THAW II: THE HARMFUL IDIOTS TO DODGE THE STICK

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BACKGROUND

In the December 9 post this newsletter revealed that according to the Iranians the harmful idiots have been negotiating with them. (See, “Thaw: Iran and the Harmful Idiots Have Been Negotiating,” December 09, 2007.)

In that post, this newsletter referred to reporting by Ali al-Haj Yousef from Tehran for the Lebanese as-Safir (12/10/07–Arab Shia, Arab nationalist.) Senior officials in Tehran had revealed to Mr. Yousef that Iranian representatives had been meeting with harmful idiots in various countries, starting in Algeria.

THE STICK

Iranian sources told Mr. Yousef on or about 12/10/07 that “the quiet or near-quiet in Iraq should be in evidence until the end of this year, the grace period which the Iranians have specified [for them to witness] progress in other areas/paths [other than Iraq] especially the nuclear file.” (My translation.)

This Iranian ultimatum came after the NIE estimate had cleared the Iranian government of any active effort to develop a nuclear weapon. In other words, the Iranians are expecting something more from the harmful idiots – more concessions – on the nuclear file.

THE CARROT

The Let’s-orphan-Arab-children-war-mongering The Washington Post (Christian/Jewish Right -- despising of the Arab poor, the Palestinian poor in particular, especially when these have a political mind of their own and aren't adoring of Israel) reports today (12/23/07) that a harmful idiot by the name of David Satterfield, a senior adviser to a higher-level harmdul idiot, the national security genius, Ms. Rice, had credited Iran with lowering the level of attacks in Iraq. (The Pentagon, of course, wants us to believe it’s the Pentagon that did it -- though the Pentagon seems to be part of the same choreography -- see below -- when it announces future reductions of forces in Iraq. Likely these announcements are part of the agreed-upon choreography with the Iranians.)

Satterfield’s statements smack of a choreographed exchange between on the one hand the harmful idiots and, on the other, Iran and Syria.

Only recently, the Syrian Foreign Minister, after meeting with his Iraqi counterpart, said: “We are ready to build friendly and trusting relations with the United States.” (My translation.)

Then Rice said that the harmful idiots have a place in their heart for Iran when this one quits enrichment of uranium.

And not long before the svelte Mr. Mouallem made the above statement, Ali Larijani, representative of the Guide to the Revolution before the Iranian Higher Council for National Security, said : “It is possible to define common interests with America if it changes its policies and directions in the region.” (My translation from Arabic.)

Choreographed? Yes -- by clear and convincing evidence. The thaw is ongoing, though not very rapidly. Still: not bad. Mao Zedong used to say that there were times when one ought to stand on the war foot and others on the diplomacy foot. Long live diplomacy. The harmful idiots, after wiping out an Arab country, visiting unspeakable misery and pain onto its chilren and its people (see below), and squandering -- in the end--a couple trillion dollars, have become. . . realists.

At f----ing last.

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(I'm reading Polly Evans, Fried Eggs With Chopsticks. She refers often to the account about the Chairman by his physician. It looks like the Chairman was a power-hungry sick puppy, a first degree megalomaniac. The book is informative and quite entertaining.)


IRAQ'S CHILDREN

FROM Joshua Partlow, "Leading Shiite Wants Iraq to Restrain Armed Councils," The Washington Post, Saturday December 22, 2007 at A11:

"Meanwhile UNICEF issued a report Friday putting forth a grim outlook for Iraq's children. The organization estimated that 2 million Iraqi children continue to face threats from poor nutrition, disease and a lack of education. The group found that 25,000 children a month were being driven from their homes by 'violence and intimidation' and that about 75,000 children are living in camps or temporary shelters.

"Nearly 1 million children have had their primary school education interrupted, hundreds of children have been killed or injured, and about 1,350 have been detained by the military and the police."