True Happiness
A’jad finds it in Baghdad.
“A visit to Iraq without the dictator is a truly happy one,” he said, referring to Saddam, Iran’s arch-foe who was deposed in a U.S.-led invasion in 2003 and executed by the Iraqi government in December 2006.
Reuters tucks the irony between the lines, but I have to take this to mean Ahmadinejad is a fan of regime change and the use of force by the United States to deal with regional menaces in the Middle East. More irony:
Analysts say Ahmadinejad will use his visit to show Washington that Tehran is a power in Iraq that cannot be ignored.
If only, in this election season, that would be so.
Gateway finds Iraqi ingratitude.
Surber finds reason for gratitude.
Different, marginally related. Blackfive: Other things that are cute and cuddly in Iraq. Hint: It’s the EFPs. No, not the Iranian Explosively Formed Penetrators, you dolt. It’s the Marine Corps’ Extra Fuzzy Puppies.
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 8:19 am on Sunday, March 2, 2008
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March 2nd, 2008 at 8:43 am
Well at least if A’jad is for forceful regime change to end pathological dictatorships, the NYT and Columbia University can’t be far behind!
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:16 am
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March 2nd, 2008 at 10:55 am
I’m sure that both the Iranian government and its people truly are happy that Saddam is gone. If there is one thing they can all agree on, it’s that.
That doesn’t mean that the Iranian government is happy with our role in it. They look into the future and see themselves increasingly marginalized in the middle east behind countries with US support. I’m sure that they are also worried about the potential of Iraq’s economy under a democratic government with US military support. If Iraq moves beyond this violent post-dictatorship phase and becomes an economic powerhouse, Iranians will become increasingly dissatisfied with their rulers - and they aren’t too happy with them to begin with.
March 2nd, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I’d say Ajad’s visit to Iraq is less a statement on what a power to be reckoned with Iran is than his recognition that the US is a power he must reckon with, whether he likes it or not.