Friday, January 20, 2012

Re: Podcast interview re Iran w/ Amb. John W. Limbert

the U.S. is doing with regard to Iran amounts to a policy of
regime change, even if that is not what we say we want. He notes,
moreover, the contradiction in our condemnation of terrorism generally
with our seeming inability to describe the assassination of Iranian
scientists as terrorism
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imperialists beware!

On Jan 20, 10:49 am, "georgeken...@gmail.com" <georgeken...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Posted this morning at Electric Politics, a podcast interview about
> Iran with Ambassador John W. Limbert. The Ambassador was the first
> ever Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iran in 2009, that is, he
> was appointed to a newly created position which put a higher priority
> on Iran than it had had previously, and he is currently a professor at
> the U.S. Naval Academy. His background is notable also for his having
> been, at an earlier stage of his diplomatic career, one of the Embassy
> captives during the Iran hostage crisis. The Ambassador points out
> that what the U.S. is doing with regard to Iran amounts to a policy of
> regime change, even if that is not what we say we want. He notes,
> moreover, the contradiction in our condemnation of terrorism generally
> with our seeming inability to describe the assassination of Iranian
> scientists as terrorism. He's extremely reasonable, well spoken, and
> hopes -- as we all do -- that U.S.-Iranian differences can be resolved
> peacefully. He is, nevertheless, worried about the danger that the
> current situation could lead to an accidental war, more worried than
> he has been in the past.
>
> If you like the podcast please don't hesitate to forward the link.
>
> http://www.electricpolitics.com/podcast/2012/01/one_of_the_other_cold...

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