{"id":6010,"date":"2024-05-01T12:31:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=6010"},"modified":"2024-05-02T06:26:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T11:26:21","slug":"6010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/05\/01\/6010\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exactly.\u00a0 This article by Azizi (again) hits the purpose of this Kissinger-inspired blog.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2024\/05\/iran-irgc-attack-israel\/678247\/\">\u201cIs Iran a Country or a Cause?,\u201d<\/a> The Atlantic, 5-1-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe ideologues are winning a decades-long battle over Tehran\u2019s foreign policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thugocracy.\u00a0 Authoritarian.\u00a0 Police State.\u00a0 These are the sorts of terms describing the state of affairs in the former IRI.\u00a0 Regime as a term works also.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/iran-and-the-ship-of-theseus-paradox\/\">\u201cIran and the \u2018Ship of Theseus\u2019 paradox,\u201d<\/a> JNS, 5-1-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/01\/middleeast\/iranian-missiles-drones-that-hit-israel-mime-intl\/index.html\">\u201cCNN gets a rare look at the Iranian missiles and drones that hit Israel,\u201d<\/a> CNN, 5-1-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jcpa.org\/are-iran-and-sudan-renewing-their-ties\/\">\u201cAre Iran and Sudan Renewing Their Ties?,\u201d<\/a> Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, 5-1-24.\u00a0\u00a0Sudan\u2019s bordering of the Red Sea, past involvement with weapons smuggling from Iran to Gaza, and other issues are concerning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnyhomepage.com\/news\/international\/ap-the-uns-nuclear-watchdog-chief-will-visit-iran-next-week-as-concerns-rise-about-uranium-enrichment\/\">\u201cThe UN\u2019s nuclear watchdog chief will visit Iran next week as concerns rise about uranium enrichment,\u201d<\/a> CNY, AP, 5-1-24.\u00a0 Perhaps too little, too late.<\/p>\n<p>Taking from the poor, directly for the benefit of the Supreme Ayatollah, Ali Husseini Khamenei.\u00a0 Amazing.\u00a0 I\u2019ve never seen evidence of this before.\u00a0 Zaidi and Naqvi, both of Houston, pled guilty to transfer tens of thousands of dollars from the religious tax on wealth and for victims of the Yemen civil war.\u00a0 Note that Khamenei has not denounced the attempt to enrich himself (no press release, statement, comment on corruption in a sermon, etc.).\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/scheme-transfer-money-iran-results-guilty-pleas\">\u201cScheme to Transfer Money to Iran Results in Guilty Pleas,\u201d<\/a> U.S. Department of Justice, 5-1-24.<\/p>\n<p>The Regime\u2019s leader makes the news a second time today, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/irans-khamenei-pooh-poohs-arabs-normalizing-with-israel\/\">\u201cIran\u2019s Khamenei pooh-poohs Arabs normalizing with Israel,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 5-1-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exactly.\u00a0 This article by Azizi (again) hits the purpose of this Kissinger-inspired blog.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIs Iran a Country or a Cause?,\u201d The Atlantic, 5-1-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe ideologues are winning a decades-long battle over Tehran\u2019s foreign policy.\u201d Thugocracy.\u00a0 Authoritarian.\u00a0 Police State.\u00a0 These are the sorts of terms describing the state of affairs in the former IRI.\u00a0 Regime as a term &hellip; 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