Imagine someone working hard all his life and saving his
money in a bank. A bunch of financial predators that covet that money and hate
the man, fabricate stories about him and take them to a mentally enfeebled
judge who issues an injunction to freeze the account of the hard worker. And
that's where the matter sits.
Years later a new judge is elected to preside over that
court. He reviews the case and starts negotiating with the hard worker about
the modality of unfreezing the money. The old financial predators learn about
this, and they go weep on the shoulder of the judge, telling him why he must
not reward the man who worked hard all his life and saved his money.
You think this is a crazy story, don't you? Well, let me
tell you it is not a fictitious one, though the “names” were changed to protect
the identities of those involved. But no more hiding from the truth because the
time has come to reveal the real names of the characters that play in this
real-life drama. The victims are the Iranians who work hard to overcome the
calamities inflicted on them by outsiders.
As to the predators, they are the ones who bellyache in America that
they, who are “successful,” are envied by those who fail because they can do
nothing but covet their success. Thus, the predators weep in America because
they are envied, they say ... and they weep on the international stage because
they see the Iranians succeed despite the calamities they inflict on them. Go
figure.
Now, if you want to see how these characters express their
sorrow at the success of the Iranians, you'll find a sample of that in the
article which came under the title: “The payoff for Iran,” written by Ray
Takeyh of the Council on Foreign Relations, and published on June 29, 2015 in
the Pittsburgh Tribune. He tells at the start of his piece that he has
misgivings about “how the Islamic republic would spend the billions it would
receive.” So that's how they do it. They don't say they envy the Iranians; they
say the Iranians have bad motives for wanting their money back. And they say it
with a straight face.
Ray Takeyh goes on to explain the logic that guides him and
guides those of his ilk. He does that in response to the people who refrain by
their nature from passing judgment on others before anything has happened. He
opines that these people have “a curious justification [which] overlooks how Iran 's policies
and internal dynamics are undergoing momentous changes.”
To elaborate, he inadvertently displays the true color of
his envy. Look at this breathtaking passage and take a deep breath: “Ali
Khamenei stands as the most successful [yes, that's successful] Persian
imperialist in the history of modern Iran . He has control of the Iraqi
state, he is the most important actor in Syria ,
and Hezbollah provides him with the means to manipulate Lebanon .” As you can see, it turns
out that the color of Takeyh's envy is green … the same as that of the rest who
are his ilk.
But instead of admitting that the situation he describes
came about because of Jewish American meddling in the affairs of the Middle
Eastern nations, he tries to make it sound like it is due to a flaw in the
character of the Iranians, or at least in their leaders. He does so by
pretending to respond to those who “ignore how the Middle
East has evolved since the Arab awakening of 2011.”
In that regard, Ray Takeyh says that “Egypt is too preoccupied to offer regional
leadership, and Iraq
is too fragmented.” Thus, Iran 's
rise – which is due to America 's
meddling in the affair of others, and to the Arab awakening – is the reason why
he and those like him find fault with the Iranians. He blames it all on them,
and judges that they do not deserve the success they are having.
But he soon forgets all that, and gives another reason why
he envies the Iranians. He says they have a President – Hassan Rouhani – who
“has long been attracted to the so-called China model.” This man, he goes on
to say, wants the means to implement that model in Iran . And this is what “the vast enrichment
capacity and the elaborate research and development program” in the impending
agreement will provide.
Having a China-like model in Iran , Rouhani's government will
have the means to provide a measure of economic opportunity to its citizenry,
says Takeyh; a thought that disturbs him. But there is worse because “the
legacy of the prospective agreement might not [even] lie in the nuclear realm.”
What was that? Say it again, the legacy of the prospective agreement might not
even lie in the nuclear realm? So then, what was the fuss about? Why were the
apocalyptic options on the table?
If not the nuclear realm, where will the legacy come from?
The answer is that “the massive financial gains will enable a surge of the
Islamic republic [and] allow the regime to consolidate power.”