Armitage is an old hag with no morality. The fight in Afghanistan is a fight not only for our national security but the fight against the enemies of human civilization.
@johnboy4546 Absolute rubbish by a first class ignoramus.
Iranian people demand regime change and regime change only. Nothing more and nothing less.
@Se1 Typical slanders. Sorry ignoramus. We despise all Islamofascists whether MEK or IRI. Iranians demand freedom and secular democracy and the time will come when the appropriate actions will be necessary against the regime. And it is quite comical you think that most Iranians voted in the west. It shows that the type of people you are in contact with are Hizbollis. Nice try Islamofascist supporter.
@Shingo Your slanders mean nothing. I despise MEK (Islamo-Marxists) just as I despise the Islamofascists occupying Iran. Sorry ignoramus.
@Shingo @Se1 Nice try ignoramus. Your slanders of accusing MKO are comical and useless. You are an obvious Islamofascist and time in and time again you support Islamofascism, are against the west, and accuse others of being "MKO" or some other slander simply for supporting freedom and secular democracy.
@BlazerCupboard Oh yes, because an "election" in which the President holds no real power in which the Supreme Animal rules... and this "Presidential election" being vetted by the Guardian Council so that the candidates are Islamic and terrorist enough are such "democratic elections". And guess what? I am Iranian-American. It is obvious that you are a first class ignoramus and an appeaser of the Islamist fascist theocratic Shiite regime occupying Iran.
@BlazerCupboard You mean selection. Fantastic. Fools like you are so naive. Animal Farm - 1984 combined.
Thank you! Very important and evidence based article with clear cut evidence. Thank you for this wonderful article.
@MargaretTrombley What utter hysteria and absolute rubbish.
"Selects", not "Elects" was the "Iranian election". These terrorists had to be approved by Guardian Council to prove they are terrorist and Islamic enough. And also, 73% number is a lie. There are no international monitors or United Nations to verify this count (you trust a totalitarian regime to be honest about their self-reporting numbers? The same regime that committed fraud in 2009?). And also, any person who works for any government affiliated job (nearly half of jobs) must prove they voted through their papers or "shenas nama" or risk being fired. Sham totalitarian elections mean nothing. Saddam had "elections" too and so did the Soviets. As long as the Supreme Animal Khamanei is not on the ballot and any person is not allowed to run in not being a regime insider, these sham "elections" mean nothing.
@bailei lol @ the ad hominems and expected ignorant response by the ignorant imbeciles. Linking to "MoveOn.org"? lol... get a life.
Regime change and regime change only. Nothing more and nothing less. NO to the fascist theocracy of the Islamic Rapepublic - YES to freedom and democracy for the Iranian people. As long as there is a "Supreme Animal", there are no meaningful changes. The time will come in which action will be necessary against this regime.
I have GREAT respect and admiration for Senator John McCain. John McCain has stood and continues to stand for freedom, human dignity, and democracy. I hope that I get the chance to meet him one day and thank him for his sacrifices and services to our great country. John McCain is a true American hero and patriot.
No real Iranian votes in Khamanei's sham elections of Presidential puppets. But it is important to note that those Iranians who have jobs affiliated in any way with the government (i.e. banks, schools, businesses, etc) have no choice but to cast a ballot. Nearly half of Iran jobs are affiliated with the government or Revolutionary Guards. If they don't vote and prove that they have voted (via a stamp in their papers) they can get fired. I have family members like this. And plus the government itself makes up the percentage of people who voted (there is no U.N. committee monitoring the results). Anyhow, these sham elections mean nothing. The existence of this regime is incompatible with human civilization. All these Presidential puppets (who have no real power anyway) had to be approved by Khamanei's crony of the Guardian Council to prove that they are Islamist and terrorist enough for the regime. Regime change and regime change only. Nothing more and nothing less.
Nothing happened was unconstitutional with the government metadata information programs (phone calls, internet). All three branches of the government were involved and it was part of the Patriot Act which the Supreme Court has not ruled unconstitutional. I will say that the Founding Fathers did not have the type of global terrorism that we have to deal with today. The U.S. constitution is a living and breathing document that changes with the times. We have to take the necessary actions to keep the homeland safe. And this only dealt with metadata information and prevented multiple terrorist attacks. If we don't do anything and another major terrorist attack happens, people will blame the government for not doing enough. Both Republicans and Democrats understand this and out of all the gridlock in Washington, this had bipartisan consensus due to protecting the security of our nation. But regardless if you agree with what the government is doing or not, the fact that this guy leaked classified information that he was sworn to protect makes him a traitor and guilty of high crimes against the United States. And what he has done is jeopardized national security. He needs to be extradited and brought to trial for his crimes against the United States. If you don't like the Patriot Act, challenge the constitutionality. In the mean time, this traitor needs to be brought to justice for his crimes against the United States. He deserves the same type of treatment as Bradley Manning.
Nothing happened was unconstitutional with the government metadata information programs (phone calls, internet). All three branches of the government were involved and it was part of the Patriot Act which the Supreme Court has not ruled unconstitutional. I will say that the Founding Fathers did not have the type of global terrorism that we have to deal with today. The U.S. constitution is a living and breathing document that changes with the times. We have to take the necessary actions to keep the homeland safe. And this only dealt with metadata information and prevented multiple terrorist attacks. If we don't do anything and another major terrorist attack happens, people will blame the government for not doing enough. Both Republicans and Democrats understand this and out of all the gridlock in Washington, this had bipartisan consensus due to protecting the security of our nation. But regardless if you agree with what the government is doing or not, the fact that this guy leaked classified information that he was sworn to protect makes him a traitor and guilty of high crimes against the United States. And what he has done is jeopardized national security. He needs to be extradited and brought to trial for his crimes against the United States. If you don't like the Patriot Act, challenge the constitutionality. In the mean time, this traitor needs to be brought to justice for his crimes against the United States. He deserves the same type of treatment as Bradley Manning.
The fact that this traitor "revealed" his information to The Guardian, an anti-American, pro-Islamic rag "newspaper" in the U.K. demonstrates enough about this traitor. And he gives the interview to Glenn Greenwald! The biggest anti-American, anti-western civilization, and pro-Islamic s c u m ! This traitor deserves to be locked up in solitary ASAP. He has jeopardized U.S. national security and deserves the same treatment as the traitor Bradley Manning. If this traitor didn't want to handle classified information, he should have never worked at a job requiring classified information to remain classified. No sympathy for this anti-American traitor.
@asalwaysiran The Islamic Republic hooligans and their agents are out in full force.