Poor Oliver Stone. In addition to writer, producer, director, and actor, he can add supporter of Satan to his list of credits. The man who brought us such notably anti-establishment films as JFK and Natural Born Killers has been branded by Iran as a part of the very system he’s tried to shake up.
That must be a stinging rebuke for someone who decidedly is not conservative, nor republican.
In the past, the Washington Post claimed he was a intellectual sociopath and Newsweek ran a cover headline saying that his movie JFK couldn’t be trusted.
So, I’m wondering how Mr. Stone is feeling right now that Iran has labeled him no better than the system he’s been fighting all these years. I bet that was a serious blow to his ego.
Now, let’s get to the real meat of this post. Mehdi Kalhor has just made it very clear to me that they consider the U.S. to be the Great Satan, a phrase generally attributed to the Ayatollah in 1979, as well as the opposition parties within our society. How does this bode for any future negotiations? The Bush administration, therefore, they think, cannot be trusted. Any opposition parties to Bush also cannot be trusted.
This effectively closes the door on the diplomatic instrument of National Security Strategy, leaving the economic and military instruments. We’re currently working the economic piece through the sanctions, but will have to reassess them soon. As you can guess, if these efforts don’t work, there is only one last instrument of National Security Strategy to use – military.
Filed under: Foreign Policy, Global Threats, Iran, Military, Politics
INTERESTING. EVEN MORE SO WHEN PEOPLE COME TO REALIZE THAT NOTHING IS AS IT APPEARS. EVERYTHING IS INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING. WHAT A GIANT HOAX.
Everything is intentionally misleading? Um, like my post or blog? Which part is a giant hoax? The Great Satan part? Not sure I’m following you.
Hey Ham,
It is ironic that Stone is now considered part of the mainstream, at least by Im-a-jihad.
I agree, the ultimate solution to Iran will be military. If we don’t do something, they will force our hand. I can only hope we don’t have Hill or Obam in the Big House then – can you say catastrophe?
WC
After what I said in the post, one would think that our only option is military, but in actuality, A-jhad seems to be losing favor in some circles. And while the religious leaders spout anti-US rhetoric, there seems to be faint glimmer of hope on the Diplomatic side.
Me-thinks the govt’s control of their own country might be slipping – with the student protests and all. I think our biggest tool is information – our campaign to get democratic fervor going via the internet etc. I’m not sure how much hold the religious leaders really have there, so we might be able to effect changes via that route.