Friday, June 19, 2009
Khamenei's "Third Way"
Speaking at Tehran university, the traditional venue for the prayers, Khamenei deemed the elections a "political earthquake". Not since the Islamic revolution of 1979 had turnout been that high. Iran's people had proven that a religious democracy was a valid political "third avenue". He accused "enemies" of Iran of attempts to undermine the people's trust in the government, saying the West was responsible for the accusations of vote rigging in the first place.
Western powers had pulled off their friendly masks and showed their true enmity towards Iran, the cleric said, accusing the British government of being the "most evil".
IMO: Khamenei has a "Third Way", obviously much like Toady B. Liar's "Third Way". More seriously, present democratic methods certainly do not work but more transparency in both Iran and UK should certainly be a quick preliminary way of improving things. We seem to have a better example of this in India, Australia and Canada, all of which have faults but on balance probably not as many as UK and Iran. But speaking from UK, the UK really does seem to be just reporting facts as known in Iran and Khamenei's comments sound like they were simply prepared in advance. The UK Govt seems greedy and incompetent, rather than evil. Iran simply has not got it together at all with the modern world, a danger - but the country as a whole may be trying to be virtuous, FWIW. I agree with Khamenei in some ways, we do not want Iran to be simply a moving billboard for such as Kingfisher beer. But even in a primitive society like Iran, more elements of freedom could be weaved into the fabric. I would think Khamenei may well have more in common with the old style of UK Anglican clergyman that either would care to admit - but still a danger.
Western powers had pulled off their friendly masks and showed their true enmity towards Iran, the cleric said, accusing the British government of being the "most evil".
IMO: Khamenei has a "Third Way", obviously much like Toady B. Liar's "Third Way". More seriously, present democratic methods certainly do not work but more transparency in both Iran and UK should certainly be a quick preliminary way of improving things. We seem to have a better example of this in India, Australia and Canada, all of which have faults but on balance probably not as many as UK and Iran. But speaking from UK, the UK really does seem to be just reporting facts as known in Iran and Khamenei's comments sound like they were simply prepared in advance. The UK Govt seems greedy and incompetent, rather than evil. Iran simply has not got it together at all with the modern world, a danger - but the country as a whole may be trying to be virtuous, FWIW. I agree with Khamenei in some ways, we do not want Iran to be simply a moving billboard for such as Kingfisher beer. But even in a primitive society like Iran, more elements of freedom could be weaved into the fabric. I would think Khamenei may well have more in common with the old style of UK Anglican clergyman that either would care to admit - but still a danger.
# posted by uv : 8:43 AM
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