Kharnival of the Iranities
Meet and greet in Iraq involved “frank and sometimes jovial exchanges:”
Abbas Araghchi: “How wonderful to see you, you apostate dhimmi-loving Afghan pig!”
U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad: “You smell like a goatherd! Let me guess. Price of soap up again?”
AA: “Enough pleasantries. Have you been enjoying our armor-penetrating explosives?”
ZK: “Your military attache is having sex with many men for the cameras at Abu Ghraib as we speak!”
AA: “Touche! I understand your president is on a dogleash of his own in Washington! Ha ha ha!”
ZK: “Do you still have those women locked up in Teheran? Ooooh … women’s rights activists … scary! Hey, is that a nuclear weapon in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?”
AA: “Just wait until we have completed our peaceful nuclear energy program!”
ZK: “Ha ha ha! We don’t intend to!”
OK, that’s not exactly what they said, but if you follow the links, you’ll see its not far off.
Dem Cong, Iran, same playbook. Araghchi:
“It will help resolve the problem of violence if they set a timetable for withdrawal of their troops from Iraq.”
Here’s how it played back home:
Araqchi noted that Tehran has always pursued the logical line of aiding Iraqi government to crack down on terrorists and stop violence. He further dismissed all unfounded allegations by the United States that Iran backs militant groups in Iraq.
“There is no reason why we should interfere in Iraqi politics other than supporting peace and stability in Iraq,” Araghchi said.
Sounds so reasonable, when you put it that way. Maybe these are the kind of people we can deal with. So why’d al-Maliki tell Iran and Syria to butt out?
China and Russia don’t like sanctions vs. Iran. Bad for business.
Iran and Syria, expanding military ties and building cars. The latest flashy Iranian wheels in Damascus aren’t the only thing over there you could call a “Sham.”
IAEA: We’re really serious now!
Iran: If you continue to insist that we cooperate with you I’m afraid it will be quite impossible for us to cooperate with you.
Kamangir calls for the war to begin. Between Rafsanjani and Ahmadinejad, that is. Of that other war, K says, “Don’t nuke me, I don’t support him!”
Gateway rounds up angry teachers taking to the streets in Teheran. Follows up with the detention and abuse of women’s rights activists. Business as usual in Iran, reports WaPo.
General panic in Teheran as a former deputy defense minister bolts, gets chatty.
Kamangir shows us what we’re up against. Perimental exparedness.
Seems so long ago. Mini-Kharnival rounds up last weekend’s Saudi-Iranian summit.
Webb wants to defund Iran attack before it happens. Reid likes it.
Topics: Iran
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:12 pm Comments (3) on Saturday, March 10, 2007
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March 10th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
You made me laugh.
March 11th, 2007 at 1:59 am
LOL x2! I’d ROFL, but the floor is pretty dirty.
March 11th, 2007 at 5:33 am
Jules, you have a marvelous way of reading between the lines of diplo-speak. That is a valuable asset in a journalist. I wish more of them had it.
I just love it when the enemy uses the Dhim Cong’s script. Or is that the Dhim Cong uses the enemy’s script? It’s so hard to tell them apart that it is difficult to tell who is directing and who is running lines.