Iran's Ahmadinejad looks to export 'new Islamic revolution'

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's president elect Mahmood Ahmadinejad hailed his election triumph as a new Islamic revolution that could spread throughout the world, in a shift away from previously moderate post-vote rhetoric.

"Thanks to the blood of the martyrs, a new Islamic revolution has arisen and the Islamic revolution of 1384 (the current Iranian year) will, if God wills, cut off the roots of injustice in the world," the IRNA agency quoted the ultra-conservative as saying.

"The era of oppression, hegemonic regimes, tyranny and injustice has reached its end," he said, in an apparent reference to Iran's arch-foe the United States. "The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world,"

"In one night, the martyrs strode down a path of 100 years," he added.

Ahmadinejad has previously been at pains to present a moderate face to the world, avoiding religious rhetoric at his post-election news conference in favour of pledges of friendship and compassion to all at home and abroad.

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is contagious. He has caught a bad case of "Bushitis."

...solidly on a religious structure the Iranians believe in.

They also believe, like a growing number of Americans, that the invasion and occupation of Iraq is illegal and immoral.

And finally, they are fighting for their own region, their religion, their culture, their families, and their homes.

What's the US military fighting for?

That's our Uniter.

way

won't work now.

Khomeini and those in the West who thought they could export his brand of Islamic rule were clueless as to what had gone on in Iran.

The revolution was NOT exportable then or now.

Looks like Bushitis is the diagnosis. Key symptom: a medical condition known as hediusupassius.

Now the entire world hates us and has just cause.

but lord knows, in the 80s we were not necessarily flavor of the month every where.

Still won't work, though.

Islam's just way too diverse.

...in the world today, and quite a few people are beginning to see Christianity as a negative influence.

We're providing a much healthier culture dish, these days, for the growth of Islamic fundamentalism.

I wouldn't mind an end to "oppression, hegemonic regimes, tyranny and injustice" across the world, but my fear is that our continued collective cluelessness is going to tend away from a soft landing.

the social forces in Iran from the 50s-70s were quite different than they are today.

Furthermore, the revolution of the 70s was a popular revolution-- one in which the opposition did not violently overthrow the existing government, but rather one in which the existing government fell in on itself. The mullahs etc. hijacked said revolution and would not have been able to consolidate their power had it not been for Saddam's invasion in 1980.

In other words-- the variables are quite different.

...invaded the Middle East, and that will create thousands of martyrs willing to die to remove all foreigners from the soil of Islam.

Looks like some DUers are suffering from the illness of not seeing the forest because all of those trees are in the way.

change a few words here and there...Bush speech.

they just might say this guy was a hostage taker or something in the 80's.... oh wait....

:applause:

Now Americans will have to do it.

SIGN UP, freeps! Your bush-god has lit a fuse YOU get to die putting out!

RAH RAH RAH!

Their speeches use almost identical language: "tyranny" and "injustice" are used to justify political goals, continuous reminders that God is on their side, etc. It's really a sad day when the president of the United States and an Iranian theocrat both read from the same teleprompter.

Islam, as described in Bernard Lewis' 'What Went Wrong' will have plenty of time to blame the so-called revolutionaries for wasting a golden opportunity.

is one of the chief architects of the present-day "clash of civilization". He was an important influence on Richard Perle, Samuel Huntington and Zbigniew Brzezinski, and he's an old British spook... never underestimate the cunning and slyness of British spooks.

It was Lewis who convinced Brzezinksi of the need to create an "arch of crisis" along the southern rim of the Soviet Union, which led Brzezinski to initiate covert operations in Afghanistan, which in turn provoked the Soviets to invade, as expected. Voilà, arch of crisis. They got exactly what they wanted.

...wasted more than thirty years by not pursuing alternative energies.

and get in Line. We've got enough on our plates. Try solving the poverty in Islamic nations before exporting your bs.:eyes:

Not only is this speech similar to Bush's speech, but this guy won in a close race like Bush stole a close race. And now, like Bush, he is acting like he has a "mandate" to be an extremist and piss everyone off.

Well, the USA wanted to be an example to the world...to bad it is a bad example.

I hope Daddy's proud of his son! He's finally a success in his own right. I'm sure Momma Bush is proud too. He should be presented with a "Medal of Horror"...A Black Star!

Not much different than Bush nattering on about the triumphant march of freedom and democracy. This just shows that the guy is a politician.

But both the leaders of the USA and Iran sure love the rhetoric of bravado.

I think we're scaring the hell not only out of ourselves but the world as well. :scared: :nuke:

When will calmer heads prevail?

Not so much violent revolution as social or religious revolution (kind of like the different uses of the terms "crusade" and "jihad"). It can be interpreted the other way too. Perhaps he was being purposely vague.

I respect your thoughtful analysis of their remarks.

I'm more brass tacks in my perceptions and will default to defining these two world leaders as "bat-shit crazy warmongers."

Best wishes and I fully concur with your clarification above. :-)

Bat-shit crazy warmongers is seldom far off the mark, these days.