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man of many names, but the motives stay the same:
Someone has to remind Hossein Derakhshan, the father of Iranian blogging, that he's not supposed to hate freedom. Today in Comment Is Free, the man behind Hoder contends that the U.S. is predisposed to attack any Iranian regime:
Surely this is overheated. The U.S. never attacked the Shah, so c'mon, Hoder! Iranians have a broad array of political options to choose from, ranging from pliability to outright clientism. To be serious, Derakhshan's piece is fascinating barometrically. Not even the most fervently secular opponents of the clerical regime have any desire to extend to the United States the benefit of the doubt when it comes to a confrontation with Iran. It shouldn't take a National Intelligence Estimate to understand that Iranians will identify with Ahmadinejad when the Carl Vinson unleashes its fighter pilots. By contrast, notes Abbas Milani, the prospect of a U.N.-enforced sanctions regime creates an actual, behavior-modifying fear within Tehran. --Spencer Ackerman
Surely this is overheated. The U.S. never attacked the Shah, so c'mon, Hoder! Iranians have a broad array of political options to choose from, ranging from pliability to outright clientism. |
