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10 Nov 2009 02:23 pm
"On the day the Great Satan praises us, we shall mourn"
Joe Klein:
There are several possible responses to the appalling news
that Iran seems to have brought espionage charges against three
American hikers who wandered across the Kurdish border. Taken together
with Iran's apparent decision not to agree to the nuclear treaty it had
agreed to, this is yet another signal of the Iranian regime going off
the rails. No doubt, assorted neoconservatives in the U.S. will want to
use this as an excuse to whack the Khamenei-Whomever government
rhetorically, economically and toss in some use of force threats as
well.
Which will give the regime exactly what it wants and needs: proof
that the Great Satan exists. I've mentioned before my favorite piece of
official graffiti painted on the old U.S. Embassy in Tehran: "On the
day the Great Satan praises us, we shall mourn." It always seemed a
classic bit of ju-jitsu to me: Want to make the Iranian leaders
uncomfortable? Praise them. Or, at least, don't play into their need
for a satanic enemy.
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