Typically the accusation is that speaking on Iranian radio of military matters is treasonous becuase, and I quote “they are the enemy and we are at war”.

It seems most conservative believe what Mister Hersch has been saying, that the USA has already begun hostilies against Iran – despite the fact that they constantly refute this.

Whether it is true or not, another war of agression by the USA against a country in the middle east which poses no threat to them will be seen by many as a racist war, or a war of imperial conquest. I would expect this to have an extremely negative impact on US trade in the short and long term.

The elections there certainly indicate people vote what the way they believe but he believes to spreading democracy and right now we are working with some of the most undemocratic countries in the Middle East, you know Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia that do so.

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With the most democratic, Hersh probably means that Iranians are free to vote for whomever they want, as long as it is for moderate extremists or extreme extremists, since all true opposition in Iran is oppressed.

I think he is just pointing out that if all we cared about was simply Democracy we would be on Iran’s side trying to pressure Saudi Arabia into democratic reforms if anything, not the other way around.

I think it’s clear that Democracy was really a tactic for this administration, not a goal as was stated to the world. Again, the administrations simplified rhetoric has created more troubles in the world than it prevented. The truth of the matter unfortunately seems to support Iran’s propaganda in this instance; the US acted in Iraq with it’s own interests and the interests of it’s close ally Israel in mind. Of course this doesn’t mean that Iran should get a nuke. Maybe it’s support for the idea that honesty is the best policy, even foreign policy.

Oops, it’s Mikey.

Never mind.