IRAN WAITS FOR MR. OBAMA

rough first draft

The prior post revealed a relatively tame and soft Iranian stance towards the signing of SOFA by the Shia government of Iraq and the harmful idiot occupation forces. That Iran toughened its stance a tad on cue from Syria. Still, this newsletter had concluded that the Iranian stance, even when revised to seemingly accommodate Syria, was nonetheless soft.

MANUCHEHR MUTAKI WAITS FOR MR. OBAMA

Manuchehr Mutaki, Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, recently shed light on Iran’s relative softness towards the spread of U.S. bases in neighboring Iraq in accordance with SOFA. He seemed to be giving due importance to the Obama Administration’s current statements, and therefore acting on cue from that administration. But, at the same time, he seemed to be stressing that the true test will be that administration’s “statements and positions after the 21st of January [of next year] [not the present statements and positions.]” (My emphasis -- My translation from Arabic.) He seemed to be saying that President-elect Obama has asked for time, and time Iran will give him.

ONLY AN ARAB IRAQ SO IMPULSIVELY WOULD FALL FOR HARMFUL IDIOT/KUWAITI TRAPS AND RUSES

As nearly always with Iranian statements, Mutaki duplicates the same sense of alertness to danger, traps, and ruses. “We need to be patient,” he said, “ and we need to work with a higher level of precision and study.” (My translation from Arabic.)