Das Icepik

DJ is proving to be a great investigator, who of course has his own background, interests and modus operandi; let’s hope he too will “take a leaf out of Dr. Farrell’s book” by writing and publishing his own book – footnoted of course – to bring his discoveries out of the ephemeral world of specialised podcasts.

more Iran – NK buddy best pals.. http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13920429001086

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“Larijani said Iran is fully prepared to improve cooperation with North Korea in different fields including industry, trade, technology, investment in infrastructures, mine extraction, and exports of agricultural equipments, and added that Iran’s…[Read more]

This article shows what the stakes are..

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-pyongyang-tehran-axis-1521068215

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“For years Iran watched Pyongyang play the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations to advance its nuclear and missile programs. The Kim regime demonstrated how a relatively weak country could persuade the U.S. to yield on major…[Read more]

In other words, I would like to see a military coup in Iran. where the mecca-born mullahs are swept aside, and the country revives its space and nuclear industry (and way beyond). Reason is that Iran will not be allowed to succeed economically (not that they are all that good at it, most of the problems are endemic, and not caused by sanctions) it…[Read more]

And for the record, I was against the JCPOA when I read some of the stuff there, and I suggested that this government should resign rather than sell the country so cheaply (because I knew that USA never delivers on its promises). I said so at the time, it is on record, in my emails. So, the hell with the JCPOA. However, I don’t want to see…[Read more]

And I do not support regime change imposed from the outside, or the rule of the mob taking to the streets to l lynch the current rulers, only to replace them with another bunch of opportunists who want to fill their pockets. A revolution would create an opportunity for foreign meddling as well, and the partition of the country (which is what…[Read more]

As for North Korea & Iran, yes, there was very close cooperation esp. during the Iran-Iraq war, when the entire world sold arms (and chem weapons) to Saddam, while placing an arms embargo on Iran. Thanks to the Shah’s incompetence in developing a truly indigenous military industry, at that time Iran could only maufacture light weapons and…[Read more]

Trumps reasoning for initiating hostilities are two fold, 1) He believes he is fulfilling right wing Christian movements beliefs in that Israel’s Jerusalem would become the capital, its one of their “prophecies.” 2) By creating conflict, it makes it nearly impossible to drag him in front of Mueller and charge/bring impeachment papers. Nobody…[Read more]