Saturday, May 28, 2005

Saturday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 5.28.2005:

Why Europe is Wrong on Iran

Amir Taheri, Arab News:
The Europeans... ignore the messianic nature of the ideology that sustains the Islamic Republic. That ideology sees itself in a global competition with Western liberalism of which the European Union is one manifestation. Khomeinism’s ambition is to win that competition one day, and remold the global system on the basis of its vision. That ambition may seem laughable to outsiders who know that the Islamic Republic counts for little in the global balance of power. Some in the Tehran establishment also regard such ambitions as absurd. The truth, however, is that the system cannot act against its own nature.

The problem that the Europeans, among others, have with the Islamic Republic is not one of behavior, as Straw and his colleagues assume. The problem is with the nature of the Iranian regime. READ MORE
This is perhaps the best analysis of the problems of the EU3/Iran talks. We need to make sure this is read widely.

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