Following his father's passing, Mojtaba Khamenei issues a fierce warning to the US and draws strict red lines for domestic critics to ensure national unity.
Taking a hardline stance against the United States, Khamenei called for total solidarity on the domestic front.
Once again, well done USA!
A major portion of the statement is dedicated to a fierce critique of United States foreign policy, accusing Washington of systemic bad faith.
As much as I dislike this family of “supreme” leaders, this is the USA’s doing, and not just Trump’s. It’s how the so-called larger middle East (another US term) has come to know the US & its military, for decades: liars & murderers.
I once heard it described as “most countries have states, the US has administrations”. Most other countries try to build their foreign policy on national consensus, the US builds foreign policy on the whims of a short term monarch so it can swerve widely every 4 years.
The US is a fusion of personal and institutional rulership: On one hand, policy and influence depends on your personal relationship to the ruler. On the other, the person holding that office of “ruler” is swapped our frequently, so lasting personal commitments are hard to establish.
The good solution would be to fix the “personal” part somehow. Right now, it’s looking more like they’re trying to abolish the “institutional” part.
Once again, well done USA!
As much as I dislike this family of “supreme” leaders, this is the USA’s doing, and not just Trump’s. It’s how the so-called larger middle East (another US term) has come to know the US & its military, for decades: liars & murderers.
I once heard it described as “most countries have states, the US has administrations”. Most other countries try to build their foreign policy on national consensus, the US builds foreign policy on the whims of a short term monarch so it can swerve widely every 4 years.
Shouts out to the prevailing legal interpretations of the last century, which have given rise to the imperial presidency. /s
The US is a fusion of personal and institutional rulership: On one hand, policy and influence depends on your personal relationship to the ruler. On the other, the person holding that office of “ruler” is swapped our frequently, so lasting personal commitments are hard to establish.
The good solution would be to fix the “personal” part somehow. Right now, it’s looking more like they’re trying to abolish the “institutional” part.
Yep,America bad,always been