THE TRUE IRAN – AT 8:26 A.M. ET:  We're told so much about Iran, and so much of it is wrong.  Amir Taheri is one of the best analysts of the country, one of the few who actually knows what he's talking about.  This is a must read – the best piece on the truth about Iran that I've read recently.  From the New York Post:

“American rulers have always dreamed of forcing us to change our behavior, and failed,” Iran’s “Supreme Guide,” Ali Khamenei, said Saturday. “Five US administrations took that dream to their graves. The present one shall have the same fate.”

Khamenei’s analysis is not far off the mark. Successive American presidents have worked hard to persuade the Khomeinist regime in Tehran to modify aspects of its foreign policy, so far with no success.

The reason may be the inability or unwillingness of successive US presidents, and a good part of the American political and cultural elite, to properly understand the nature of the Khomeinist regime.
Jimmy Carter believed the Khomeinist seizure of power represented the return of religion to the center of public life.

His administration described Khomeini as “a holy man” and “the Gandhi of Islam.” Carter wrote letters to Khomeini “as a man of faith to a man of faith.” He even ordered the resumption of arms supplies to Tehran.

We all know what that did to Carter.

COMMENT:  Taheri spares no one, including Republicans.  But one is struck by the moronic statements made by Bill Clinton after leaving the White House, and it is fair to wonder whether Clinton was paid for one.  Taheri informs us that John Kerry's sister worked in Iran and that he has an Iranian son-in-law.  Didn't know that. 

Read it.

July 19,  2015