Comments on: Ron Paul on Iran; Ahmadinejad has Jewish Heritage

By: Alexander

Alexander — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:04:48 +0000

Here's another article, published in the Guardian today, debunking the myth that Ahmadinejad has Jewish roots.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:14:09 +0000

Whether Ahmadinejad is Jewish or not, publicizing his Jewish heritage is a disservice to the Jewish community inside Iran.
The news about Ahmadinejad got out long time ago by Nourizadeh and recently by Mahdi Khaz'ali through his weblog. I never found any of these two sources really reliable.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:55:31 +0000

The "knowledge" to make nukes is found in any library. Google the "Nth Country Experiment" — an experiment in the conducted by the US government's Lawrence Livermore Lab to see how easy it would be to design a nuclear bomb. Conclusion: two physics majors, armed with nothing but pencils and library cards, elucidated the design of nuclear weapons.

By: Gary Farber

Gary Farber — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:15:07 +0000

"Me, I think they just want a 'Japan option'-- the ability to construct a bomb if they come under threatening attack."

I've consistently thought that was the most plausible likelihood, as well.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:18:44 +0000

Poker Analogies on Afghanistan?

Not sure they are right, but an interesting question

Iran question (thought it was Afghanistan, screwed up): why is nobody talking about the perception in Iran that our actions -- particularly over the past several years -- creates in Iran, in terms of their world view (which is whatmatters when it comes to THEIR behavior) and not ours?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:29:55 +0000

MOSHE AHMADINEJAD?

October 4, 2009 at 1:06 pm (DesertPeace Editorial, Iran, Media, Sarcasm)

IRAN-ELECTION

The tabloids of the world are literally ‘full of it’ this morning. The ‘expose’ of the decade….. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is ’secretly Jewish’!
If so….. do you care? Does it matter??
Do you really think the ’scrawled note’ on his identity card was never seen by government officials when he entered the race for President of Iran? And when they did see it, they obviously did not care.

All of the tabloid articles mentioned that “Experts told the Telegraph his vitriolic attacks against Jews could be an attempt to hide his past.” Attacks against Jews? Where?? When??? Verbal attacks against Israel and zionism maybe….. but against Jews, NEVER.There IS a difference.

But, tabloids are out to be sold…. and there are enough morons out there prepared to buy them and believe the crap that is printed in them. Thank Heaven for the Blogesphere, a place where truth can be found (in some places).

http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/

By: David Sucher

David Sucher — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:34:31 +0000

"The revelation in Iran doesn't change anything..."

So why mention it? Yes it is interesting but your headline makes it also appear significant and related to Ron Paul.

Further, your Salon piece on Iran (today) purports to clarify what Ahmadinejad said about Israel? (Not convincingly -- your translation still sounds rather threatening.) But why hasn't Ahmadinejad done the clarifying? Wouldn't be difficult but he doesn't.

(None of this defend irrational neo-con policym btw.)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:09:45 +0000

The Kurdish situation is a real dilemma. On the one hand, they have been oppressed and are entitled to self determination. On the other hand, though, just imagine how many people would die in a war for an independent Kurdistan, which would be unlikely to succeed. The US was wrong to promise Iraqi Kurds their autonomy. The solution is recognition of their language and heritage within Turkey, Iraq, and Iran. Not carving out an independent state. We are already familiar with the kinds of long term problems that can cause.

- Paul Wolf