Suicide Bombing as Iran's Ideology
From the Always Fascinating RegimeChangeIran
Reviewing this article, I've become more cemented in my belief that there can be no negotiating with Iran.
Iran isn't advancing its interest with terrorism.
Iran's interest IS Terrorism.
It is the inevitable nature of totalitarian regimes that their methods of achieving power, and their reason for achieving power eventually meld, until there is no distinquishing difference between objective and method. In the beginning, the Iranian state utilized terror networks to come to power and survive the transition into power. Now the purpose of its power is to utilize terror networks.
Those, Like Pat Buchanan, who we chastised yesterday, who think that the regime can be contained like the Soviet Union are misreading the situation entirely. The Soviet Totalitarian regime utilized the terrors of the secret police against their own people, repeatedly "purging" themselves. This gave them a largely internal focus. Therefore their imperial designs took on a reasonable "realist" approach, as expansion was meant to maintain parity, so they could continue their re-ordering of their society. (and by all means spread it to other societies).
The Iranians are not like this. They are more like the Nazi regime. Their enemies are percieved to be external. (though jews resided inside Germany, they were the ultimate outsiders, rather than a part of the state. So in annhiliating the jews, the Nazis were destroying an external enemy, not purging themselves.) It was the nature of the Nazi regime to go to war. Success only emboldened them to continue on to another war.
So too with the Iranians. The destruction of Israel, the United States, and the West, are all external targets. The Iran regime will never relent.
Reviewing this article, I've become more cemented in my belief that there can be no negotiating with Iran.
Iran isn't advancing its interest with terrorism.
Iran's interest IS Terrorism.
It is the inevitable nature of totalitarian regimes that their methods of achieving power, and their reason for achieving power eventually meld, until there is no distinquishing difference between objective and method. In the beginning, the Iranian state utilized terror networks to come to power and survive the transition into power. Now the purpose of its power is to utilize terror networks.
Those, Like Pat Buchanan, who we chastised yesterday, who think that the regime can be contained like the Soviet Union are misreading the situation entirely. The Soviet Totalitarian regime utilized the terrors of the secret police against their own people, repeatedly "purging" themselves. This gave them a largely internal focus. Therefore their imperial designs took on a reasonable "realist" approach, as expansion was meant to maintain parity, so they could continue their re-ordering of their society. (and by all means spread it to other societies).
The Iranians are not like this. They are more like the Nazi regime. Their enemies are percieved to be external. (though jews resided inside Germany, they were the ultimate outsiders, rather than a part of the state. So in annhiliating the jews, the Nazis were destroying an external enemy, not purging themselves.) It was the nature of the Nazi regime to go to war. Success only emboldened them to continue on to another war.
So too with the Iranians. The destruction of Israel, the United States, and the West, are all external targets. The Iran regime will never relent.
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Call this number they can fix you right up. 1-800-325-4118
You can even volunteer for Iraq upon compleation of boot camp. That is unless you are a chickenhawk that talks the talk but is too much a coward to walk the walk.
I'm presuming that the number Barry provides is a recruitment number for the United States Armed Forces. Of course I've commented already on how I am troubled by my lack of military service.
http://dkrepublic.blogspot.com/2005/11/confessions-of-chickenhawk.html
Of course Barry, this isn't just a military conflict. its an ideological conflict too. We've found out from wars in the past, that while our brave men and women who believe in the cause are on the front, our enemies exploit cowardice and a lack of conviction in the rear. More true in the conflict with which we are presently engaged than any other.
I'm where I think I do the most good. If that changes, or the situation gets to the point where the determination is made that we must all be citizen-soldiers, than I'll sign on the dotted line.
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