Comments on: Change They Believed In http://xrlq.com/2009/06/23/change-they-believed-in/ Politische Kommentare mit Snarkenremarken Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:50:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gattsuru http://xrlq.com/2009/06/23/change-they-believed-in/comment-page-1/#comment-539269 gattsuru Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:54:48 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2009/06/23/change-you-morons-believed-in/#comment-539269 Because when a highly authoritarian government with complete and total control of broadcast media in the area spin something, really rely on 'credibility' that a fucking speech would do. Because when a highly authoritarian government with complete and total control of broadcast media in the area spin something, really rely on ‘credibility’ that a fucking speech would do.

]]> By: tgirsch http://xrlq.com/2009/06/23/change-they-believed-in/comment-page-1/#comment-539233 tgirsch Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:30:32 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2009/06/23/change-you-morons-believed-in/#comment-539233 Gibbs' "non-explanation" is pretty much the consensus view of most credible Iran/Middle East experts: any action by the United States that could be spun as "meddling" in Iranian affairs* would be directly counterproductive to the cause of the protesters -- it would serve only to further entrench the hardliners. The only people I've seen arguing otherwise are the Bill Kristol types who have been demonstrably wrong about pretty much every foreign policy thing they've talked about over the last several years. * - Note that the Iranian authorities will attempt that spin anyway, but direct action or threats on our part will lend credibility to that spin, and work directly against our interests in the region. .-= tgirsch´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.leanleft.com/archives/2009/06/23/8160/" rel="nofollow">Free-Marketers Should Support the Public Option</a> =-. Gibbs’ “non-explanation” is pretty much the consensus view of most credible Iran/Middle East experts: any action by the United States that could be spun as “meddling” in Iranian affairs* would be directly counterproductive to the cause of the protesters — it would serve only to further entrench the hardliners. The only people I’ve seen arguing otherwise are the Bill Kristol types who have been demonstrably wrong about pretty much every foreign policy thing they’ve talked about over the last several years.

* – Note that the Iranian authorities will attempt that spin anyway, but direct action or threats on our part will lend credibility to that spin, and work directly against our interests in the region.
.-= tgirsch´s last blog ..Free-Marketers Should Support the Public Option =-.

]]> By: Anwyn’s Notes in the Margin » One Wonders How He Really Feels about the Revolutionary War http://xrlq.com/2009/06/23/change-they-believed-in/comment-page-1/#comment-539118 Anwyn’s Notes in the Margin » One Wonders How He Really Feels about the Revolutionary War Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:48:09 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2009/06/23/change-you-morons-believed-in/#comment-539118 [...] Via Xrlq. [...] [...] Via Xrlq. [...]

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