Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Shah’s son urges action, not rhetoric, on Iran - Punk wants a regime change

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (01/01/06 through 01/22/2007) Donate to DU
 
NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-30-06 03:52 AM
Original message
Shah’s son urges action, not rhetoric, on Iran - Punk wants a regime change
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2006/May/middleeast_May672.xml§ion=middleeast&col=

POTOMAC - The exiled son of Iran’s late shah on Monday called on the Bush administration to put action before rhetoric in ousting Teheran’s Islamic regime, which he said has long been the source of global instability.

Reza Pahlavi, 45, the eldest son of the late Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, said Iranians are ready to actively oppose the Islamic regime of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but need more than pro-democratic utterances from world leaders like US President George W. Bush.

“Fantastic, we love to hear that, motherhood and apple pie,” Pahlavi said of Bush’s statements that the United States supports a free, democratic Iran.

“What remains to be seen again is in what concrete way the US administration will take the necessary steps,” Pahlavi toldReuters in an interview at his home in a suburb of Washington, flanked by the Iranian flag and portraits of his mother and father, the US-backed monarch who was deposed in the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-30-06 04:03 AM
Response to Original message
1. Longing for the days of Monarchy.
when the people weren't allowed to make poor choices of leaders.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-30-06 04:12 AM
Response to Original message
2. He needs to find his own army, get on a boat or plane or whatever
combination of transports will get him there, and get busy. Our military is already fighting two lost causes.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Eugene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-30-06 04:24 AM
Response to Original message
3. Pahlavi is a front man for the neocons.
The crowd at AEI is making its move.

Didn't a guy named Chalibi say something like this about Iraq?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
grytpype Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-30-06 05:45 AM
Response to Original message
4. He should die in a fire.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-30-06 05:47 AM
Response to Original message
5. Yes please - it was so smart the last time we listened to a Shah of Iran
Let's do it again!!

:sarcasm:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
PublicWrath Donating Member (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-30-06 06:02 AM
Response to Reply #5
6. I think we did most of the talking and the Shah did most of the listening.
Edited on Tue May-30-06 06:13 AM by PublicWrath
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-30-06 06:05 AM
Response to Original message
7. It worked so well for his dad.
:sarcasm:

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Mon May 06th 2024, 10:21 PM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (01/01/06 through 01/22/2007) Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC