4 thoughts on “Trump Begins Iranian ‘Internment’ – Tikun Olam תיקון עולם إصلاح العالم
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  1. One aspect of the Iranian reaction has been under-represented in the reporting on the current crisis.

    Many of the Iranian “threats” at this point speak to “expelling” the Americans (and Israelis) from the Middle East.
    Does the Middle East “belong” to Iran?
    They speak exactly like a colonial power, which they are. Their massive military interference in multiple countries in the area is well known and I don’t need to go into it.

    Imagine for a moment, if Israel had “Jewish” militias which permanently held enclaves in various countries, which enforced its political agenda on the remaining local population. And Israel’s army generals roamed the area, directing these Jewish militias. And these militias openly declared their goal of expelling the Muslim influence from the region.

    This is exactly what Iran is doing, in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen. Just change the names.
    Yet they are given a pass by the left and nobody calls them out for their own hypocrisy and criticism of US or Israeli projection of power.

    (Don’t tell me about Israel’s occupation of south Lebanon, whose primary goal was to protect the Israeli homeland from terrorist attacks. Same with Israel’s cooperation with Syrian rebel militias)

    1. @ DrS:

      Many of the Iranian “threats” at this point speak to “expelling” the Americans (and Israelis) from the Middle East.

      Actually, unlike the U.S. which is thousands of miles away from the Middle East, Iran is IN the Middle East. So yes, it has a great deal more riding on whether the U.S. is present or expelled from the region. And given the millions of Muslims and Arabs who’ve died at our hands, I’d say there’s good reason to want the U.S. gone. Not to mention that Iran is not the only country in the region whose citizens want us to get the hell out: Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan; they all want the same thing. Curious thing about fucking up the lives of millions: nobody wants you around.

      Imagine for a moment, if Israel had “Jewish” militias which permanently held enclaves in various countries, which enforced its political agenda on the remaining local population. And Israel’s army generals roamed the area, directing these Jewish militias. And these militias openly declared their goal of expelling the Muslim influence from the region.

      That’s hilarious because that’s precisely what Israel did in creating, funding and supplying the South Lebanese (Christian) Army. It’s just what Israel did with al Nura in Lebanon and what it did in helping create Hezbollah and Hamas. You don’t seem to be getting it, do you? Israel is as much or worse imperial power in the region as Iran is.

      This is exactly what Iran is doing, in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen.

      Not at all. IN each of these countries Iran is not imposing itself on them. Rather, it has allies in these countries whom it is aiding in their own efforts to obtain freedom or political power. Not to mention that most of these countries border Iran, giving the latter a vested interest in having friendly allies surrounding it. The U.S. has been far more violent over a far longer time in overthrowing and installing puppet governments in our hemisphere who will do our bidding. Iran is a piker by comparison.

      (Don’t tell me about Israel’s occupation of south Lebanon, whose primary goal was to protect the Israeli homeland f

      Horseshit. Hundreds of Israeli boys were killed in southern Lebanon. And it did nothing to “protect the homeland,” which in the coming years will be under an even greater threat from Hezbollah thanks to Trump’s insanity.

  2. Richard, you must be joking.

    It is normal, and expected, that America would heighten it’s scrutiny of Iranian-Americans at this time.

    Also, being an American citizen doesn’t free you from suspicion, and being an Iranian doesn’t make you an immediate suspect. Consider the American servicewoman who turned spy for Iran, or the naturalized American, Alexei Saab, now indicted in New Jersey for spying for Hezbollah.

    Please.

    The ‘detention’ of these tourists was only for a few hours, and likely the result of U.S. Customs being overwhelmed by a large group of Iranian-Americans returning from the music concert in Vancouver.

    Mountain out of a molehill.

    BTW, I see that some anti-Zionist websites, like Mondoweiss, are already blaming Israel for Soleimani’s assassination.
    Are you going to follow suit too?

    1. @ Ben: No, the jokes on you. It is impermissible for border agents to interrogate U.S. citizens for whom there is no legitimate suspicion of committing a crime or endangering security. They may not ask them prying questions. Unlike where you live, we have a constitution and laws. We don’t permit tyrants to ransack them on a whim.

      being an American citizen doesn’t free you from suspicion

      Yes, in fact it does, unless law enforcement has reasonable suspicion someone is committing a crime. And there is no possible such reasonable suspicion in this case.

      being an Iranian doesn’t make you an immediate suspect.

      As I wrote in the post which you seem not to have read, customs agents had specific orders to detain anyone of Iranian descent, which is precisely what they did.

      The ‘detention’ of these tourists was only for a few hours

      10 hours is not “a few hours.” And besides that’s not the point: there was NO REASON to detain them even for a few minutes, let alone hours.

      Are you going to follow suit too?

      Go fuck yourself. You’re a hair away from being banned. Keep it up. Nothing would give me greater pleasure.

      BTW, your IP address resolves to Luxembourg, which means you’re likely using an IP proxy. Don’t do that. It only makes me suspicious of your motives and presence here and makes your time here even shorter than it otherwise would be.

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