Comments on: Top Russian General: An American Attack on Iran would lead to US Collapse; Wants to Block It; Kremlin Rejects Crippling Sanctions http://www.juancole.com/2010/02/top-russian-general-american-attack-on.html Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:17:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2010/02/top-russian-general-american-attack-on.html#comment-2270 Anonymous Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:01:19 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4990#comment-2270 Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani<br />Harassed by hezbollahis<br /><br /><br />http://iranian.com/main/2010/feb/faezeh-hashemi-rafsanjani#comment-270868 Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani
Harassed by hezbollahis

http://iranian.com/main/2010/feb/faezeh-hashemi-rafsanjani#comment-270868

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2010/02/top-russian-general-american-attack-on.html#comment-2269 Anonymous Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:51:14 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4990#comment-2269 ‘report’.<br /><br /> <br />At 12:58 PM, Anonymous said... <br />Not sure where he gets his garbage stats from, Iran has made a huge advancement in technologies, education, building <br /><br />Where do you get your stat? VEVAK, MOIS, or SAVAMA?? <br /><br />The truth is the Iran having the second largest gas reserves and fourth largest oil reserves in the world has a GDP equal to Mexico and Alabama. Median income is less than $400 a month...The media income was higher in 1976. Being shrill and a shill for one the most murderous regime in the ME is not going to either help Iranians or the USA in the long run.<br /><br />Shame on you for shilling for the butchers of Iran. You also sound like a bigot..<br /><br />http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/02/23/this-is-what-happens-in-irans-universities/ ‘report’.

At 12:58 PM, Anonymous said…
Not sure where he gets his garbage stats from, Iran has made a huge advancement in technologies, education, building

Where do you get your stat? VEVAK, MOIS, or SAVAMA??

The truth is the Iran having the second largest gas reserves and fourth largest oil reserves in the world has a GDP equal to Mexico and Alabama. Median income is less than $400 a month…The media income was higher in 1976. Being shrill and a shill for one the most murderous regime in the ME is not going to either help Iranians or the USA in the long run.

Shame on you for shilling for the butchers of Iran. You also sound like a bigot..

http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/02/23/this-is-what-happens-in-irans-universities/

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2010/02/top-russian-general-american-attack-on.html#comment-2244 Anonymous Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:54:25 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4990#comment-2244 This is the operative quote from Lavrov:<br />"Therefore, we are not at all indifferent to what happens in Iran and around it. This applies to our economic interests and our security interests alike. This also applies . . . to the task of early settlement of the legal status of the Caspian Sea, which is not an easy task and in the approaches to which the Iranian position is close enough to ours."<br />Forget the nuke rubbish, this is about the Caspian sea and the rush for oil. Well, how much oil would we waste fighting a war to get it? This is the operative quote from Lavrov:
"Therefore, we are not at all indifferent to what happens in Iran and around it. This applies to our economic interests and our security interests alike. This also applies . . . to the task of early settlement of the legal status of the Caspian Sea, which is not an easy task and in the approaches to which the Iranian position is close enough to ours."
Forget the nuke rubbish, this is about the Caspian sea and the rush for oil. Well, how much oil would we waste fighting a war to get it?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2010/02/top-russian-general-american-attack-on.html#comment-2231 Anonymous Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:12:41 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4990#comment-2231 The game of Cowboys and Iranians is about to begin~ The game of Cowboys and Iranians is about to begin~

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2010/02/top-russian-general-american-attack-on.html#comment-2224 Anonymous Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:58:47 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4990#comment-2224 Not sure where he gets his garbage stats from, Iran has made a huge advancement in technologies, education, building infrastructure, nano technology, automotive technology, etc. Over 90% of Iranians are literate and Iran has climbed the ladder in science throughout the past 30 years. I don't care if one has political differences with this regim but let's be honest and judge the Iran of today with the Iran of Shah's time!!! Let's not let zeal drive our judgements, let's open our eyes to facts objectively! Do they need to improve their human rights? The answer is yes but lack of such improvement warrants an attack on Iran, the answer should be no. We need to focus on improving our economy here at home rather than minggling is some other country's business. Bring back the billions of dollars we spent irresponsibily around the world and let's fix the cities in New Orlean, Mississippi, New York, etc. Not sure where he gets his garbage stats from, Iran has made a huge advancement in technologies, education, building infrastructure, nano technology, automotive technology, etc. Over 90% of Iranians are literate and Iran has climbed the ladder in science throughout the past 30 years. I don't care if one has political differences with this regim but let's be honest and judge the Iran of today with the Iran of Shah's time!!! Let's not let zeal drive our judgements, let's open our eyes to facts objectively! Do they need to improve their human rights? The answer is yes but lack of such improvement warrants an attack on Iran, the answer should be no. We need to focus on improving our economy here at home rather than minggling is some other country's business. Bring back the billions of dollars we spent irresponsibily around the world and let's fix the cities in New Orlean, Mississippi, New York, etc.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2010/02/top-russian-general-american-attack-on.html#comment-2218 Anonymous Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:42:42 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4990#comment-2218 This ‘leaked report’ was compiled for the IAEA Board of Governors’ meeting on March 1st. It is not an official publication of the IAEA.<br />It would not be inconsistent for IAEA member states, i.e., Israel and the USA, to have sought to improve their propaganda efforts against Iran by compiling and leaking the so called ‘report’. This ‘leaked report’ was compiled for the IAEA Board of Governors’ meeting on March 1st. It is not an official publication of the IAEA.
It would not be inconsistent for IAEA member states, i.e., Israel and the USA, to have sought to improve their propaganda efforts against Iran by compiling and leaking the so called ‘report’.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2010/02/top-russian-general-american-attack-on.html#comment-2217 Anonymous Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:50:30 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4990#comment-2217 The pathetic state of misery brought upon Iranians by the IRI can be divided into 2 major categories: 1) an abysmal human right's record characterized by an exponentially larger number of Iranians executed than under the Shah, as well as a whole host of barbaric punishments, including stonings and floggings, for adultery and other such "crimes"<br /><br />2) A woeful state of the Iranian economy, with lower average income than in 1976, and a standard of living not in keeping with 3 decades of oil and natural gas revenues. Just consider the following:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Iran's 2007 ranking of Human Development Index (HDI) in 2007 was 88th in the world (behing Azerbaijan and Thailand); it was 95th in life expectancy (behind Samoa and El Salvador); 94th in adult literacy rate (behind Botswana and Syria); 59th in poverty index (behind Sao Tome and Principe and Mongolia); 58th in Probability of not surviving to age 40 (behind Panama and Maldives); 52nd in People not using an improved water source (behind Tunisia and Grenada); 64th in Children underweight for age (behind Swaziland and El Salvador). <br /><br /><br /><br />With respect to Comparing Females as % males, it was 165th in Life expectancy at birth (behind Algeria and Iceland); 90th in Adult literacy rate (behind Peru and Saudi Arabia); and 106th in Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio (behind Maldives and Mauretania). <br /><br />The following is just a partial list of countries that all have higher GDP per capita (purchasing power parity) than the IRI:<br /><br />Romania, Panama, Bulgaria, Belarus, Mauritius, Gabon, Mexico, Venezuela, Botswana, Turkey, Libya, etc, etc The pathetic state of misery brought upon Iranians by the IRI can be divided into 2 major categories: 1) an abysmal human right's record characterized by an exponentially larger number of Iranians executed than under the Shah, as well as a whole host of barbaric punishments, including stonings and floggings, for adultery and other such "crimes"

2) A woeful state of the Iranian economy, with lower average income than in 1976, and a standard of living not in keeping with 3 decades of oil and natural gas revenues. Just consider the following:

Iran's 2007 ranking of Human Development Index (HDI) in 2007 was 88th in the world (behing Azerbaijan and Thailand); it was 95th in life expectancy (behind Samoa and El Salvador); 94th in adult literacy rate (behind Botswana and Syria); 59th in poverty index (behind Sao Tome and Principe and Mongolia); 58th in Probability of not surviving to age 40 (behind Panama and Maldives); 52nd in People not using an improved water source (behind Tunisia and Grenada); 64th in Children underweight for age (behind Swaziland and El Salvador).

With respect to Comparing Females as % males, it was 165th in Life expectancy at birth (behind Algeria and Iceland); 90th in Adult literacy rate (behind Peru and Saudi Arabia); and 106th in Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio (behind Maldives and Mauretania).

The following is just a partial list of countries that all have higher GDP per capita (purchasing power parity) than the IRI:

Romania, Panama, Bulgaria, Belarus, Mauritius, Gabon, Mexico, Venezuela, Botswana, Turkey, Libya, etc, etc

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2010/02/top-russian-general-american-attack-on.html#comment-2216 Anonymous Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:40:17 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4990#comment-2216 This is an "uninformed comment" but based on my intuition. It seems to me that this country, the U.S., is headed for (financial) collapse because of the greed of the banksters and the past complicity of the Fed. So an attack on Iran could be a diversion from the real reasons for the collapse at an opportune time. I hope I am wrong. This is an "uninformed comment" but based on my intuition. It seems to me that this country, the U.S., is headed for (financial) collapse because of the greed of the banksters and the past complicity of the Fed. So an attack on Iran could be a diversion from the real reasons for the collapse at an opportune time. I hope I am wrong.

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