Senior Iran cleric hails “Islamic state of Iraq”

[bemildred]

Tehran, Iran, Aug. 26 – A senior Iranian cleric welcomed on Friday the establishment of an Islamic republic in Iraq and hailed the country’s new constitution as one based on “Islamic precepts”.

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Jannati, who is a top confidant of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that all justice-seeking counties of the world “have no model other than the Islamic revolution in Iran to turn to”.

“Lebanese Hezbollah and the state of Iraq are not the only supporters of the Islamic revolution”, he said.

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“We are the winners in the nuclear issue, too”, Jannati said. “The way is paved for our progress and we just need to work hard”.

Iran Focus

[Sub Atomic]

1. Hey, wait a minute....

Weren't we supposed to be spreading Democracy over there?

At least isn't that what der monkey is claiming these days for his noble cause?

:shrug:

[underpants]

7. No No No it is freedom we are spreading now

http://www.freepressed.com/freedom-spread.htm

[ECH1969]

2. We turned both Lebanon and Iraq into Iranian states

Good job Bush.

[RaleighNCDUer]

4. Lebanon was just a preview of Iraq.

And all the mistakes that Israel made in Lebanon are being repeated by us in Iraq. The Lebanese resistance to Israel is the model for the Iraqi resistance to the US.

And our inevitable departure from Iraq will be just as hasty, disorganized and precipitous as Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon.

[stillcool]

3. Oh dear....should I be

learning arabic?

[AlamoDemoc]

5. It wouldn't hurt, but in this case its Farsi lol

[EVDebs]

6. GHWB and Scowcroft mutter to themselves "I told you so"

That quote from A World Transformed

http://www.thememoryhole.org/mil/bushsr-iraq.htm

and the entire point of the Powell Doctrine

"Essentially, the Doctrine expresses that military action should be used only as a last resort and only if there is a clear risk to national security by the intended target; the force, when used, should be overwhelming and disproportionate to the force used by the enemy; there must be strong support for the campaign by the general public; and there must be a clear exit strategy from the conflict in which the military is engaged."

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/iraq/powelldoctrine_short.html

In other words, sonny boy, I told you so.

[rodeodance]

8. whow--wonder if the WH and the cabal has seen this.

[rodeodance]

9. really wish this was AP story -with this headline.

[Spinzonner]

10. When will the book "It takes a Neocon" be coming out ?

[The_Casual_Observer]

11. So, do we need to re-invade Iraq now? How do we do that if

we are already there? Do we leave and start it over again with another "Shock & Awe"?

[MN ChimpH8R]

12. That's gonna make some Freeper heads explode

as well they might.

[davidinalameda]

13. so does anyone else think that

removing Saddam might not have been the best choice

we're trading one dictatorship for another

[Robeson]

14. Good work George! We just traded Frankenstein for Dracula!....

...Mission Accomplished!

[leftchick]

15. oh my

success for Iran. How special. :eyes: