largest source of detailed intelligence on Russian, Chinese and North Korean military and technological capability comes from no-lesser ally than Iran. When Bush placed Iran within the ‘Axis of Evil’, he managed to both excite Iran’s expatriate community into handing even more money to the Republican Party, reinforce Jewish lobby support and at the same time keep his promise to publicly denounce the Iranian regime (which is what his friend [the Iranian Mullahs] wanted). And the Democrats (Clinton and company) are no Saints either. If you want real clues on what they have been (really) doing, consider the following:

1) Who is the largest donor to America’s Afghanistan rebuilding effort? Iran of course! $570 Million (committed right after the US invasion) and then another $100 Million recently when money ran short. This is by far the largest sum from any nation.
2) Who provided Military assistance to the US during the Invasion of Afghanistan? Iran’s puppet Afghan army: the Northern Alliance. Without doubt, Iran is the principal backer of the Northern Alliance. Iran not only rendered huge amounts of material and military assistance to the Northern Alliance groups. But Iranian special envoys such as Alae'ddin Broujerdi (chairman of Iran Majlis' - Parliament's - foreign affairs and security commission) was a frequent visitor to the Amu Darya region and Panjshir Valley, cajoling and motivating the anti-Taliban resistance. Without Broujerdi's persuasive skill, Northern Alliance groups, ridden with petty jealousies and personality conflicts and turf problems, would have unraveled. And without the Northern Alliance, US forces would not have had the ‘ground’ support, logistics support, linguistic support to invade and then hold down Afghanistan…in a matter of a few days.
3) Who is the number one exporter to Iraq? Iran of course! Iran exported $1.7 billion dollars worth of non-oil goods to Iraq last year. Not Saudi Arabia, Not Jordan, Not Turkey, No…No major US ally…its Iran. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of Tamarchin border crossing point, Mohammad-Hossein Bagh-Enayat said that the commodities that had been exported to Iraq through 13 border points including Tamarchin in West Azarbaijan included basic supplies needed to maintain stability in Iran. Bagh-Enayat said that Kermanshah province in western Iran, ranks first in terms of exporting goods to Iraq. He added that Iran's non-oil exports increased by 15.14 percent last year compared to the preceding year. Currently, 300 tons of kerosene is exported to Iraq every day through the Mehran crossing and this amount is scheduled to be increased to 2000 tons a day. Iran supplies 470 MW of power (electricity) to Basra, 120 MW of power (electricity) to the Kurds in the north, the Iraqi markets are filled with Iranian air conditioners, refrigerators, cars, trucks, tires, ….you name it …Iran supplies it. This is during a period of supposedly ‘increased economic sanctions against Iran’ with restrictions on trade with Iran and increased US military surveillance on the border between Iran and Iraq.
4) Who established the first functioning embassy in Iraq (and for that matter Afghanistan)? Iran of course. Iran recognized the new ‘American Installed’ provisional governments immediately. NO ARAB country has an operating embassy in Baghdad yet!! Many have promised, none have delivered.
5) Who has given up almost all of its legitimate territorial claims in the Caspian Sea to allow US and British Oil companies to steal (Iranian) oil and Gas through Azarbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmanestan? Iran, of course. Iran is on the verge of signing a treaty to reduce its territorial claims in the Caspian to 11% of the Sea; down from 50% established in previous treaties. And who benefits? BP in Azarbaijan, Conoco in Kazakhstan, Unocal in Uzbekistan… The Mullahs have given away access to probably the largest reserves of Hydrocarbons on the face of the planet. Literally trillions of dollars…all for US and British benefit!
6) Who is in charge now in Afghanistan and Iraq? Iran’s Shiite allies of course. They completely dominate both governments. Most of them have spent years living in exile in Iran…under Iranian protection. Iran’s enemies (Sadam Hussein and the Taliban) have been defeated at minimal cost to Iran …all at US expense, and now both Afghanistan and Iraq have essentially been handed to Iran’s puppets. Now that my friend is what friends are for!
And what about Iran’s Nuclear program and road side bombs and weapons in Iraq? What about Iranian aid to Hamas and Hezbollah? Doesn’t the United States have real ‘issues’ with Iran’s regime?
As for road-side bombs in Iraq, remember a basic fact: over 70% of all the road side bombings occur in Sunni regions of Iraq with projectiles produced NOT in Iran. Secondly, if you want to sell a bogus Air Attack to Iran in time to shift US public opinion in favor of John McCain (prior to a Presidential Election), you can easily arrange for ‘some’ of these bombs to look and smell Iranian. Thirdly, we know from the anti-Soviet war in Afghanistan that Russian weapons were given to the Mujahedeen (by Egypt and Israel). The very presence of Iranian bombs does not ‘by itself’ mean that the bombs originated in Iran. You can not believe the garbage being fed to congress by Petreus or his cohorts. Countless Iranian diplomats have been captured and interrogated to determine whether in fact Iran is in fact double dealing! Yet, as Petreus pointed out, no smoking gun has been identified. After seeing “Charlie Wilson’s War” this weekend, I finally realized that this whole issue of where weapons come from could be a giant red herring. It could for example be Israeli intelligence trying to cause havoc in Iraq to somehow push the United States into war with Iran. Or a ploy to simply retain US troops in Iraq, or a ploy to undertake a bogus attack on Iran. The bottom line is the information can not be trusted, and the Mullahs will remain in power. Nothing has changed or will change inside Iran. The United States is behind the Mullahs. As for Hamas and Hezbollah, Iran has kindly stepped in with $80 Million dollars in aid to Hamas when Israel decided to unilaterally stop any payments to them after Mahmoud Abbas’s gang took over the west bank. Iran’s mullahs were told to do so by the US.
In a twisted turn of events for Iran’s Mullahs, the United States has decided to use Iran as Israel’s bogey man to persuade it to make peace. On the one hand, the President can sound very pro-Israel, very anti-Iranian, yet simultaneously scare the pants off the Israelis with the potential threat of Iran’s ‘nuclear missiles’ landing in Tel-Aviv. Suddenly, Israel has a viable and legitimate enemy – large enough to support Hamas and Hezbollah; and a formidable military rival. Bush can pretend to hate the Mullahs, be very pro-Israeli (maintain Jewish Lobby support) …and at the same time scare Israel into making a deal. It’s brilliant. The Jewish lobby in the United States has become a power onto itself. No American politician can challenge Israel directly on anything…and get elected. It’s both sickening and frightening to America’s political elite. One of Jimmy Carter’s biggest mistakes was the ‘neutralization’ of Egypt as a political foe to Israel. Israel, no longer fears any of its neighbors. And with the political influence it has in the United States, Israel can unilaterally dictate any settlement – without fear. We all know, anyway, that Christian fundamentalists in the United States hate the Jews (and Bush is their puppy). The whole Nuclear issue with Iran is absolutely bogus. Everyone knows it. Iran has substantial domestic Uranium reserves. Also, Uranium enrichment is a fairly well known and relatively well established. Every western nation has in the past tried to sell Nuclear plants to Iran and participated in educating and training Iran’s (fluent English speaking) Nuclear Engineers. Nothing will change…its all a bogus spat. Sanctions against Iran are essentially symbolic and meaningless in terms of their real impact. For the past 30 years, virtually every product available in the West through Dubai. Dubai has a huge roll on- roll off port, where all products are brought in duty free, and then re-exported to Iran with amazing efficiency. Traders can legitimately claim that the destination for all their goods is Dubai, and then legally re-export items to Iran with impunity. Iran has been able to execute all its banking transactions through friendly banks. The only goal sanctions achieve is to reduce the ‘direct’ market share of European exporters with Iran …forcing them to trade through Dubai too…and thus level the playing field between all players in terms of export costs to Iran. A bogus invasion of Iran may be a by-proxy attack by Israelis. Who knows? What ever they do, it will be symbolic (like sanctions); and the Mullahs will remain in place. Nothing of substance will change. Make no mistake about it a bogus attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities will reinforce the Mullahs and the Theocratic regime NOT destabilize it. An attack will play into the Mullah’s hands by reinforcing their domestic support and their bogus anti-American rhetoric. Using Iran as a bogey man has had other benefits too. Do you recall the recent, multi-billion dollar deal to sell arms to the Saudi’s and United Arab Emirates in case they get into a war with Iran. Brilliant! Absolutely Brilliant! Iran, the bogey man, is being used to sell ‘American Protection’ for Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait … all the Arab literal states of the Persian Gulf. And then there was this whole story Bush fed to Putin about how US had to install missiles pointing at Russia, stationed in Poland and Romania incase the Iranians decided to fire missiles into Europe!?? Absolutely Brilliant Bullshit! There is nothing new in this. After all Iran’s Mullahs were uniquely able to eradicate Russia’s agents in Iran. They killed over 300,000 communists in the first 10 years of power in Iran. And it is now old news about behind the scenes Republican deals with Iran’s Mullahs to hold US embassy hostages in Tehran to humiliate Jimmy Carter and win the presidency for Reagan. It was after all, George Bush (senior), who flew to Paris to finalize the deal with the Mullahs… in exchange for security assurances to them. A secret treaty with the Mullahs was ratified and signed in 1981 guaranteeing security with Iran (Algiers Treaty).The Bush clan has long-standing relations with the Mullahs. And the Democrats are not any cleaner. The Mullahs have served the United States in ways the Shah of Iran never could! It has been 30 years of non-stop back room deals. Nothing has changed, nothing will change. So next time you hear an American politician ‘verbally’ attack Iran (like Hillary Clinton recently did) remember you’re being fooled. All they want is your money, Jewish lobby support, and they will deliver absolutely nothing. American politicians are unscrupulous. Do not be fooled. And do not count on America to change the regime in Iran . We, Iranians, have to do it on our own.

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Authors Bio: Former Iranian Diplomat, now retired real estate investor in Delaware - Back

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comment by Bahramerad : Who is Attacking Iran ?
For the past three years — at every opportunity - Ahmadi Nejad - or Ahmaghi Najess as he is known to the ex pat Iranians - has been telling the Idiot crowds in Iran that through his "vast Engineering knowledge" gained while he was working with the Qods brigade and shooting the last bullets into the heads of at the "300,00" commies of one sort or another - THAT AMERICA WILL NOT ATTACK IRAN - HE KNOWS THAT BECAUSE HE WAS TOLD THIS BY THE MEHDI IN HIS DREAMS AND THEN HE CALCULATED THAT YES - THEY WILL NEVER ATTACK IRAN AND HE CAN DO PRETTY WELL WHAT HE DAMN PLEASES AND THAT THE QODS BRIGADE, THE BASEJIS AND THE PASDARANS HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT."
Now thanks to Dr, Bahar we know the secret of this knowledge - THE MEHDI LIVES IN THE WHITE HOUSE!
by Bahramerad (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 14 comments) on Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 3:54:42 AM

Keeping Secrets From the CIA
Why was Langley cut out of clandestine meetings with Iranian informants?
Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball : Newsweek Web Exclusive : May 8, 2008

The Senate Intelligence Committee is about to release a report that sheds new light on "inappropriate" back-channel contacts between Pentagon officials and a group of Iranian informants—including a key figure from the Iran-contra affair. In December 2001, two Pentagon Mideast experts—Larry Franklin and Harold Rhode—secretly traveled to Rome. They met with a group of Iranians who supposedly had information about plans by Iranian-backed terrorists to attack Americans—including U.S. troops who were then closing in on Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. The meetings were approved by high-level officials at the White House and the Pentagon. The CIA, however, was kept in the dark. When the CIA and the State Department found out about the meetings a few weeks later, they strenuously protested to the White House and demanded that the contacts be terminated immediately. At least officially, the White House complied. Now, years later, the Senate Intelligence Committee is finally producing a report on its investigation of those meetings.

The document is part of the panel's "phase two" investigation into the misuse of pre-Iraq War intelligence. The report is not likely to satisfy either the White House or the administration's most vocal critics. While Intelligence Committee officials are keeping details of the report under wraps, several sources familiar with its contents—who asked for anonymity discussing an unpublished report—said that congressional investigators found nothing illegal about the secret contacts. The meetings were brokered by two Iran-contra figures: Michael Ledeen, a Washington academic and prominent neoconservative activist who was close to a number of senior Bush administration officials at the time, and Manucher Ghorbanifar, a Paris-based Iranian businessman who served as a middleman for arms deals in the 1980s and was long ago branded a "fabricator" by the CIA. U.S. intelligence agencies said at the time that Ghorbanifar had a history of offering information that proved unreliable. But in the report, the panel does conclude that senior Bush administration officials (including then deputy Defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz and deputy national-security adviser Stephen Hadley) approved the meetings without informing the CIA or its director at the time, George Tenet, thereby allowing intelligence gathering outside of normal channels. The sources say the report also suggests that Ledeen misled the National Security Council about the meetings--a charge that Ledeen strongly denied this week in an e-mail exchange with NEWSWEEK. The Rome meetings provoked controversy when they were first disclosed in the summer of 2003. They seemed typical of the rocky relations between the Pentagon and CIA during the early years of the Bush administration. According to Ledeen, there was a reason the CIA was excluded from the secret discussions: the Iranians, he said, wanted nothing to do with the agency. That would not be surprising, given the CIA's deep antipathy toward Ghorbanifar. Three intelligence sources familiar with the investigation told NEWSWEEK that the Senate report questions whether Ledeen, who first approached administration officials about meeting with the Iranian informants, made up the claim that the Iranians refused to deal with the CIA. The report, the sources said, notes that the two Pentagon officials involved in the discussions said the issue never came up. In an e-mail to NEWSWEEK, however, Ledeen said he is sure he told senior officials who authorized the contacts—including Hadley and Zalmay Khalilzad (now U.S. ambassador to the United Nations)—that the Iranians "did not want to talk to CIA people."
According to several accounts of the Rome meetings—including one published by former CIA director Tenet in his memoir "At the Center of the Storm"—Ledeen persuaded Wolfowitz and Hadley, now White House national-security adviser, to allow him to set up the secret sessions. Only later did it emerge that the Iranian informants were in fact contacts of Ghorbanifar. (In his book, Tenet himself labeled Ghorbanifar a "con man and fabricator.") "Steve, this whole operation smells," Tenet wrote that he told Hadley after he learned about the contacts. In 2003, administration officials close to Hadley told NEWSWEEK that Hadley had become concerned that Ledeen and Ghorbanifar might be dragging the Bush administration into a repeat performance of the Iran-contra affair, and ordered that the contacts be cut off. In an interview with NEWSWEEK in Paris in November 2003, Ghorbanifar said that despite the official cease-and-desist order, he still kept in contact with both Rhode and Franklin for months. Ghorbanifar said he told the Americans he could help them recover hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cash that, he claimed, Saddam Hussein had buried. He envisioned splitting the money with the U.S. government: the United States could use part of it to overthrow Saddam; he would use the rest to finance an effort to overthrow the clerical regime in Tehran. The scheme came to nothing. In e-mails to NEWSWEEK, Ledeen said that the Rome meetings were productive and useful. "We obtained information on Iranian support for terror operations in Afghanistan; that information saved American lives. But the CIA and State then threw a joint tantrum and cut off all contact with proven sources of information. Go figure."Despite the unorthodox way in which the meetings were arranged and the problematic histories of the people who arranged them, sources familiar with the congressional inquiry said investigators could not declare that the Rome contacts broke the law. The reason: even if the CIA was cut out of the meetings, it was not illegal for National Security Council officials to authorize the contacts. If the committee's criticism of the administration's performance is as mild as advance reports suggest, critics who felt the Rome meetings could unravel deeper Bush scandals about the selling of the Iraq War are likely to be disappointed. URL: http://www.newsweek.com/id/136084