A. Reza Kashani's Blog

Iran's Nuclear Issue: A Win Win Solution

ARK — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:40:26 EST

Let’s have our cake and eat it too. Iran says it wants part of the Iranian enriched uranium to be exchanged on its soil and others say it should be exchanged outside Iran. There is a win win solution which could satisfy all parties and that is to exchange uranium on Iranian soil but in a newly created 9-party diplomatic zone. That diplomatic zone (9DZ) will consist of representatives from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the 5+1 (US, UK, France, China, Russia + Germany) Countries as well as Japan and Turkey. In order to achieve this solution Iran would ship part of its enriched uranium to that 9-party DZ. Then those responsible for supplying the 20% enriched uranium to be used in Iran’s medical research site would ship that 20% uranium to that 9DZ and exchange it with Iran’s enriched uranium which is already in that zone. At the same time as the 20% would be leaving that Diplomatic Zone to be imported to Iran, Iran’s enriched uranium will leave that DZ and would be sent overseas. So we will have the best of both worlds: 1-Technically that part of the Iranian enriched uranium leaves Iran and enters the 9-party diplomatic zone; 2-Meanwhile it is still on the Iranian soil; the uranium will be exchanged both internationally due to the diplomatic zone and on Iranian soil so all parties will be satisfied.

President Obama’s Correct & Winning Strategy in Afghanistan

ARK — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:57:19 EST

When the going gets tough the tough GET GOING! Extremist in Afghanistan are doing their best to discourage any troop increase in that country. In another word, they are doing whatever they can to break the resolve of this GREAT nation just as Hitler tried to do. Extremists will increase their bombing activities against NATO forces to bring about a disgraceful withdrawal of allied troops. It is a psychological warfare as well as a military one. The answer to such tactics is increased troop deployments by allied forces and NOT only by the US. So far Great Britain which is US’s closest NATO ally in this war as well as the Iraq War. Recently Britain has committed more troops and hopefully others will follow suit sooner than later. Troop commitments by other NATO allies should also be based on British troop levels as well as their GDP and population versus Britain. Other important questions facing us today are:

Whether NATO wants to successfully finish the job in less than two years.
Or get involved in a war of attrition which could last over a decade?
There is a 3rd way and that is withdrawal before success. If this great nation is interested in finishing the unfinished task of stopping Al-Qaeda/Extremist Taliban style terrorism worldwide, then this option is not viable at all.

I sincerely believe the best course of action would be option 1. In order to achieve this task there should be troop increases by allied forces led by the US and that difficult decision will in the long term save lives as well as costs. To prove my point, let’s do the math. If we keep the present troop level of 68,000 and engage in a war of attrition of over 10 years, then we will have at least 68,000x10= 680,000 troops engaged for the duration of our NOT winnable war of attrition. If we choose option A, then we will have 98,000x2 or 196,000 troops involved for 2 years and in a winnable situation. And if we divide these two numbers, then we will get 196,000/680,000=.28 or 28% of human resources and costs involved for option 1 versus option 2 and a winnable situation. Nation building as well as winning the hearts and minds of the Afghan people and moderate Taliban and LAST but NOT LEAST STOPPING THE SOURCE FINANCING FOR EXTREMISTS are other keys to success. One can NOT expect success without sacrifices, when the going gets tough, the tough will support their President through tough decisions. AND this logical and thoughtful President makes decisions based on facts and NOT assumptions. GOOD LUCK President Obama! We support you and US troops 100%.

Genocide & Ethnic Cleansing by Saudi Arabia and Yemen

ARK — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:50:09 EST

It is really amazing how indifferent the international media and human rights organizations are to atrocities against helpless human beings done by Saudi Arabia and Yemen in Northern Yemen. These two countries have made close to 200,000 civilians homeless and all of them are forced to migrate. And Saudi Arabian Government with the help of their Yemeni counterparts are killing and injuring thousands more over there. WHY? Due to the sad fact these Houthis are a helpless & poor minority in Northern Yemen. Is there a difference between North Yemeni Genocides and those done by Hitler and Serbs in Europe and racists extremists in Rwanda? Certainly not but perhaps lack of interest by some countries would prevent them from stopping these outrageous atrocities against humanity. Lately Saudis have outdone themselves by dropping phosphorus bombs on civilians. Is there a difference between these cruel acts and those done by 911 terrorists? Certainly NOT! In both cases: 1-atrocities were done against innocent human beings; 2- They were not provoked by those innocent civilians; 3-and mostly Saudis and some Yemenis are involved; 4-these heinous acts were conducted by citizens of countries who call themselves allies of the US, with friends like these who needs enemies! 5-Not even one Shia or Iranian is involved in these types of aggressive and monstrous acts and those people are wrongfully branded enemies of the US?! Really with friendly and harmless foes like these who needs those types of hostile and harmful allies? Really which one is which? I am really confused now!

The only way forward is through peace, friendship and brotherhood among all religions

ARK — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:51:19 EST

Hi, Ola, Alo, Salaam, Shalom,

99.99% of the 1.2 Billion Moslems throughout the world believe in peaceful coexistence as well as friendship and brotherhood with other religions. Those same 99.99% believe what this evil nonbeliever did in Texas was very wrong, immoral and against all Islamic beliefs. He must be really crazy, if he is not then he should go through a swift court martial and then hanged. Death by lethal injection is too good for this bastard who has murdered his comrades and tried to create a division among God’s people and religions. The only way forward is through peace, friendship and brotherhood among all religions in the world. And that is my goal which will bring about prosperity for all.

How to deal with Iranians

ARK — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:29:13 EDT

There are only two ways of dealing with Iranians: 1-Through Good faith negotiations, 2-Compromise. In order to deal with Iranians, one should first know how Iranians think and what are their intentions. Are they really trying to build an A bomb or they simply interested in the nuclear technology for peaceful purposes? In order to find the truth one should dig deep to 2500 years history of Iran and check to see if ever Iranians have committed any kind of genocide or mass destruction of a people, a race or a nation? The answer is certainly not, so they are not about to do that today. It is simply against their belief and their ancient principles. They have not even started a war in the past 200 years. On the other hand they like knowledge a lot and the US has benefited handsomely from Iranian Doctors and engineers in all aspects, Iranians believe that their children should either grow up to be Medical Doctors, Engineers or Ph. D. s and any thing less is hardly accepted. So knowledge for the sake of knowledge is very important. Iranians also have a lot of admiration for Imam Hussein , the grand son of prophet Mohammad. Imam Hussein is a grand martyr in Shia Islam. He and 72 people of his very close relatives and followers sacrificed themselves for a just cause, rather than bowing to pressure and benefiting a lot from this submition . This very important martyrdom event is commemorated every year for many days in Iran and among other Shias in the world… Henceforth and based on this very strong belief dieing for what one thinks is right is more sacred than being alive and wealthy by submitting to a wrong principle. Now Iranians are saying that they will compromise on the nuclear issue…And they could also be a very big help in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan.

Now there are some Arab countries as well as others who do not like improved relations between Iran and US. So why don’t they help US in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They can not have their cake and eat it too. Either they will help or they will stay quiet. By the way some Rich Arab Princess Extremists (R.A.P.E.) are not only NOT HELPING but also supporting Al-Qaeda and other Terrorist groups in US, United Kingdom, Spain, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somali, Iran, etc.. Those same R.A.P.E. supporters of terrorism are wolves dressed as sheeps. They are enemies pretending to be allies of the West and in some cases they don’t even prevent! Those RAPE supporters want to break the resolve of the American people and the rest of the world in their fight against terrorism. That is why they have started these massive suicide bombing attacks in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan. They pay Al-Qaeda and other terrorists billions of easy earned Petrodollars to kill Americans, Iraqis, Afghans, Pakistanis, and Iranians as well as Europeans. They have not learnt their lesson yet. So I repeat the lesson to be learnt is the faith of Sadam. I strongly recommend that those Rich Arab Princess Extremists (R.A.P.E.) keep on playing with their expensive racing cars. Those RAPE supporters should strongly refrain from these types of terrorist support activities. That is if they don’t want to end up like Sadam.

Those Rich Arab Princess Who Live in All Glass Palaces Should Not Throw Stones at Others

ARK — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:38:10 EDT

Those rich Arab princesses should learn from lessons of history. One of the lessons to be learnt is the fate of Sadam, as well as that of his grand son and his sons. During his time as a dictator, Sadam thought he was so powerful. He was so proud of his evil accomplishments such as causing so much death and destructions as well as many other sufferings for the people of Iran, Iraq and Kuwait… Then he had to witness both of his sons as well as a grand son blown up to pieces…Meanwhile he had to find a deep and covered hole slightly bigger than a grave to hide in. Afterwards he had to endure the humiliation of jail time and a trial…And finally he was hanged…And Sadam called himself the champion of the Arab world?! Now those rich Arab princesses who think they would be such good Arab fundamentalists by supporting Al-Qaeda and other forms of extremism should know that they are neither more powerful nor dearer than Sadam was during the 80s.

Murphy’s Law: If NEGOTIATIONS are working, then don’t change a good thing

ARK — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:38:54 EDT

Since dialogue and negotiations are working with Iran, then why all those threats of sanctions? Some politicians are trying to look hawkish and tough on Iran and are saying: “If there were no threats of further sanctions, then Iranians would not be willing to compromise?!” To those types of exaggerated comments I would like to reply; that type of attitude is furthest from the truth. If threats could work against Iran, then 8 years of threats and a few sanctions would have worked on Iranians during the previous administration.

However, the only thing that has worked with Iranians is the positive attitude of President Obama as well as his Excellency’s mostly objective and visionary approach to international affairs. So if such a positive approach and vision for CHANGE works, then why ruin a good thing with threats? Just to look tough?! Please DO believe it, friendly is much more effective than tough with Iranians. I would like to reemphasize this previously made point; if tough talk and threats could work, then they would have worked in the past. President Abraham Lincoln: “Believing everybody is dangerous, but believing nobody is more dangerous”

A Certain International News Network based in US and with Large AD revenues from a Certain Arab country is returning the favor to that Arab country by Spreading anti Iranian propaganda

ARK — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:02:39 EDT

US national interests go far beyond some network news propaganda games. If the US wanted to promote ties based on human rights, then it would NOT have a single Arab 30% ally in the Persian Gulf region... AND since a country can NOT play by double standards, then the US can not hold Iran to highest standards of human rights and ignore unlimited human rights atrocities and lack of democracy in some other Persian Gulf countries, also known as (A.K.A.) 30% allies.

On the other hand I would strongly recommend that a Certain International News Network would separate its News Division from the Propaganda and Advertising Division. Such a well known international news network should not let an advertiser dictate news policy! Because once a news network sells it sole which is independence and objective journalism, then it is no longer called a news network but a… who sells to the highest bidder.

Congratulations President Obama on a Well Deserved NOBEL PRIZE

ARK — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:30:17 EDT

Those Americans who think otherwise are either misinformed, or narrow minded and/or politically motivated. The Nobel Prize is for what a person stands for as well as what one has achieved. During the short period in office President Obama has achieved more dialogue and understanding:

1- The European Union;

2- Russia;

3- Iran as well as the many other Moslem nations;

4- Many African Nations

5- Etc.

Due to some of the above efforts, President Obama and his administration as well as the European Union and Russia were able to seal a peace deal between Armenia and Turkey after more than 90 years of hostilities and frozen relations. If that isn’t enough for a Nobel Prize, then what is?

As promised the language of friendship and dialogue has worked and will always work with Iranians

ARK — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:34:32 EDT

But the language of threats and sanctions will never work as was the cased during the past 30 years. Let’s do a review of events during the past three decades. Western and some Eastern powers supported the Sadam invasion of Iran, and as a result Iranians became more anti Western. They supported armed Terrorist groups such as MKO and Jundollah against the Iranian people and then Iranians grew more distant towards the West. Though sanctions were imposed against the Iranian people and as a result they became more economically independent. They tried to do a regime change in Iran and they did succeed… So the new US administration changed its approach towards Iran and they succeeded. So those Republican Extremists Conservatives who would want all of past mistakes to be repeated this US Administration:

1- Either do NOT know Iranians;

2- or never learn any thing from history;

3- or do NOT have the best strategic interests of the US in mind;

4- or just want to play dirty politics at any costs and make sure this administration does not succeed so they would have a chance in 2010 and 2012;

5- or since they have always failed in their dealings with Iran, they do NOT know any other way and they certainly DO NOT KNOW how to succeed.

However, this wise, calculating and visionary US President and his Administration know how to deal with others and they surely know how to succeed. GOD Bless you all & THANK YOU President Obama!

If Not the 2016, then 2020 Olympics in Chicago will be a GO

ARK — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:57:17 EDT

Some Republicans who know nothing but failures would like the US President to fail as well on every issue, even if it would mean a lack of success for the US as a whole. Their latest failure wish was for him NOT to go to Copenhagen to attempt a bid for 2016 Olympics in Chicago. The President went and Chicago did NOT win, but the US policy as a whole did win, why? Due to following reasons which are beyond some Republicans comprehension:

1- Although it was crucial for US, President Obama, the First Lady and all Americans to have Chicago host the 2016 Olympics, yet the US President did not use any bullying tactics with the Olympics Committee and the US Government did not throw its weight around during decision time. This Administration abided by FAIR PLAY rules of game and did not try to influence the come. An A for honesty.

2- President Obama was the first to congratulate the people of Brazil for such a first time accomplishment in South America. He mentioned that he was happy such and event was conducted in AMERICAS thus sharing common interests and participating in Brazilian people’s joy for this unprecedented event. At the same time he sincerely showed that the US really cares for others as well.

3- By doing so with such an important South American country the instrument of anti US propaganda is taken away from some people. Henceforth the US strategic interests are further secured in that very important part of the world.

4- The US has now a better chance of securing 2020 Olympics and could really count on the help of its 2016 host as well as many other Latin American countries.

5- By not securing the 2016 bid, this country could save about 10 Billion US$ in expenses for such an event. Such savings could be helpful during present economic times. Of course there could be Tourism income resulting from such an important event but as was the case in Australia, Athens and Montréal, where such incomes never materialized and expenses remained, one can never be too sure of the revenue!

However, international policy wise the US President & other Americans are winners again. So for the 2020 Olympics bid, the US President with his 2020 Policy vision will surely be the front runner.

Iran could be a very helpful NATO member at this point in time or …

ARK — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:32:27 EDT

Let’s see the glass 80% full and NOT 20% empty. Are all US allies 80% reliable or even 70%? Past 911 facts have proven that some so-called US Persian Gulf Allies are NOT even 30% allies. So having an 80% ally is very important in US war efforts against terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan. One can not have a 100% ally because each country has its own strategic interests and a 100% ally is called a puppet or a colony and not an ally. So having an 80% ally is very good. If the West does not threaten Iran and deal with that country on the basis of mutual respect, then one could really count on its help in the region. In the past 200 years Iran has not attacked another country and it does not intend to do so now or in the future. Yet it has defended its territorial integrity very well against foreign aggressions such as Sadam’s without yielding a square foot of its land and will do so again. So the choice is clear, either we continue accusing Iran of all sorts of exaggerated issues and use that country as an excuse to sell arms to a few 30% so called allies in the region and continue our half way efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Or we could count on Iran as a reliable and strong POTENTIAL NATO PARTNER or as a part of another Treaty Organization such as CENTO. In the case of such a strong partnership with Iran and when that country remains strong, then those 30% regional allies would be also be willing to buy more arms. There are many other treaty choices for Iran as well, such as becoming a full member of Shanghai Treaty or Starting another Asian Alliance called Asia Treaty Organization (ATO) compromised of China, India, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq and some Central Asian Republics, etc. However, Iran being part of NATO or CENTO would benefit the West a lot and especially at this point in time.

specially at this point in time.

Those who spread FALSE STORIES & rumors about a Moslem Imam in a Prison Ministry are nothing more than War Loving hate mongers

ARK — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:50:56 EDT

Please note:

1- Christians and Jews are considered to be people of the book by Moslems as well as the holy Quran and NOT non-believers.

2- There are Al-Qaeda terrorist extremist who consider more than a hundred Million Shia Moslems NOT true believers and believe they should all be killed. But thank GOD those guys are less than 3% of Moslem population of the World. We have radical Christians who think the same about Moslems and there percentage is higher than those radical Moslems. Most likely these types of e-mails are initiated by such radical people. A True Moslem is a Christian and a Jew as well.

3- There is no such thing as a "Prison Ministry" in US, there is Department of Corrections etc. but no Prison Ministry what so ever?? So this story is most likely fabricated.

4- In Islam even non believers are respected and not killed and Prophet Mohammad did just that when he conquered Mecca. He told his followers to respect the home all enemies even atheist... And Christians and Jews are people of book and the holy Quran has many stories about Saint Virgin Mary, Prophets Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus as well as the full story of Ten Commandments.

5- People who spread these types of hatred rumors are at best misled and at worst divisive war mongers and certainly not human beings, regardless of their religion. They could call them selves Christians, Jews or Moslems but they are nothing more than the devil's advocate towards war and destruction. And I am trying to be a GOOD Shia Moslem who is also a Jew a Christian and according to teachings of the holy Quran that is the way a true Moslem should be.

ARK

Trying to be a real Moslem, Jew and Christian ALL at the same time = A True Moslem (ATM)

Let’s Do a National Poll of President Obama’s Speech to School kids

ARK — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:18:28 EDT

And find out what percentage of Americans thought it was an honest to goodness back to school speech and what percentage of extremist ultra conservatives thought otherwise. Let the truth prevail and the President will surely finish on top AS USUAL..

Healthcare Reform made SIMPLE and understandable for ALL

ARK — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:45:28 EDT

Healthcare Reform made SIMPLE and understandable for ALL in order to prevent abuse by the opposition resulting from ambiguity by the general public, we should:

1- Give it a descriptive and familiar name such as the All American Healthcare Plan (AAH PLAN)…So that no American CITIZEN would have to deal with AAHs of Pain and financial problems at the same time.

2- Make sure we answer all frequently asked questions and people’s concerns in five simple answers or less. And certainly not more! If we do all that, then we will succeed, Guaranteed

It would be an excellent public relations strategy to pay compensation to…

ARK — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:37:37 EDT

It would be an excellent humanitarian and public relations strategy to pay sufficient compensation to those civilians who get injured or die in Afghanistan and Iraq. Believe me in the long run it would cost a lot less in terms NATO forces lives lost as well as material costs incurred. GUARATEED!

OBAMA KENNEDY (O.K.) HEALTH CARE PLAN IS REALLY A-OK

ARK — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:23:31 EDT

One of the major goals of President Obama as well as that of late Senator Ted Kennedy is a comprehensive healthcare for all Americans. A father does not have to worry about finances at the same time as dealing with the cancer of his daughter. It simply is NOT FAIR. In order to find out how grave the situation it would be, one only need to put one self in the shoes of parents whose child has developed such a severe illness and they would have to deal with financial problems as well. More than 40 Million Americans would not be able to give suitable care to a very sick loved one. Is that fair? CERTAINLY NOT! One could sit aside and say that is not my problem as long as I have good health insurance for my self and my family. But that selfish person should rest assured any shortcoming in one’s society will sooner or later become their problem as well, one example would be increased crime rate in one’s society. That is why there is an ancient Persian saying which states: “People are members of the same club of humanity, if one gets sick, then others will feel a lot for her/him and that is called real humanity”. Walking on two feet is not the only sign of humanity, if that was the case, then Kangaroos would be humans as well. Perhaps Kangaroos are more human than some humans I know, in Australia one of them tried to knock on the window of a burning house in order to wake up a sleeping person in that house. That Kangaroo did not say I don’t care as long as I am out here in the open let that person burn! So let us act like real humans who care about others as well and help President Obama pass this A-OK healthcare plan and make the soul of late Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy happy too. Let's keep the Kennedy spirit of HELPING THOSE WHO HAVE LESS alive.

MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ARE EXPRESSED TO ...

ARK — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:30:43 EDT

MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ARE EXPRESSED TO PRESIDENT OBAMA & THE FIRST LADY for the death of their dear friend and supporter, SENATOR TED KENNEDY. My DEEPEST CONDOLENCES and PRAYERS also go out to Senator Kennedy’s wonderful wife, LADY VICKI KENNEDY, his honorable children Ted Jr., Patrick and Kara, his grandchildren and his extended family.'

Since Mrs. Palin is already serving on TWO Death Panels, then she should be quiet and NOT spread Rumors about this administration’s pro elderly health insurance efforts

ARK — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:12:07 EDT

Mrs. Palin is already serving on two death panels in Alaska; a-Poor Unsuspecting Moose’s Death Panel (PUMDP) and b- Poor Unsuspecting Wolves’ Death Panel (PUWDP). So she should NOT go around and spread rumors about the very health care plan which will help senior citizens and poor people the most! After all THE DOMCRATIC PARTY is the party which has mostly helped senior citizens as the poor and has maximized their benefits wherever possible and NOT the Republican Pro-Rich People Party (RPRPP). Mrs. Palin DO NOT try to show that your care for any body but your self and your 2012 candidacy. This type of candidacy will be based on spreading rumors to make sure that President Obama’s humanitarian National Health Insurance efforts fail. You Mrs. Palin can NOT fool any body, your pro-rich report card is known to every body.

Those Iranian Exiles who ask the US Government to impose further Sanctions against their own people are neither human nor will they ever vote for a Democrat!

ARK — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:52:13 EDT

Who gets hurt by sanctions? Iranian people, so people who promote such actions against their own people are neither human nor will they ever vote for a Democrat! So dear Democrats, please do not count on their support whatsoever. However, you could bet the house that during any election, they would fully support all kinds of Palin like candidates. Let’s do a poll and ask those pro- sanctions-against-their-own-people exiles who they voted in 08 Presidential elections. Without a doubt, the majority of honest ones would say McCain/Palin.

There two ways of endangering civilians and commercial air travelers’ lives:

A-Through the ULTIMATE TERRORIST act of passenger aircraft hijacking;

B-Through Sanctions and NOT selling Modern Aircrafts and Parts to a specific country! Even modern warfare has rules and conventions such as the Geneva Convention which would very much protect civilian lives!

One can rest assured, the harder it becomes for Iranian people, the tougher they become. This too will pass, but SAD memories will remain for ever.

A Ramadan Ceasefire would be an Excellent Goodwill Gesture

ARK — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:37:07 EDT

If NATO forces propose a month long ceasefire during the Holy month of Ramadan in Afghanistan and Iraq, then that would be an excellent goodwill gesture on the part of the allied forces. Especially since many Moslems in Afghanistan do NOT trust the new Secretary General of NATO!

As was the case during the past 8 years, sanctions AND THREATS DO NOT WORK AGAINST THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT, BUT FRIENDSHIP & DIALOGUE WILL, GUARANTEED

ARK — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:46:52 EDT

A) Those people in Iran will NOT respond well to threatening language and sanctions but are ready, willing and able for dialogue. The sooner, the better, later could be too late! Why? Because usually the rightist/conservatives in Iran are those who will oppose dialogue, so if they approve and start the dialogue, then moderates who are pro dialogue will not oppose it. But if moderates start the dialogue, then rightist/conservatives could easily oppose them.

B) Now the US Senate has passed tougher sanctions in order to prevent gasoline exports to Iran. Who do you think will get hurt by those sanctions, the Iranian Government or the people of Iran? Certainly ONLY the Iranian people! Perhaps it would be all for the best because then Iranians will move towards more self sufficiency in gasoline production and consumption to replace the 40% which is being imported. But these types of actions will NOT help the progress towards dialogue; neither will it help Western exports to that country during these tough economic times.

C) Perhaps the main issue NOW is past election demonstrations and rioting in Iran as well as the government’s response to those actions. One can rest assured that in no time in recent Iranian history so much freedom of expression has been permitted. I have heard that some people openly insulted President Ahmadinejad and security forces just watched. However when some undesirable elements decided to: 1-use fire bombs, 2-burn buses, 3- burn bikes, 4-burn trash cans, 5-break windows of businesses and 6- break windows of banks, then those previously quite compromising security forces acted swiftly and unfortunately some innocent demonstrators were caught in the middle.

As long as we all know selling arms is just a business to stimulate the US economy, then PERHAPS we are all OK?

ARK — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:45:43 EDT

The business as well as economic stimulus aspects of selling all kinds of arms to enemies presently disguised as allies is OK as long as the US could control those same systems in the future. Just as Al-Qaeda and Taliban were made, financed and armed by the West and then they turned against their supporters, some of these Persian Gulf very rich temporary types of allies could turn against their supporters in the near future. So if we sell them arms as a business, then we should have means of neutralizing those same arms when these people would turn against the US. Let’s NOT blame Iran on false intelligence and speculation as was the case in Iraq. Let’s NOT falsely cry wolf while we have some very rich wolves in our own backyard disguised as allies! If it is just a business Mrs. Clinton, then perhaps it could be OK?! But one should always calculate the long term repercussion of such businesses and learn from lessons of Afghanistan and Iraq, where Al-Qaeda and Taliban were made and armed against the Soviet Union and Iran by the West…And now those extreme policy mistakes are coming back to haunt us.

Double Standards in Western Broadcasting; Just to Influence Western Nations and Leaders or to Get Improved Ratings or Both

ARK — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:08:31 EDT

Two tragic incidents happened during June and July 2009. One was covered extensively and every day by people and the FREE Western media, the other was briefly reported and then forgotten all about!

The first incident was the accidental shooting of an Iranian demonstrator called Neda by an unknown assailant. In this case there were a couple of cell phones with cameras filming Neda from the minute she got off her car till the moment when she passed away. After her unfortunate and accidental death, in a matter of minutes her picture was all over the Internet and in about couple of hours all over the so called free Western Broadcasters. It was covered extensively and commented on day after day. So far we could say that all of this was not planned and it just happened. The real assailant is still unknown and the President of Iran has ordered a detail investigation of this tragedy.

The second very tragic incident happened in a very prestigious German court?! A young and prestigious pregnant Moslem lady with a 3 year old son, married to a Medical Doctor had filed her complaint against a Neo Nazi who had insulted her. While she was testifying in court, the Neo Nazi defendant attacked her and murdered her right in front of watchful eyes of the German Judge and the court staff repeatedly saying she was NOT human and did NOT have rights! Unfortunately her son and her MD husband were also present. When her husband tried to stop the Neo Nazi murderer, he was also stabbed and as the icing on the Nazi Cake, the German Police shoot the MD husband as well?! During this very tragic incident there was not even one cell phone with a camera in that German courtroom to capture 18+ fatal stabs and the subsequent shooting by the German police?! This is really outrageous; perhaps there are no cell phones with cameras in Germany! And the so called Western free press passed this tragedy with a simple and short report? And the German Chancellor has not even ordered a detailed investigation to this matter? Justice for all but for all White, Catholic Germans! As the saying in the book Animal Farm goes: “All people are equal but some people are more equal?!”

What was the difference between these two cases? In the first tragic incident the unknown assailant could have been a Moslem. In the second incident all known killers and assailants; the Neo Nazi woman/husband stabber as well as the German Police are all White Catholic Germans and members of the Superior Arian Race! Certainly extensive broadcasting of such an atrocity would NOT would sit well with other members of such a perfect and civilized race!?

Conclusion

1- It is a very sad fact but humanity and human rights; fairness, etc. are exploited every day by the so called Western free media and some other interested parties , either for political exploitation of unsuspecting nations or for sensationalism or both in order to get improved ratings and more advertising Dollars.

2- Unfortunately all of the above has always been used to create a rift between Iran and the US. So far those with such mal intentions have very much succeeded.

3- If the world stays indifferent to such racist hate crimes by White Racist Extremists Crazy Klan’s (W.R.E.C.K.) persons, then no one is safe. Thousands of years ago it was the Jewish people who were slaves in Babylon (Present day Iraq) and a Persian King called Cyrus the Great freed them all and told them they were free to worship, live and work as equals among other citizens. During the late 30s and early 40s the reprehensible act of the Holocaust happened. Couple of centuries ago the contemptible act of African slave trade occurred. Afterwards it was the anti Black, anti Chinese and anti Jewish despicable discriminations in the US and some parts of Europe during 19th and 20th Centuries. Then it was the sad anti Japanese American discriminations in the US during the World War II. Today it is the shameful Anti Moslem discriminations; tomorrow it will be anti Asian, anti African, anti Eastern European, anti American Indian, anti Latino and anti… Henceforth this type of racist attitude will harm us sooner than later. So we should CARE about what happens around us, even if it does not seem to harm us right away.

Then what shall we do? We shall UNITE against racism and discrimination. We should form an international NGO group called “Very Concerned about Racism Extremism (V.C.A.R.E.).” V also stands for VICTORY, so we will WIN! Presently there are quite a few anti racist groups protecting a certain minority or a few minorities, but as far as I know there isn’t a single NGO that would represent and protect all minorities. When these minorities are added up, then they will make an international and powerful majority with lots of positive lobbying clout. I look forward to that day.

Who is a TRUE Friend? A TRUTHFUL Friend

ARK — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:30:07 EDT

The person who tells a friend what they like to hear! Or an honest world leader who gives an advice to the same friend about what is best for them in the long run? Certainly the later, because true friends tell their friends the facts even if those friends wouldn’t like it. When Presidents Obama emphasizes below facts, then he certainly has the best interest of Israel in mind…And that is a durable and comprehensive peace for Israel and its neighbors after 60 years of conflict, as well as economic prosperity and happiness for the region as a whole. Those who tell Israelis what some conservative Israelis like to hear are not true friends of Israel, just old fashioned politicians trying to please those people. , Those types of statements would harm the cause of peace and prosperity in the Middle East for the long run. When the US President makes a statement, then the rest of the US administration should follow his lead and DO NOT make contradictory foreign policy statements. Those types of statements send contradictory signals to present as well as potential friends and allies…

Fact 1: Any type of new settlement activity would very much harm the cause for peace and prosperity for the Israelis as well as in the Middle East as a whole.

Fact 2: Attacking Iran would very much create an unprecedented turmoil in the region and will delay indefinitely a comprehensive and durable peace in that part of the world. Henceforth such actions would be very much against the strategic interests of US and Israel…And those who say otherwise do NOT have the best strategic interests of these two countries in mind.

Saudis and others are again trying to interfere in US policies and influence the strategic Interest of this Great Country

ARK — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:11:39 EDT

The VOA/Persian has a permanent political commentator, a London Based journalist called Mr. Norizadeh. This person also gets paid well to write articles for a Saudi financed Middle Eastern newspaper. That same newspaper is the one which wrote a few negative articles AND prevented positive efforts of Mr. McFarlane to bear fruits and improve US/Iran relations during the era of President Reagan…Imagine if this Saudi backed paper had not done that, due to improved US relations with Iran, this Great country’s strategic Interests could have been further improved. ..But they did it then and they are trying to do it again! When President OBAMA, this very positive World Leader, came to power those who had VERY MUCH supported other candidates during the 08 US presidential elections, got very nervous. Especially since this very positive President wanted dialogue with Iran, the Saudis thought their regional interest of divide-US/Iran-and-rule the Arabian Peninsula would be in jeopardy. So they did every thing to prevent all that positive effort made by this positive and dialogue oriented US president NOT to bear fruits, just as was the case in the 80s…Now Mr. Norizadeh is a guest at VOA/Persian every night and is trying to set guidelines for the Iranian opposition leaders?! Mr. Norizadeh’s last recommendations/instructions to Mr. Mousavi and his followers: “He should keep up the momentum of street demonstrations or the crowd would do it without him?!” A journalist on Saudi payroll TRYING TO give instructions to an experienced Iranian opposition leader through VOA/Persian, this is really incredible! However, Mr. Norizadeh and his supporters should know that all Iranian opposition leaders are quite experienced politicians and very wise. These leaders and their followers will NOT fall in to this amateurish divide-and-rule trap. The post election dispute in Iran is an internal matter and nobody should try to fish in muddy waters and certainly NOT YOU and your supporters, Mr. Norizadeh. To date I have not seen a piece of solid and documented evidence to suggest that the elections were rigged to the degree that it could change the outcome. BUT I have seen two (2) solid evidences to suggest Mr. Ahmadinejad had won outright: 1-A pre-election poll done by an independent US organization, 2- The election results and recounts in Iran. There are rumors, speculations, emotions and international media hype but not one piece of documented and solid evidence. And since most high ranking US politicians are lawyers, and then they should know better. These people should base their conclusions on documented evidence and NOT rumors, speculations, emotions AND Media hype as well as desperate foreign propaganda. President Obama has always mentioned he would not like to meddle in Iranian affairs. Yesterday the British Foreign Minster also stated: “others should not meddle in internal affairs of Iran”…So perhaps the US State department as well as Saudis and some other US politicians could follow suit. If there is any documented and solid evidence about vote rigging, then it should be shared with the world. If there is NONE as it seems to be case right now, then politicians should act like politicians and not fall in to divide-and-rule traps set by interested third parties who are NOT even citizens. One day I certainly would like to see at least one third of the present Iranian Democracy in Saudi Arabia, just 33%, but I think even that is wishful thinking.

The same divide-and-rule trap was tried in 08 during the Democratic Primaries. When President Obama got nominated, some so called American well wishers convinced Mrs. Clinton and her followers that the nomination was not fair and they should either not vote at all or vote for the Republican Party?! In other words some third parties wanted Mrs. Clinton and her followers to commit political suicide! Thanks to the wisdom and leadership of style of Mr. Obama as well as compromises made by both sides those plots and rumors were neutralized and then the present US Unity Government was created. God bless Presidents Lincoln and Obama as well as those who follow in their path and those who DO NOT make foreign policy statements of their own.

Recent Iranian Presidential Elections II

ARK — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:44:13 EDT

They were four candidates in that election...And two of those four candidates got more votes than the others, Mr. Ahmadinejad and Mr. Mousavi. Mr. Ahmadinejad is the present President of Iran …It would be VERY hard to believe that the governing system in Iran would do any thing to prevent Mr. Mousavi from being elected due to the following reasons; a- Mr. Mousavi is a former two term Prime Minister exactly at the same time as the present Leader was the President of Iran. b- Mr. Mousavi is reformist and so were two former two term Iranian presidents, Mr. Hashemi and Mr. Khatami. By the way, Mr. Hashemi is the Head of Experts Parliament of Leadership and the Head of the Expediency Council which a very high ranking council in Iran. The Expediency Council is so powerful that it usually gives the final verdict when there is difference of opinion between the Iranian Parliament and the Guardian Council which oversees the elections and approves candidates as well. Both former two-term presidents Hashemi and Khatami are staunch supporters of Mr. Mousavi. So Mr. Mousavi has very powerful supporters as well.

And then in IRAN there is what is called the two-party system in the West. Messer Hashemi, Khatami, Mousavi and Karoubi belong to the Reformist Group (Party) and Messer Ahmadinejad and Rezai belong to the conservative Group (party). Now even if there were alleged irregularities and vote rigging, shouldn’t the reformist Group exhaust all legal means of protesting and gathering evidence before calling for continues street demonstrations… Or from day one they should have done it the hard way by calling streets protest day after day and trying to cripple some cities in Iran. There are no exit polls in Iran, so nobody could have known who is winner except those who were counting the votes…And Messer Mousavi and Karubi first claimed their representatives were kicked out during the counting of votes, then Mr. Mousavi claimed victory and afterwards, when those who were counting the votes, declared Mr. Ahmadinejad as the winner, they claimed vote rigging. Since there are no exit polls in Iran and by their own account, Messer Mousavi’s and Karoubi’s representatives were kicked out during the vote counting, then how could they have known for sure who was the winner to a degree that Mr. Mousavi claimed victory that same night and later on when they found out they had lost, the candidates and their supporters claimed votes could not have been counted so fast and so there should have been vote rigging. Any such claims could go both ways, shouldn’t they? And then based on those speculations, days and days of street protests, riots and insults. Could the US Government handle 9 straight days/nights of protests/riots on major Washington streets? And then some digital pictures were sent out. Those same pictures showed a civil defense base in Tehran being burnt and fire bombed by some rioters during one demonstration in Tehran where 98% of protestors were peaceful, Nobody talked about that civil defense base burning, because it would not have savvy and Schick to tell both sides of the story, but every one talked about the harsh reaction of Basijis (Civil Defense Forces). Nobody talked about beating and kicking of Basijis by some rioters but everybody talked about and sent out pictures of shootings by Basijis defending that same burning base. No news network talked about some rioters burning buses, motorcycles, stores, trash cans and breaking all windows of many branches of quite few major banks in Iran, but every body talked about the beating done by the anti-riot police?! The interesting part is more than 90% of Iranians have access to the Internet but only 35% of them use it so well, as did some so called amateur reporters!…And most of those Internet Savvy demonstrators/ amateur reporters spoke English so well?! So even if Messer Mousavi, Rezai & Karoubi got those so called sophisticated people’s entire vote (35% percent) + 12% more votes, then it would add up to 47% and still that would NOT be a majority. But the best way to go about their claims would have been and still is through legal means and not street demonstration. In order NOT to give a 2% rioters and terrorists among demonstrators a chance to try to fish in muddy waters by trying to threaten the national security of Iran.

Pre-election, Election & Post-election Events in Iran

ARK — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:58:07 EDT

1)Pre-election Events; Hundreds of candidates most without any political or management experience, aging from 15 to … submitted their application forms to the Guardian Council in order to be a Presidential candidate in Iran. All applicants were vetted by an authority called the Guardian Council and four experienced politicians were approved. All four were former and present politicians of the Islamic Republic of Iran; 1-Mr. Ahmadinejad who is has been the President of Iran for the past 4 years, 2-Mr. Mousavi, who was the Prime Minister during the same period when the Present Supreme Leader was the President of Iran, 3-Mr. Karoubi who had been the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament for two terms and 4-Mr. Rezai who is the Secretary at the Expediency Council and a former head of the Iranian National Guards. Now if the Iranian System of Governance did not want any of them, then they could have easily rejected their application. But they wanted to have all of these candidates so they approved all of them. Now one could say, they wanted them to have a high voter turnout, but they do not want liberal views of Mr. Mousavi now?! My reply to that comment would be: “Then why did they allow Mr. Khatami who has exact same views as Mr. Mousavi to be the President of Iran for 8 years?” As a matter of fact former President Khatami was also a candidate for this election but he withdrew in favor of Mr. Mousavi, because their ideologies are very close. AND it is the same system of Islamic Republic Government as the time when Mr. Khatami served his two full terms as the President of Iran, so nothing has changed. Now some people are saying Mr. Mousavi is more liberal than Mr. Ahmadinejad. I do not know about that because I really do not know much about 8 years of Iran Iraq war when he was the Prime Minister. All I know is that there were two exchange rates one at 70 Rials for each US DOLLAR and one at an average of 700 Rials/$. Some people got the preferred 70 Rials rate to open Letters of Credits for their business and factories and part of that money was used to open factories but large sums were also taken out of the country by some people in the form of over-invoices. Now let’s say we start with $1.000 USD Dollars at the preferred rate of 70 Rials/$ then we would exchange that rate in open market for 700 Rials/$ or sell those goods which were imported at 10 times the price based on the open exchange rate. So each time we will make ten times our investment. So by making five transaction with a good access to the preferred rate source, we will have 10,000,000 US$ (1,000 x10x10x10x10) not bad! But it is very bad because while some people made lots of money, many people made a little and had to live of coupons during the war or what is called the War time economy with mostly negative GDP growth. Now during the debates, Mr. Rezai who has a good economic and management plan has asked Mr. Mousavi whether he really believes in privatization and does he believe in the free and fair enterprise system and NOT just a selected few receiving preferred exchange rates. Mr. Mousavi’s response to date is NOT clear, all he says is to read his book, he was not even willing to briefly explain for TV viewers what is written in this book?!
2)The Election; After vigorous and some times without policy issue debates as well as day and night street demonstrations by some Middle Class and Upper Middle Class as well as upper class Internet savvy supporters of Mr. Mousavi, came the election day. There were an international record number of turnouts (85%) which was very good for the reputation of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Around 2:00 am election night, one of top level Mousavi supporters calls him up and tells him he has won and he should prepare his victory speech. Afterwards election authorities in the Ministry of Interior formally announce Mr. Ahmadinejad as the landslide winner. Then Mousavi supporters claim that there should have been some vote rigging, and their representatives were kicked out of the Ministry before vote counting. Some supporters claim the election should have gone to a second round while others say that Mr. Mousavi had won out right and there were millions of votes displaced?! I was not there, AND I do not have ESP, so I can not say who is right and who is wrong but I could ask these questions: 1-If there was vote rigging then how could a top level supporter of Mr. Mousavi claim victory on election night? Certainly rigged votes would show otherwise! How come the Mousavi Camp claims votes could NOT be counted so fast, yet one of their top level officials congratulates Mr. Mousavi that same night while claiming their representatives were kicked out and not allowed during the vote counting process?? Do these people have ESP, because there are no exit polls in Iran!
3)Post-Election Events; The elections were held on Friday. On Saturday as is customary the Supreme Leader of Iran as well as Head of Judiciary and the Speaker of the Parliament & one of the candidates, Mr. Rezai congratulated Mr. Ahmadinejad. Mr. Rezai’s message was indirect. And Messer. Mousavi & Karoubi, the other two candidates claimed vote rigging. Right after these claims all candidates were given the right to file their claims with the Guardian Council and have representatives present during the recount of 10% of votes randomly selected. Since it is randomly selected then statistically it is like 98% of the vote counted. Messer. Mousavi & Karoubi refused saying that millions of votes were replaced! Even if that was the case they could requested independent hand writing experts to randomly view some ballots boxes, because those so called misplaced millions of votes could have been written by a few thousand people at the most and not millions! So every few thousand votes would have to be rewritten by a person, so hand writing experts could detect those irregularities in some suspicious ballot boxes. BUT Messer. Mousavi & Karoubi refused and wanted the election annulled based on some rumors and speculations? So more street demonstrations started and the amazing thing is that most CNN i-reporters spoke English so fluently and were so computer savvy while by some statistics only 35% of Iranians are Internet users! So let’s talks statistics and say all of those middle Class and up scale Internet users voted for Messer Mousavi & Karoubi and we all know 40 Million people voted. So 40 Million x 35% will give us 14 Million and that is roughly the number voters for those people. Now we all know that all of those people did not vote for Mr. Mousavi all of the other 65% did not vote for Mr. Ahmadinejad, but the silent majority who are not so computer/Internet savvy could have voted for Mr. Ahmadinejad as well as the majority of 35% middle and upper classes who voted for Messer. Mousavi & Karoubi and adding all of these up could give us that 62% for Mr. Ahmadinejad and 38% for others. But if there are any doubt, then those doubt should be pursued through legal channels and not street demonstrations which have given some opportunist a chance to promote violence and trying to cripple the city for that past 8 days.
4)Demonstrators - I believe 98% percent of the demonstrators are some of those 35% or 14 Million computer savvy, English speaking supporters of Messer Mousavi and Karoubi who honestly believe there is some vote rigging and this is the only way to confront it. However there are those 2% very dangerous elements who would want to create violence in order to get a harsh response from the Iranian security forces. Those 2% rioters burn buses, burn motorcycles and trash cans through the City, break bank and business glasses, attack Basij (Civilian Defense) Bases and Mosques with Cocktail Molotov (Homemade fire bombs), beat and throw stones at the police; in order to draw a harsh response. Unfortunately they have succeeded in some cases and there has been some shootings in response to those attacks and some people were caught in the crossfire. Recently there were some members of an internationally outlawed MKO terrorist group who have confessed to those provocative attacks on Press TV. Due to helping Sadam during his invasion of Iran, MKO terrorist Group has no popular base in Iran and no contacts whatsoever to Mr. Mousavi’s Green Movement, but they are using this peaceful Movement as cover for their atrocities and are trying to create riots and violence in Iran in order to get a harsh response from government forces and unfortunately they are using peaceful demonstrators as human shields. So some of these 98% peaceful demonstrators get caught in the crossfire and have been badly hurt and that is the saddest part. Just as was the case in Afghanistan were Taliban had used civilians as human shields and when US forces tried to attack them in May 09, 26 civilians by US account and 140 by Afghan Government account were killed.

5)Media Commotion – It is true that CNN and others should improve their ratings at any cost, BUT showing people dieing LIVE on TV in order to create and uproar and GET improved ratings; that is really too much. It is good to have morality but showing graphic, unverified and uncensored death pictures in our living rooms where our children also watching, that is NOT responsible journalism AND it is not called morality! This type of behavior understood from Al-Arabiya and Al-Jaazera reporters who could never have such freedoms in their own countries, to be envious of Iranian elections with 85% turnout and then mostly free street demonstration for weeks. If such demonstrations happened for an hour in their own countries GOD knows what kind of a blood bath would have resulted from that. Now Al-Arabiya and Al-Jazeera are shedding crocodile tears for the victims in Iran?? But for CNN, just to get improved ratings and more advertisers; to show those types of unverified pictures, that is really beneath this credible American network. Specially since one of the methods used by the MKO terrorist group bedsides bombing, riots and street violence, is the Psychological Warfare of using the international media for their own evil intentions. Now BBC calls millions of Basiji Iranian Civil Defense Reservist thugs. It is like calling the very much respected US National Guard Reserves thugs. Shame on you BBC!

Pre-election, Election & Post-election Events in Iran

ARK — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:58:07 EDT

Happy Father’s Day Mr. President

ARK — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:52:25 EDT

Your are truly an excellent father and a perfect politician, whose first visit to the White House resulted in checking his daughter’s bedrooms before any thing else. God bless the HOPE leader and his family and may all evil eyes be away from him and his family. Lots of health & happiness for the First Family as well as all other families in this global community! Peace & prosperity for all!

VOA/PERSIAN Mistranslated President Obama’s Speech AGAIN

ARK — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:45:08 EDT

Why? Just to create another rift between US & Iran. President Obama had mentioned that he would support the will of Iranian people and is concerned about the violence, but the US will remain neutral and will NOT meddle in internal affairs of Iran. He had also repeatedly mentioned: “The US will negotiate with whoever is in Power in Iran.” VOA Persian translation banner implied that President Obama supports the pro-Mousavi faction only?? Who do these people work for? God knows! This wrong translation prompted a harsh response on the Iranian side as well. Congratulations VOA you have succeeded for the time being. But not for long, you could fool some of the people some of the time but NOT all the people all the time!

For those who unwittingly say: “the Supreme Leader of Iran is NOT an elected official?!”

ARK — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:58:17 EDT

Those people should know the Leader is reconfirmed/reelected every single year by an elected body called the Leadership Experts Parliament or Majlis Kheberegaan Rahbari. Members of this Experts Parliament or Majlis are elected by the Iranian people. As a matter of fact during the last presidential elections just like all other presidential and parliamentary election; there were ballot boxes for Experts’ Majlis candidates to be elected by the people of Iran. Just like many countries, those elected experts, every year either reconfirm the Leader or if for any reason the present Leader could NOT be reelected, then they would elect a new leader.

This Great US President has shown lots of Goodwill towards the world, but some old US policies still remain

ARK — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:46:31 EDT

President Obama is a very good natured, popular and smart leader, AND that is why I really believe in his leadership style. However, there are some old policy issues that could create a certain degree of misunderstanding among two old friends and delay potential renewed friendship between US & Iran. One of which is the hesitation of Japanese businesses/industrialists to ONLY participate in a late November 2009 Exhibition commemorating the 80th anniversary of Japan/Iran relations. This conduct is explained by some Japanese as the fear of losing the US market? The SAFAJ Exhibition is a cultural and industrial show ONLY for these two countries and it is like celebrating some one’s birthday and the birthday person would NOT show up. I do request from the GREAT US HOPE leader and this very positive administration to lift any kind of restriction on Japanese business/industry participation in this Exhibition. After all participating in an exhibition does mean it could result in any type of business dealings! On the other hand, lifting this restriction could be another symbolic as well as real and active gesture towards the Japanese as well as Iranian people. Thanks a lot Sir!

The EVEN HANDED Message of PEACE & UNDERSTANDING, given by President Obama in Cairo was excellent

ARK — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:30:17 EDT

That message was one of the few fare and balanced messages given by any US President on the Middle East Conflict. However, there are some issues to be clarified:

A) Iran’s Peaceful Nuclear Program; All Iranians and especially the Supreme Leader of Iran have said and are saying: “This Program is for peaceful purposes, Nuclear weapons are against Islamic Principles and nuclear weapons are NOT part of Iran’s defensive strategy.” The Leader of Iran recently also mentioned: “Iran wouldn’t want to have nuclear weapons even if some one paid them to have some.” Now the West says Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon program?! The International Atomic Energy Agencies (IAEA) says Iran is abiding by NPT rules but they have not been able to inspect all of Iran’s military installations. Iran says “of course NOT, because they do have conventional weapons and IAEA inspectors could easily give those details to Westerners just as they did in the case of Iraq and that is very much against Iran's national & strategic interests.” Then IAEA says that is unverified Iranian behavior?! Now if IAEA has some evidence on an Iranian nuclear weapons program; then they should show some documentation or be quite about it. One can not guess and speculate on what a country could have without solid documentation! ONE CAN CERTAILY NOT RELY ON FALSIFIED REPORTS GIVEN BY A KNOWN INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATION CALLED the MKO!

B) On The SAD EVENT of the Holocaust – While some European countries want the world to forget about this very important historical atrocity; Iran President’s statements and request of debate on this issue; has brought this very sad genocide event to the forefront of international recognition…AND henceforth for the first time a US President visited a genocide camp…And from now on this very sad event will be commemorated every year. The other positive effects of this debate is that now some underground Western Neo Nazi groups have resurfaced again, so from now on they could be easily watched and their racist actions controlled and limited.

C) VOA/Persian willingly or unwittingly mistranslated some very crucial points of President Obama’s speech in Cairo and used a harsher tone. Why? However, their coverage of a few other issues has become less biased, thanks to the even-handed policies of the HOPE LEADER.

To date the ONLY person who had said the bombing in an Iranian Mosque was INDIRECTLY the work of US and Israel is a substitute/temporary leader of one of Tehran’s Friday prayers and he is NOT a high ranking Iranian government official!

ARK — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:56:55 EDT

As of today neither the Leader of Iran nor its President, nor any other Iranian government official have blamed the bombing in a Mosque located at Zahidan, Iran on US or Israel. The only person who had expressed that opinion is a substitute or temporary leader of one of Tehran’s Friday prayers. It is a free country and a person is entitled to his opinion but that should NOT be called an official governmental statement. So the report by Agence France Press (AFP) is EXAGGERATED.

However, that is quite different from the US State Department intestinally and wrongfully calling another country “The number one sponsor of terrorism” and making sure to ignore the real threat which is the Al-Qaeda and those regional allies who support them!

Only a few other countries in Asia bedside US & IRAN would like the bilateral relations among these two countries to improve

ARK — Sun, 24 May 2009 08:36:31 EDT

Why? Because many countries would have a lot to gain through conflict & would like to fish in muddy waters! Among those in Asia who like bilateral relations to improve are: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Lebanon, Syria & you know who, etc? But threats of military action & sanctions do NOT help at all, just as they did NOT during the past 8 years! Let’s review what has happened in the past seven months:

1- 1st the Iranian President sent a congratulatory letter to President Obama on the occasion of His Excellency’s election (Iran+1).

2- Then President Obama made two good will gestures, one during an interview with Al-Arabia where he sincerely mentioned that he would extend his hand towards Iranians. The second good will gesture was President Obama’s Persian New Year message to all Iranians(US+2)

3- In response to President Obama’s goodwill gesture, the Leader of Iran mentioned: “if the US changed, then his country was also willing to change” (Iran+1).

4- Later on, the US State Dept completely ignored Al-Qaeda atrocities and those US allies who support them and called “Iran the number one state sponsor of terrorism”?! (US-1)

5- Then Israelis threatened to attack Iran (Israel-1)

6- Afterwards the US mentioned that all options were on the table just as was the case during the Bush/Cheney era?! So again the threat of military action + harsher sanctions (US-2)

7- But the US President also said that he would give dialogue a chance until the end of 2009 (US +1).

8- Afterwards Iran tested a long range missile to show its defense capabilities (Iran -1).

9- Iran has also tried to help improve all situations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, while some allies of the US have tried to worsen the situation in all of those countries?! (Iran+3) & (some US allies -3)!

So adding all of the above we will have 3 positive gestures from the US and Iran has made a total of 5 positive gestures towards the US. Meanwhile the US has made 3 negative gestures towards Iran & that country has made only one or two negative gestures. Certainly the US Administration should want an internationally popular & powerful as well as democratic Iran as a peace partner in the Middle East, Shouldn’t they?

When both sides of the isle are criticizing the president, then he is a Centrist Leader who is doing lots of GOOD things

ARK — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:41:27 EDT

During the present international economic/social turmoil, the world needs a “CENTERIST HOPE LEADER” & that leader is His Excellency President Obama. The present economic/social turmoil has created very rough waters. In such waters the USA SHIP needs a CENTERIST CAPTAIN. Why? Because in such rough waters if the US captains leans too much to the left or right, then the ship will sink and many other ships will follow suit. So president Obama is just that type of an international CENTERIST leader who WILL guide all these ships out of the present crisis. However, patience is the virtue!

In order to reduce future mishaps, all Soldiers should be taken care of always, and especially during special occasions, such as Mother’s Day, New Year’s, Christmas &…

ARK — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:22:23 EDT

All Soldiers throughout the world should be taken care of always, and especially during special occasions, such as Mother’s Day, New Year’s, Christmas & the birth day of a loved one or when a close relative has passes away. In order to do so effectively, the military could ask them to complete a form when they start their combat zone tour of duty. In that form all soldiers should list all matters of concern and importance (at two separate columns) to them as well as what they consider a special occasion or any history of depression or mental problem in their immediate family or themselves. That list should be inputted to a computer and based on the programming; alerts should be given to commanding officers. There should also be double checks for any abuses done by those who would want to use excuses not to serve. There should also be metal detectors at Military Mental Stress Clinics to prevent the entry of any type of weapons.

Happy Mother’s Day First lady Michelle Obama

ARK — Sun, 10 May 2009 08:20:49 EDT

Happy Mother’s Day First lady Michelle Obama, The One and ONLY Mom in Chief who really feels and cares for others as well, and all other devoted mothers throughout this global village called earth. Yes we did it so we can!

According to teachings of Quran, a Good Moslem is also a Good Jew, a Good Christian and a Good Zoroastrian

ARK — Sat, 09 May 2009 09:47:54 EDT

There are many versus in Quran about Jesus and the fact that he was born from Saint Virgin Mary. There also many versus about Prophet Moses & the TEN COMMANDMENTS, In Quran there is also lots of detail about what good thoughts, good words & good deeds should be, these teachings are also the basics of an the ancient religion of Iranians ( Zoroastrian) as well as all the above mentioned religions. So if one wants to be a really good Moslem, then she/he should also be a Good Jew, a Good Christian and a Good Zoroastrian. Certainly an extremist religious fanatic can neither be a good Moslem nor a good Christian nor a Good Jew, nor a Good Zoroastrian. So Al-Qaeda, Neo Nazis & ..., as well as their followers/ sympathizers are NOT RELIGEOUS AT ALL. Since the Zoroastrian religion came first, then it is an ancient religion dealing with basics or an equivalent of what we call a high school Diploma. According to Quran Prophets: 1-Noah, 2-Abraham, 3-Moses, 4-Jesus & 5-Mohammad (Peace be upon all of them) were all sent by GOD. Since there are extensive writings about the teachings of Prophets Noah & Abraham in Torah, Bible & Quran, then after Zoroastrianism every Moslem should know about true Judaism which is equal to a Bachelor’s Degree. Afterwards Moslems should be Familiar with the real teachings of Christianity which is like a Master’s Degree and then they should know about real Islam which is like a Doctorate Degree. I look forward to the day that true believers in all these Godly religions unite and respect/love each other. Hopefully that day will come sooner than later, but we all should work hard to bring about such a peaceful era. I am counting on all true believers of all faiths. There is Persian Poem that says: “All human beings are members of the same team, if one member is in pain, then others should also scream.” If people don’t sympathize with others who are in pain, then they lack self esteem!

US Iran Grievance Meter for the past 60 years

ARK — Sun, 03 May 2009 09:29:02 EDT

Since President Obama was not even born 60 years ago, then nobody could blame him for what had happened then! One can NOT even blame the President for what happened during the previous administration. President Obama is a HOPE Leader who believes in real CHANGE, if some politicians at the State Department would not undermine his positive efforts, and then he could succeed. What Iranians are saying is: “Let’s wipe the slate clean AND start from scratch.” BUT State Department statements and acts won’t let that happen. For argument sake let’s say that Iran had a Voice of Iran/English that broadcasted every day to some disgruntled American Indians and told them how their rights are NOT being recognized in the US. How they should own all of the US territory and yet they have nothing! And then the Iranian government told the US that this country can NOT enrich uranium for the US nuclear power plants and placed several severe international sanctions against the US and threaten more sanctions?! Then lets assume the Iranian government’s Foreign Ministry recently published a report calling the US No. 1 State Sponsor of Terrorism while the President of Iran had sent greetings and positive messages to the US at the same time as all of the above was happening. AND then Iranians would call this “the carrot and stick policy” treating the Americans like rabbits but Iran insisted that they still wanted to have dialogue, but only when Americans had become good rabbits and NOT bad ones like Bugs Bunny’s cousins! Then Iranians would also ask Americans to help them in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq while all those sanctions and threatening language continued. Unfortunately the opposite is true and that is exactly what the US is doing to Iran…And that is not the way to bring about a Change as well as improve relations! Now lets look at the Grievance Meter of the past 60 years not to blame any body and just to get a historical perspective. For argument sake for every 100 people harmed by the actions of the other side we will allocate a grievance factor of 1 for the country that was harmed.

Direct and Indirect Acts of one side harming the other side = Grievance(G) Factor

1-The 1953 US/British Coup against a popular Iranian Prime Minister- 15 Million people’s lives changedFor ever! Britain was also involved so half of the Responsibility is allocated to the US = Iran 7.5Mil/100=75,000G

2- 1979 US Embassy Take Over by some Iranians Where 52 US diplomats/soldiers were held Hostage= US 52/100 = .52 G

3- President Carter gave the Iraqis a green light to (Iraq) launch the war against Iran through Prince Fahd"of Jordan, Arab Allies of US as well as some Europeans and other Asians supported Iraq against Iran. 1 million Iranians killed and injured 100,000 of whom by Iraq’s Use Chemical weapons, Source: Wikipedia.com, I million Iranians harmed, other Arab countries as well Europeans were also involved, so 1/3 of the responsibility is allocated to the US = Iran 330,000/100 =3,300G

4-1983 Attack on US servicemen in Lebanon 241 Killed, 60 injured=301, blamed on Islamic Jihad, Alleged friends of Iran, source: Wikipedia.com = US 301/100 = 3.01G

5- On July 1988 US shoots down an Iranian Passenger Airliner killing 290 civilians, 254 of which were Iranians = Iran 254/100 = 2.54

Total Iranian Grievances against US = 78,302.54G, Total US Grievances against Iran = 3.53G *According to this table, the magnitude of suffering by Iranians compare to that of Americans is about 22,000 to 1 based on the ratio of 78,302.54/3.53. WHAT A DISPROPORTIONATE RESPONSE!

Note: In this table I have treated all life as very precious and equal, so any loss of life is very sad, I have also treated all loss of life or harm done to citizens of each country as an equal cause for grievance. However there is a large difference between the magnitudes of loss suffered by Iranians versus that suffered by Americans. According to human rights declarations and the Geneva Convention on the conduct of warfare, there is also a BIG Difference between killing civilians and soldiers, as well as use of weapons of mass destructions by the Western Supported Sadam Gang. Those who kill civilians where there are no military targets are called terrorists. However I don’t want to start calling names! All I want is mutual respect by all sides, dialogue as well as justice for all and Peace on Earth. Let bygones be bygones, as Mr. Nelson Mandela said: “We can not forget but we can forgive.”

As was the case during the past 8 years, sanctions AND THREATS DO NOT WORK AGAINST THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT, BUT FRIENDSHIP & DIALOGUE WILL

ARK — Sat, 02 May 2009 08:20:03 EDT

As was the case during the PAST 8 YEARS, SANCTIONS AND THREATS DO NOT WORK AGAINST THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT, BUT FRIENDSHIP & DIALOGUE WILL, GUARANTEED

A) Those people in Iran will NOT respond well to threatening language and sanctions but are ready, willing and able for dialogue. The sooner, the better, later could be too late! Why? Because usually the rightist/conservatives in Iran are those who will oppose dialogue, so if they approve and start the dialogue, then moderates who are pro dialogue will not oppose it. But if moderates start the dialogue, then rightist/conservatives could easily oppose them.

B) Now the US is talking about tougher sanctions and the prevention of gasoline exports to Iran. Who do you think will get hurt by those sanctions, the Iranian Government or the people of Iran? Certainly the Iranian people! Perhaps it would be all for the best because then Iranians will move towards more self sufficiency in gasoline production to replace the 40% which is being imported. But it will NOT help the progress towards dialogue, neither will it help Western exports to that country during these tough economic times.

C) Perhaps the main issue is the fate of an Iranian American reporter called Miss Roxana Saberi! Those who are concerned about her well being should know that if she is innocent, then she will be freed soon. When she is freed, then she will be a very famous international reporter who will be hired and paid a lot by international news organizations and not an unknown free lance reporter, the way she used to be.

No.1 Terrorist Org. is Al-Qaeda which in the past 8 years has murdered about 8000 Americans and injured/disabled tens of thousands more… AND their supporters are some regional Dictators or so called US friends and allies NOT A FABRICATED FOE CALLED IRAN

ARK — Sat, 02 May 2009 06:01:11 EDT

According to recent news reports, just in April of 09, Al-Qaeda and their allies in Iraq have murdered 18 Americans, 355 mostly Shia Iraqis, and more than 81 Iranians. Now when you and I know those facts, then the US State Department knows the details of those Al-Qaeda/B'ath Party/Taliban Trio atrocities much better than all of us put together! So why the should-be-trusted US State Department would fabricate such a false report on Iran and call that country the number one state sponsor of terrorism? The following could be some of the reasons, not all the reasons but some of the reasons:

1-CONSTANT STATE OF DENIAL or Always blame it on some one else; as was the case during the initial Al-Qaeda attempt to place explosives in the parking lot of the World Trade Center few years prior to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack. At that time the US Government blamed that attack on Iran as well, but when the second terrorist attack happened by the same group of terrorist who were mostly Saudis, and then the US government had nothing to say!

2-The second reason could be that Saudis and a few of their Arab neighbors are so heavily invested in the US, that one SHOULD NOT ANGER THEM so they would move their investments to another country! Under the US Anti-Terrorism Law the assets of any group or people who are supporters of terrorism should be confiscated, so if they decide to move their assets, then that is exactly the way they will be dealt with.

3- Those Arab Dictators are US friends and allies in the region so one SHOULD NOT ANGER THEM, NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO! With friends like that who needs enemies. There is a poem that reads: "It is good to have wise friends, wise enemies are better than unwise friends!" Not that Iranians are enemies but the US State Department likes to call them that, and they would fabricate reports to substantiate such allegations! Those types of reports will prevent any kind of meaningful dialogue in the future so the wishes of those people at the State Department will come true and potential true friends and allies will remain fabricated foes. Are those people at the State Department politicians or experts in destroying peace and meaningful relations as well as masters of demolitions?

4- Those Arab Dictators have nothing to do with Al-Qaeda financing so they are not state sponsors of terrorism?! That statement bring about a few scenarios: a-Those dictators know nothing about their own country and activities of some in the Royal Family; so they are not competent leaders and one can NOT COUNT ON THEM as reliable friends and allies, b- A friend who passed through Abu Dhabi, UAE Airport said that he saw more Al Qaeda & Taliban there than one would expect to see in Kabul Airport! So one could asses that those dictators KNOW their own country and activities of some in the Royal Family, BUT CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT IT; so they are not competent leaders and one can NOT COUNT ON THEM as reliable friends and allies, c- Those dictators KNOW their own country and activities of some in the Royal Family, BUT SINCE THESE TERRORISTS ARE ALSO A THREAT TO THE INTERNAL SECURITY OF THEIR OWN COUNTRY, THEN THEY ARE CONSTANTLY BEING EXPORTED TO IRAQ, PAKISTAN & AFGHANISTAN TO MURDER AMERICANS, PAKISTANIS, AFGHANS & IRAQIS. Henceforth those rulers are not trustworthy friends and one can NOT COUNT ON THEM as reliable allies.

5-And certainly the money those Royals as well as others spend on Al-Qaeda and Taliban is given to them by their rulers, so those dictators should know where that money is being spent, if they don't, then after reading this BLOG they should know and stop those payments; IF they don't STOP, then some thing VERY FISHY is going on!

Now who are No 1, 2 & 3 Royal sponsors of terrorism?

There are THREE (3) Taliban GROUPS in Pakistan & Afghanistan also; 1-Very Harmful Terrorist Hardliners (VHTH), 2-Harmful Terrorist Helpers (HTH) & 3-Moderates, AND present Governments of Pakistan & Afghanistan certainly can NOT WORK with the First TWO (2)

ARK — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:28:28 EDT

So for some western diplomats to also ask Pakistan & Afghanistan governments to work with all of them regardless of their background is quite impossible and detrimental to the security of those countries. The first group or VHTH are those who do joint financing with Al-Qaeda and DO PLAN & EXECUTE THOSE PLANS. The VHTH Group is being directly active in terrorist attacks against thousands of civilians as well as US and other NATO troops and they get paid by top level VHTH & Al-Qaeda leaders for doing so. The second group is an ally and sympathizer of the Al-Qaeda as well as the VHTH group & DO provide indirect help to them. The HTH group will not get directly involved in attacks, but they will provide information to Al-Qaeda and the VHTH Group as to where to attack. The Second Group could also provide Safe Heavens and logistics for attacks by Al-Qaeda & VHTH and get paid well for services rendered. The first and second group could also include women & men who have had relatives killed in previous conflicts. The third Group is the moderate one and they are caught between a rock and a hard place! So perhaps they could have a mutually beneficial cooperation with the Pakistani & Afghanistan governments. The only problem faced by these moderates is; if they do so, then they will be harshly dealt with and their lives put in jeopardy by Al-Qaeda as well as the first two groups just as was the case with some moderate Iraqi tribal leaders who cooperated with their Government. Now therefore, asking Pakistan & Afghanistan Governments to work indiscriminately with the Taliban regardless of detailed investigations to find out which group they belong to is NOT feasible and quite impossible.

There are THREE (3) B’ath Party GROUPS left from Sadam era in Iraq; 1-Very Harmful Terrorist Hardliners (VHTH), 2-Harmful Terrorist Helpers (HTH) & 3-Moderates, AND the present Government of Iraq certainly can NOT WORK with the First TWO (2) GROUPS

ARK — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:55:33 EDT

So for some western diplomats to ask the Iraqi government to work with all of them regardless of their background is quite impossible and detrimental to the security of that country. The first group or VHTH are those who also finance Al-Qaeda and DO PLAN & EXECUTE THOSE PLANS , being directly active in terrorist attacks against thousands of civilians and US troops and they get paid by top level VHTH & Al-Qaeda leaders for doing so. The second group is an ally and sympathizer of the Al-Qaeda as well as the VHTH group & DO provide indirect help to them. The HTH group will not get directly involved in attacks, but they will provide information to Al-Qaeda and the VHTH Group as to where to attack. The Second Group could also provide Safe Heavens and logistics for attacks by Al-Qaeda and get paid well for services rendered. The first and second group could also include women & men who would have relatives killed in previous conflicts. The third Group is the moderate one and they are caught between a rock and a hard place! So perhaps they could have a mutually beneficial cooperation with the Iraqi government. The only problem faced by these moderates is; if they do so, then they will be harshly dealt with and their lives put in jeopardy by Al-Qaeda as well as the first two groups just as was the case with some moderate tribal leaders who cooperated with the Iraqi Government. Now therefore, asking the Iraqi Government to work indiscriminately with the B’ath Party regardless of detailed investigations to find out which group they belong to is NOT feasible and quite impossible

100 Days of President Obama, His Score: 98 out of 100

ARK — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:32:25 EDT

In my opinion, one of President Obama's most important accomplishments in the past 100 days has been restoring international as well as domestic confidence in the US Presidency and the new American Administration. The President has done so much that I have lost count, but some of his recent accomplishments are hard to forget:

1- Helping Home owners with their mortgages;
2- Helping US banks with the Stimulus Package;
3- Helping other financial institutions such as AIG; thus helping millions of people with their retirement and life insurance as well as AIG investments in Banks and preventing the total colapse of the financial industry and loss of millions of jobs worldwide;
4- Helping the US auto industry and saving millions of jobs;
5- Restructuring the financial institutions with more regulations and oversight;
6- Preventing unsuccessful high level managers of financial institions and the Auto industry to collect their undeserved bonuses;
7- Restoring the cooperation of some European allies in the fight against terror;
8- Restoring respect for the American Administration among Asian countries;
9- Restarting relations with Russia;
10-Turning former Latin American foes such, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua in to potential friends and allies;
11- Trying to set up a comprehensive healthcare plan for all Americans;
12- Going back to the "Good Old Days" and restoring the "Real American Way" when speaking and acting against torture.

Now if I was Mr. Cheney, Mrs. Palin and Rush Limbaugh at the Republican Party, then I would have been very jealous and therefore I would have been in a constant state of denial, AND I would have tried to criticize every thing, even if it was a good thing! And that is exactly what these people are doing, so let them be happy with their negative way of thinking!

Why nobody paid any attention to this February 15, 09 BLOG of mine about stray DOGS in Iraq and BOMB SNIFFING K9 Training?! Since then, hundreds of innocent people have been killed by terrorist suicide bombings.

ARK — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:07:50 EDT

Baghdad PUPS & K9- Bomb Sniffing Training

Since stray dogs in Iraq, Pakistan & Afghanistan are being killed every day, then there might be a solution to save these DOGS & many people as well in those countries. Perhaps we could ask the US and local Armies to train quite a few of them to become trained K9 Bomb sniffing. Then they could be freed every morning and evening on two different shifts and sent to crowded places, watched by under cover personnel, and asked to come back to their special kennels after every shift and then the evening shift would take over. These K9 dogs would have a collar to show they are army dogs so nobody should harm them...If some one would want to harm them then that person (he/she) would be mal intentioned and would be arrested. These K9 Bomb Detecting/Sniffing Dogs (K9BD2) would every day & night roam about in crowds and pick would be suicide bombers and bark at them to alert the security personnel as well as potential targets. Under the Islamic Law guard dogs such as sheep dogs are permitted.

Who inspires and finances Al-Qaeda & that Type of Extremist Wahabi Activities? Saudis, Drug Trafficking &...

ARK — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:44:38 EDT

There is ONLY ONE source of inspiration for Al-Qaeda: The Saudi style Wahabism

There are a few sources of Al-Qaeda financing: drug trafficking, Saudi financing &… Now for VOA Persian, using a very unreliable source in Turkey to claim they were some contacts between the Al-Qaeda and the Shia Hezbollah in that country is a total farce. Perhaps Hezbollah and Al-Qaeda cars passed each other on a crowded Street in Istanbul?! Just recently in separate bombings in Iraq, the Al-Qaeda and their cronies killed more than one hundred Shia Moslems…Now to claim the Shia Hezbollah had some thing to do with this terrorist group who murder innocent civilians is really wrong! To date tens of thousands of Shia Moslems & about eight thousand Americans have been murdered by these terrorist extremists who think they are religious! Perhaps these Al-Qaeda terrorists and their Saudi mentors should also be listed as murderous and racist tugs who commit genocide right there on top of the list, next to Hitler…Or is there a plan to create division among Moslems and make Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan & … their battle ground. Those who finance and plan such attacks should know that in the event of such a disaster, no country involved in such planning will be safe and negative economic effects of such a conflict will be far reaching. Or perhaps they want to bog down US troops in Iraq, so they would not be able to move to Afghanistan & Pakistan were these terrorists have their head quarters.

The New US Ambassador TO IRAQ who is an Experienced Peace Promoter could be a Very Good Choice.

ARK — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:09:58 EDT

Mr. Hill negotiated the Bosnia peace settlement. While working on Balkan issues, Ambassador Hill worked closely with Mr. Holbrooke, the US Envoy to Afghanistan & Pakistan, serving as his deputy at the Dayton Peace Talks in 1995. Mr. Holbrooke described Hill as "brilliant, fearless and argumentative" in his book on the Dayton negotiations and said that Hill manages to be both "very cool and very passionate." The combination, Holbrooke said, enhances Hill's "extremely good negotiating skills." Hill said the negotiations with the Bosnians, Serbs and Croats were successful because all the parties "were all ready to settle.'Hill had a diplomatic failure as special envoy to Kosovo “because the Serbs were not ready to relinquish their stranglehold on Kosovo, so we ended up in a NATO bombing campaign.” “Like a lot of things in life: you’ve got to do everything you can do” Hill said, to ensure “that you have left no stone unturned, that you have really tried.”

Source: Wikipedia.com

HOLBROOKE & HILL (H & H) PARTNERS IN PEACE; WHO ARE GOOD FRIENDS AS WELL. & DO RESPECT EACH Other’s EFFORTS. Very good CHOICES FOR IRAQ, PAKISTAN & AFGHANISTAN. H & H could also stand for Humanitarian HELP towards PEACE in the REGION. I certainly wish the BEST for the HOPE LEADER & HIS ADMINSTRATION. May GOD HELP ALL OF THEM SUCCEED to BRING PEACE & PROSPERITY to THE MIDDLE EAST as WHOLE, and DO NOT let the region to become more of an Al-Qaeda RAT HOLE! The H & H TEAM Can do it.

President Obama’s 1st Latin American Trip was Very Successful

ARK — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:05:02 EDT

What does the Republican Party expect? Kicking foes or hitting them over the head with a BIG SILLY STICK? Since such important countries as Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Peru and Ecuador moved away from the US in the past, then such policies certainly did NOT WORK during the those 8 YEARS and will never work. Very sorry to disappoint you again guys! One should be able to learn from history and if one is NOT ABLE LEARN THOSE LESSONS, then one should not govern. Turning foes to friends is President Obama’s expertise and he did that very successfully during the last Latin American Summit. Congratulations are in order to all Americans for having chosen such a smart President with a very positive administration and an active congress to back them all! GOD Bless President Obama and all those who work towards durable peace throughout this interdependent global village. In today’s world no country is an Island! NOT even those countries which are geographically called Islands! And especially A VERY BIG & POWERFUL COUNTRY SUCH AS the US is CERTAINLY NO ISLAND.

Perhaps and ONLY If They Decide to Do so, then Rightist in The Middle East Could be more Empowered, Inclined and Able to do a COMPREHENSIVE as well as a FAIR & JUST PEACE DEAL.

ARK — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:47:30 EDT

Whether one likes it or not those Middle Eastern rightist are better equipped to do a Peace Deal than moderates; that is IF THEY WOULD WANT TO DO SO! Why? I believe the following points are sufficient:

1-Mr. Menachem Begin who made the one and only durable peace deal in the region (with Egypt) was a rightist prime minister of Israel at the time. Mr. Robyn who was a moderate politician tried to do another peace deal and he was assassinated by an Israeli extremist…I repeat an extremist and NOT a rightist/conservative because there is BIG DIFFERENCE between the two. Rightist/conservatives oppose peace deals through political means and extremists assassinate peace promoters!

2-Those who usually oppose any kind of a deal are the rightist/conservatives and when they approve a deal, then moderates who usually support peace will not & COULD NOT oppose them;

3- On the other hand, if moderates try to make peace, then rightist/conservatives who usually oppose any kind of a deal based on their previous stance CAN and WILL easily oppose it; because if there would be any kind of a deal, then they want to be a major part of it;

4- The same goes for some other countries in the region; those legitimate and elected governments who have the power to make war can easily make peace as well AND from the position of power and nobody could blame them for doing so from a position of weakness or fear.

5-Those regional fearful dictators who ask Israel to do their dirty work and attack Iran do NOT have the best interest of Israel in mind. They neither have the power nor the domestic and international legitimacy to make peace…And all they want is to create more conflict between Israel and Iran so they could fish in muddy waters! BUT I certainly believe Israelis are much smarter than falling in to such a NO WIN trap. Iranians have a saying: “It is good to have wise friends, but a wise enemy is better than an unwise friend. A wise enemy will help you reach a new height; an unwise friend will create for you an unprecedented plight.”

May all REAL as well as FAIR & JUST PEACE PROMOTERS in the WORLD WIN! I repeat my claim that Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas could be positive peace partners. Those people could easily negotiate a FAIR & JUST PEACE ACCORD from the position of power and international respect and not from the position of fear and weakness like some regional dictators who try to persuade Israel to do the ultimate unwise act…And as eight years of Bush Administration threats proved; Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas do not respond well to threats BUT respond very well to a positive treat. So all threats can do is to ALIENATE THESE POTENTIAL, REAL & POWERFUL PEACE PARTNERS and I certainly HOPE wise Israelis who want REAL PEACE in the region would refrain from such a language, even if it is just words…Because even words could be misinterpreted!

President Obama & First Lady’s First Overseas Trip was a Total Success

ARK — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:43:41 EDT

Sorry to disappointment you Rush Limbaugh, Mr. Cheney & Mrs. Palin! By all accounts President Obama & First Lady’s first overseas trip was a total success. The HOPE Leader and the First Lady have an aura of honesty about them. What ever they do and say comes from heart with lots of thought behind their words and actions and that is why they capture the hearts and minds of people over the world. They could be Christian. Jewish, Moslem, Buddhist, Hindu or…All admire President Obama as well as the First Lady. I am quite sure this Great HOPE leader will make the world a much better place for all of us to live in. His leadership will bring peace, prosperity and justice for all. My only hope is that mal wishers would be prevented to create obstacles in the way progress towards these noble goals. GOD BLESS & HELP President Obama, his family and this administration. May mal wishers and evil eyes be forever away from him, his family and his administration as well as the rest of the world. People all over the world have high hopes for this GREAT HOPE LEADER & his administration.

The Vice President and Secretary Gates are also very special and important pillars of this administration. GOD BLESS & HELP THEM BOTH.

Freedom of Speech does NOT mean one is FREE TO INSULT other people’s religious beliefs

ARK — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:55:54 EDT

Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen will NOT be a suitable NATO secretary-general. WHY? During these times when NATO is fighting Taliban and Al-Qaeda, the Organization does not want to appear anti MOSLEM and choosing this candidate as the secretary-general would give that type of message to the Moslem world. Mr. Rasmussen infuriated many Muslims by speaking out in favor cartoonist who insulted Prophet Mohammad and the Moslem world in the name of freedom of speech? Not only Islam but no one has the right to insult other people’s religious beliefs whether they are: Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, or have other beliefs. Freedom of Speech does NOT mean one has the right to publish insulting cartoons of a Prophet.

Perhaps and ONLY if there are minimum security risks, then President Obama could meet some demonstrators in London

ARK — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:10:02 EDT

During one their marches, the President could join them for a few minutes unannounced and sympathize with their cause and tell them that he would listen to their concerns just as he would to other world leaders.

The World Will be a Much Safer Place due to President Obama’s Leadership Style

ARK — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:58:42 EDT

During a Sunday interview at CNN, General Patreas said there are no additional threats against the US this year than previous years, sorry to disappoint you Mr. Cheney! If the present positive trend of President Obama’s peaceful gestures continues, then I am sure the world will be a much safer place. Meanwhile I too do believe the US has a lot more international prestige and is safer than the Bush/Cheney era, mark my word Mr. Cheney! If you still have any doubts, then wait and see the kind of reception Mr. Obama will get at G20. Wouldn’t you love to be in Mr. Biden’s shoes? Certainly NOT because you have not learnt your lesson yet! Now Mr. Cheney, plaese don't go around hoping for some thing wrong to happen, just to prove your point.

YOU REPUBLICAN DICKYs ChANGED MY BLOG. Don't do it again because I will correct it over and over again.

Free & Fair Trade Resolution at G20

ARK — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:31:32 EDT

Free and fair trade is very good for the world economy. One sided trade and investment of those unfair trade surpluses in the west has resulted in the present financial melt down. So WTO could also monitor fair trade as well as free trade. There is also a private enterprise project to make sure international trade is free and fair. This project could be launched very soon and will be discussed in more details. Once implemented the free and fair trade project would bring ADDITIONAL TAX income for countries which engage in that type of international trade.

A notable and important part of the Iranian Leader’s reply to President Obama’s Persian New Year message; “If you (the US) CHANGE, then WE (the Islamic Republic of Iran) WILL CHANGE”

ARK — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:25:21 EDT

Ayatollah Khamenehi, the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran reply to President Obama’s Persian New Year message was CHANGE FOR CHANGE. The Iranian Leader specifically mentioned: “If you CHANGE, then WE WILL CHANGE”

Hence forth, I am sincerely optimistic about brighter days and improved relations between two former friends. Looking forward to the day when based on mutual respect, these two great nations will be GOOD friends and allies again. ARK

There are Two Ways of Implementing Moderate Taliban Zone/Regions (MTZ) in Afghanistan; the Easy Way or the Hard Way!

ARK — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:41:23 EDT

The Taliban could accept the following conditions set before them:

1-MTZ should NOT be a Safe Haven for any type of hard liners whatsoever;

2-This proposal should be put on the ballot in MTZ region(s) during each presidential election in Afghanistan;

3-No direct or proxy attacks from MTZ(s) to other regions in Afghanistan and other countries;

4- If approved by the electorate, then this MTZ(s) Contract should be signed by moderate Taliban leaders as well as tribal elders in those regions;

5- Those who want to migrate from MTZ(s)should be able to and fair market value paid for all their property, guaranteed by Taliban. The same goes for those who want to migrate from Modern Afghanistan to MTZ. They should be able to do so and fair market value paid for their property, guaranteed by the central government of Afghanistan.

6- The system of governance in Afghanistan will be federal with one or two MTZ states;

7-No opium or heroin exports from MTZ(s) whatsoever.

These conditions as well as the alternative of more conflicts and suffering for the people of Afghanistan could be OPENLY put forward to Moderate Taliban in Afghanistan and advertised with leaflets as well as in newspapers and broadcasted throughout the country so that every body would be aware of the fairness of these conditions. Now MODERATE Taliban will either accept these conditions right away and try to implement them and that would be the EASY WAY…Or they would refuse and prefer more conflict which would be the Hard Way?! If they choose the later, then all the suffering brought to the people of Afghanistan will be their fault ONLY and hence forth the majority of Afghans will move against them… Either way, it is a Win Win situation for those who mean well and want to prevent conflicts and a NO WIN situation for those who believe in extremism.

What the President of Iran means by saying Israel has to disappear?

ARK — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:32:55 EDT

He has explained several times the purpose of this comment. He has said just like South Africa the system of Apartheid should disappear in Israel and the right of Palestinians to a sovereign state recognized; and Mr. Ahmadinejad has specifically mentioned similar to the way Apartheid was CHANGED in South Africa and rights of blacks recognized…Now one could agree or disagree with this comment but let’s NOT put it out of proportion. After all in Iran the rights of Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians to vote and to be represented in the Islamic Republic’s Parliament is also recognized…And although the population of many of these minorities is less than the minimum number required to have parliamentary representation but they all DO enjoy that privilege. Let us read between the lines…And in some cases reading the lines correctly is very essential!

I believe the US and the rest of world are saying the same thing but the way of saying it as well as the method of implementation differs!

Let us NOT exploit the situation of special needs people for political purposes; even if one of them is one’s own child!

ARK — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:08:40 EDT

I have no doubt in my mind whatsoever that President Obama’s administration will do a lot more for special needs people than any other US administration in the past. So Madam Palin, let’s not exploit a comment for political purposes. I seriously doubt if you would even be reelected as the Governor of Alaska, let alone being a presidential candidate in 2012, 2016 or 2036 for that matter. Keep on dreaming lady; you still have a lot to learn, the first of which is NOT exploiting the plight of others for your own political gains.

Thank you very much President Obama for a Positive and Courageous Persian New Year message of HOPE & PEACE to Iranians

ARK — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:47:17 EDT

That positive new year message coming from the President of the most powerful nation in the world is a very meaningful first step. It takes a lot more courage to be a promoter of peace than decelerate of wars. It shows the US HOPE Leader has lots of inner strength and confidence which is the sign of all great leaders. Actually such a great leader is a lot more powerful than those US presidents who used to brag and insult others… Persians have a saying that only vacant taxis use their horns to get customers and empty drums make a lot of noise!

Hopefully this atmosphere of misunderstanding will be lifted sooner than later between these two great nations of US and Iran as well as their respective leaders. Then an era of international cooperation, peace, prosperity and trade will begin; the result of which would benefit many nations in this region and throughout the world. Thanks again President Obama the Great and GOD bless you!

As we all know, the United Kingdom is a powerful ally of the US with lots of international influence

ARK — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:38:18 EDT

But of course it is the thought that counts! But Brits think differently, so if President Obama would approve this proposal, then during his March trip to Europe, among other presents, he could give a historical certificate to all NATO allies and special ones to the Prime Minister of Britain and the French President. That certificate could be written in an old fashioned Script or a similar font, bold and in some places Italic, on an old fashioned Papyrus paper, decorated with the American Flag and the flag of the recipient country side-by-side. Each certificate will be addressed to each European leader mentioning his name, title and country name. That certificate could read: “The United States of America appreciates having your great country as an ally and a friend for the past … years. We count on your future cooperation.” The term (or number of years) for United Kingdom and France could be much longer than others, so they would be really distinguished among other NATO allies. For Germany and other NATO allies the term will be exactly the number of years their country has been a part of the NATO. Each certificate could be A3 size and signed by President Barrack H. Obama and framed with very fancy red Oakwood or Walnut wood.

I would like to express my deep appreciation to his Excellency President Obama and the Honorable Secretary Gates

ARK — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:32:01 EDT

Thanks a lot for objective and honest reports to the US Congress. God bless this honest and objective US Administration. The world really counts on the HOPEx2 Leader and his administration.

It would be much better if Moderate Taliban Regions/Zones (MTR) in Afghanistan and Pakistan would NOT BE adjacent to one another

ARK — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:57:34 EDT

Why? The reasons are:

1- If there would be any extremist intentions and attempts at destabilizing these two countries from either MTR in Afghanistan or Pakistan or both, then they could not easily communicate with one another and travel from one MTR to another or as it is said consolidate their destabilizing efforts. That is also an acid test of good intentions on the part of moderate Talibans in either country. If they really mean well, then they do not need to communicate and travel covertly between these two MTRs.

2- If we choose an MTR area in Afghanistan which would be adjacent to the Pakistani MTR, then those two MTRs would also be too close to Kabul and Islamabad and that is really too close for comfort. So the security of Kabul & Islamabad could be endangered. When those two cities would not be safe, then the rest of Pakistan and Afghanistan could be endangered as well!

I would like to really thank first and foremost his Excellency President Obama, and then the Esteemed Madam Secretary of State and the Honorable Secretary Gates; Inviting Iran to a High-Level Pakistan-Afghanistan Summit is an excellent idea

ARK — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:21:09 EST

This move could bring more stability to Pakistan and Afghanistan as well as their neighbors and that is exactly in line with the strategic interests of US and Iran as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan. I believe this move is exactly in line with President Obama’s policy of positive engagement…Now if we reduce the insulting comments or unhelpful mini sticks, then we could have full cooperation on the Iranian side. I have faith in this process…And regardless of some people’s pessimist view of positive engagement; I sincerely believe such policy could bear fruits sooner than later. Moderate Taliban Region/Zone (MTR) in a federal Afghanistan as was mentioned in one my previous blogs could be a good starting point for negotiations.

Creating Jobs

ARK — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:58:13 EST

Please try to find different ways of creating jobs. If we do that, then Democrats will win in 2010 & 2012 &... If we do not, then no matter how politically righteous we are, we would still lose in those elections. The KEY IS THE ECONOMY! We the Democrats did not create the mess we are in, but we have got to fix it. Not due to future elections, because this is the right thing to do. I have some plans to create tens of thousand immediate jobs, if there would be government job creation low interest loans of $ 500 per each job created and we stick together, then we will succeed in creating those jobs and we could help the economy recover as well.

Congratulations Madame Secretary of State, your misstatements finally did it

ARK — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:17:55 EST

The war of words between US and Iran has restated, and that is similar to the failed policies of the Bush Era. Madame Secretary of State you have succeeded in alienating Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah! Your provocative statements finally resulted is a harsh response on the Iranian side. I certainly hoped I would not live to see another rift between Iran and US, but you did it Madame. Do you think without the support of majority of Moslems, there would be real peace in the region? I certainly hope you are right because you have bet the house on it…Not your home but the future home of Palestinians who should live side-by-side and in peace and harmony with Israelis. The main components of REAL PEACE are security, harmony and prosperity with a Sovereign Palestine and a very Safe Israel. I certainly hoped there would NOT be any more conflict in the region, but Mrs. Clinton do you really feel the same? Do you really feel with the elimination of the very popular and powerful Hamas you could have peace? Do you really think a few fearful dictators who are mistrusted by their own people could be reliable peace partners?! Or do you want to a create rift in the Moslem world and another one between Plaetinians and Israelis? If you do, then the best you could hope for is that your type of provocative diplomacy might succeed in doing just that. I was hoping and working towards a fair and durable peace in the region, but it seems you Madame at best have succeeded in continuing the mistakes of the majority of previous administrations and the same atmosphere of mistrust of the past 60 years. If Gandhi was alive today, this would have been a VERY sad day for him. This could also be a very sad day for Presidents Obama and Carter who DO care about REAL PEACE in the region and NOT wish washy half way deals!

Why shouldn’t The Palestinians and Israelis Live Side by Side in Peace and Harmony?

ARK — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:22:20 EST

I believe fair is fair! Just as Arabs should be allowed to live in Israel and have representatives in the Israeli Parliament (Knesset), Jewish people should also be allowed to live in a free and sovereign Palestinian State…And that could be a part of the Two-State Solution. In today’s Islamic Republic of Iran, Jewish people as well as Christians and Zoroastrian are allowed to live freely, worship and have parliamentary representation. Each of the above mentioned religions have their representatives in the Iranian Parliament (or Majlis Shoraye Islami) and are very much respected by the Iranian constitution as well as Iranians. Jewish people as well as Christians and Zoroastrian have lived peacefully in Iran and the rest of central and northern Middle East for thousands of years. Henceforth, there is no reason why they should not be able do the same in the future. However, that does not mean unlimited new settlement activities in West Bank…Thus stopping the development of future settlements could be a good start!

It seems that Secretary Gates is an Excellent Diplomat as well as a Tough Military Chief

ARK — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:59:10 EST

During a Sunday interview with CNN, his Excellency Mr. Gates, the wise and knowledgeable US Secretary of Defense mentioned that Iran is no where close to developing a nuclear weapon. However, we constantly see that some conflict lovers mention the contrary without any credible evidence. What is the reasoning for these pessimists? Perhaps some info given by Mujahedin Khalgh Organization (MKO)! This group is a well known terrorist organization who in conjunction with other Marxist groups used to terror Americans and other Westerners in Iran at the time of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. After the Islamic Revolution MKO tried to control the country through unrest and bombings! When they did not succeed, they became pro Sadam. So MKO became a more active terrorist organization in Iran and in Iraq where they were staunch allies of the Butcher of Baghdad. They helped Sadam by torturing and killing many Iraqi decedents and got paid handsomely for their services. Now is MKO a reliable source of information? CERTAINLY NOT! Apparently the experienced Secretary Gates, who really cares about the strategic interest of the US, knows the facts much better than a few people at the State Department. Perhaps it is time that the State Department also followed the President’s Policy of positive engagement rather than the Bush/Cheney policy of confrontation.

Those who really care about a Comprehensive Middle East Peace Accord (CMEPA) would follow President Obama’s Policies just as the wise Secretary Gates is doing and should not come up with policies of their own. What percentage of US partners for peace in the Middle East are elected officials or do have the full backing of their people? Less than 20% or less than 10%! I am sure that this administration knows the answer to that question much better than I do. Shouldn’t a comprehensive peace accord have the backing of the majority of people in the Moslem world as well or the backing of a few dictators is sufficient? Shouldn’t the US invite Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and Syria to participate in the decision making process that could result in a fair and comprehensive peace in the region as a whole? BUT Of course the answer would be a BIG YES! Some say first they must recognize the right of Israel to exist... And Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, Hamas and the rest of Moslem people are saying Israel should also recognize the rights of a sovereign Palestinian State. Now the question is which one came first, the chicken or the egg? My answer is neither and both, so let every body negotiate a fair and comprehensive peace accord without preconditions and all those questions and concerns will be taken care of automatically. Perhaps strong coalitions in Israel and Palestine with Hamas would be helpful towards a fair and comprehensive peace process… When we add Iran, Syria, Turkey Hezbollah as well as the rest of Arab world and the Quartet to the equation, then we will have all the necessary ingredients FOR REAL PEACE in the region. In a recent survey, 77% of Moslems did not trust the US intentions. Now with President Obama’s vast popularity and positive attitude that could change drastically. However, the State Department should not undermine this President’s positive peace efforts! President Obama is a very popular world leader admired by a vast majority of people in Europe, Asia and Africa as well as the Americas. The US could gain a lot by this type of positive intercontinental attitude towards its Honorable President. The US Leader is known to be an Honest, Objective, Peace/Prosperous Economy/Environmental (HOPE) LEADER. Those in charge at the State Department should take advantage of President Obama’s popularity to improve the US image abroad and not do any thing to the contrary.

Taliban’s Way of thinking is similar to the Pre-Islamic or the Jahiliyah (Ignorance) Era on the Arabian Peninsula

ARK — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:47:02 EST

Why pre-Islamic? Because Islam does not say women can NOT go to school? That was they way of thinking during the pre-Islamic era of Jahiliyah (Ignorance) on the Arabian Peninsula, where there was no respect for women at all. Why the Arabian Peninsula only? Because Iran, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon… had a rich culture of respect for ladies and powerful queens even before Islam and with the expansion of Islam their rich culture got even richer. In today’s Islamic Republic of Iran about 60% of university students are girls. There are many ladies in the Iranian Parliament or Majlis. There are even ladies with ministerial level positions in the government. Today there are a larger percentage of female MDs, lawyers and engineers in Iran than they were at the time of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In the past, Pakistan and Turkey had female Prime Ministers. In Bangladesh, they have had past and present lady prime ministers.

Taliban style region on the ballot during future presidential elections in Afghanistan

ARK — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:36:09 EST

Perhaps during future presidential elections in Afghanistan, a zone/region with vast Moderate Taliban Influence (VMTI) should be designated. On the ballot in that VMTI zone/region; the question of whether they want to have a Taliban style law and governor should be asked from all the people (male & female) who live in that region. If the majority of males and females in that region decide they want to have a Taliban system, then they should be granted more autonomy under a federal system. This question should be repeated & put on the ballot during each presidential election. I am sure sooner or later people will be fed up with that style of governance. However, main conditions for the existence VMTI Zone should be:

1-The VMTI Zone should NOT be a safe haven for extremist Taliban & Al-Qaeda;

2-No attacks from that region to surrounding regions/ countries as well as no attacks against any other country in the world, whether directly or through their affiliated organizations!

3- No rearming what so ever.

4-All elections should be fair and free for all (male & female) in that VMTI Zone, including but not limited to this question of whether people would like to continue with a VMTI Zone, asked during each presidential election;

5- Those who would NOT like to live in that VMTI region should be allowed to leave without prejudice and a fair market value should be paid for their property. Same goes for those who do not want to live in a modern Afghanistan or any where else in the world for that matter, then they could migrate and a fair price based on market value should be paid for their property wherever they would be.

If any of the above conditions are NOT met then the deal is off and the VMTI Zone will NOT be. If they get the majority approval in that VMTI Zone, then all Taliban leaders as well as elders in that region should sign a truce agreement with above mentioned conditions mentioned in that agreement.

Another moderate Taliban Section in Afghanistan, similar to the one in Pakistan

ARK — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:18:29 EST

Perhaps for the time being it could be a good idea to negotiate with moderate Taliban and give them another Taliban Region in Afghanistan (TRA). I would feel sorry for those who would have to live in TRA. So they should be allowed to migrate to other parts and those who want to live under pre-Islamic or Jahiliyah law should move to TRA. So any body who does not like the freedom in other regions could migrate to TRA. Why the pre-Islamic era? Because Islam does not say women can NOT go to school? That was they way of thinking during the pre-Islamic era of Jahiliyah, when there was no respect for women.

In today’s Islamic Republic of Iran about 60% of university students are girls. There are ladies in the Iranian Parliament or Majlis. There are even ministerial level positions for ladies in the government. Today there is a larger percentage of female MDs, lawyers and engineers in Iran than they were at the time of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In the past, Pakistan and Turkey had female Prime Ministers. Bangladesh there are past and present lady prime ministers.

Why a Taliban Region in Pakistan and Afghanistan? Because sooner or later people of those regions will be fed up with Taliban’s stone age mentality and get rid of them. Just as they did get rid their backward governments in Eastern Europe. Hopefully sooner than later! However the main condition for such regions in Afghanistan and Pakistan should be: “There SHALL NOT be a single direct or indirect attack against neighboring regions and countries as well as the rest of the world from those regions and there should not be any rearming …And if those conditions are forfeited, then the peace deal is off...

Please Do NOT call potential Partners for Peace in the Middle East terrorists and supporters of terrorists?!

ARK — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:16:28 EST

Does it really help to call those whom the US wants to have dialogue with in order to have peace and prosperity in the Middle East, supporters of terrorists, just as Mrs. Susan Rice did in UN? CERTAINLY NOT, just as it DID NOT WORK during Mr. Bolton’s era!

Let us define who terrorists are and who their supporters are. Terrorists are those who kill innocent civilians, like Serb Extremists in Bosnia, Hitler, Present Neo Nazis, Al-Qaeda… And the US knows very well who supported and supports all of those people and groups. But I guess this is like the saying goes and in this case: “Many people’s freedom fighters are called terrorists by others”! Those who are really interested in peace and prosperity in the Middle East should refrain from calling potential partners for peace names…And I do believe His Excellency, President Obama, the HOPE LEADER is really interested in peace and prosperity for the region as a whole. So why ruin such good intentions with name calling. Has the Iranian Government who used to call the former administration all kinds of names in response to the Bush Administration's name calling and insulting posture, called this government any names? CERTAINLY NOT! Name calling is not a stick, it is an insult. US military might is the real stick so when this government has such a big stick, then why the insults? The US Ambassador to UN could express her concerns about Iran by saying that the US Government is very concerned about the dangerous activities of Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad and the Iranian support for these groups. That way the full extend of the US concern is mentioned without any insults and name calling. That is called TOUGH diplomatic language… This type of harsh and insulting posture of name calling is beneath this honorable administration.

Revitalization of Financial Institutions and the Auto Industry, NOT Nationalization

ARK — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:55:16 EST

Some people really enjoy branding positive moves and creating discontent among others. Those types of people never come up with an idea of their own and all they do is criticizie other’s positive and forward moves! Why? Because it is much easier to criticize, then to come up with a practical and creative Plan! Thankfully those people are a few in this day and age…One such a creative and positive plan is the Stimulus Plan. That is not to say this plan is perfect and there is nothing wrong with it, but at this point in time this is the path to recovery. Let us say the US government will help AIG, Citi Group, GM … and in return gets stocks in those companies at rock bottom prices which is more or less what the situation is today. That is called the buyer’s market. Those stocks are sure to go up so if GM’s stocks are sold for $2.00 today, then it could easily be sold for $14.00 or more in the near future. At that point in time, the Government will gradually sell its stocks and make 7 times the investment made. Now let’s say the government will invest about $ 400 Billion in banking and auto industry stocks… And when we multiply that by 7 ($400 Billionx7=2,800 Billion), then we get $2.8 Trillion Dollars and that will

VOA/Persian’s Very Unscientific and Tainted Survey?!

ARK — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:24:41 EST

First VOA/Persian predicts US/Iran Dialogue will fail and then in order to support their negative assessment of the situation and false predictions, they conduct a call-in tainted survey. Why tainted and unscientific? Due to following reasons:
1- First they poison the minds of their viewers saying that since the Iranian President has put preconditions for dialogue, then it will not work. We all know that both US and Iran have their own agenda as well as some common interests dialogue Those common interest are:
A) Peace and prosperity for Iraq;
B) Peace and prosperity for Afghanistan
C) And last but NOT LEAST a Fair and Comprehensive Middle East Peace (FCMEPA)Accord for (FCMEPA) as well as prosperity for the region as whole;
* Since we all know the above, then VOA/Persian should know it and I am sure they know it well! But they broadcast the opposite and do every thing in their power to prevent the achievement of above mentioned honorable goals. Dear VOA/Persian, the era of conflict is over. All you people can do is put a dent in the process of Dialogue and Peace. But fair peace and prosperity is the WILL of the honorable US president as well as Iranian leaders and it will eventually prevail…And you guys can do nothing to prevent this process.
2- Once they had succeeded in teaching their viewers that the process of dialogue will not work, then on Monday February 23, 2009, they make a quiz or a so called a survey?! That call-in survey asks their viewers, what they think of the process of dialogue, especially since Mr. Ahmadinejad has set some preconditions. Tainted negative style method of questioning as well as brain washed and biased viewers! So majority of their viewers, just like good students who are trying to please their teacher (VOA/Persian) would reply yes teacher just as you said during your earlier broadcasts, "The process of dialogue will not work, due to preconditions set by the Iranian President". No VOA you guys know full well that Mr. Ahmadinejad did not set preconditions; during one his speeches for an Iranian crowd he mentioned his concerns, just as President Obama has done so on many occasions. But both countries' common interests far out weigh these concerns…
3- In any decent poll, there should be a scientific sampling of the population…And in this case the Iranian population seventy million people.. And not only a certain group of disgruntled and brain washed people. It is like asking a group of hard line Republicans about the success of the Stimulus Plan during a Rush Limbo Talk Show after Rush Limbo had told them how this Plan could NOT work! And then asking those Limbo listeners to call in with their views on the teachings of Mr. Limbo!
Dear VOA/Persian broadcasters you know better than that! You guys could fool some of the people some of the time, but NOT ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME!

When President Obama speaks the world listens

ARK — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:43:06 EST

Thank GOD President Obama is a very HONEST and HONONRABLE leader. However, in economic and financial matters, positive thinking and reinforcement of that way of thinking is also very important. World markets do react sharply to US policy and statements made by the leader of this country…So if the President says the economy could recover later, then that is exactly how consumer spending and markets will react. The HOPEx2 LEADER could also say that the economy is on the path to FULL recovery and not set a time frame for that recovery. This is the truth without getting in to too many details. Such positive words coming from such a popular world leader could easily reverse the present economy/financial down turn. Unfortunately when it comes to the economy, finances and politics, there is such a thing as being too honest!
Still the mind of billions of people throughout the world, his Excellency the Honorable President Obama is very: Honest, Humanitarian (Hx2), Objective, Optimist (Ox2), Peace & Prosperous (Px2) Economy as well as Environmental (Ex2) LEADER. Simply said President Obama is now the HOPEx2 world Leader.

Now VOA/Persian is making future US Foreign Policy

ARK — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:42:29 EST

In their Saturday, Feb 22, 2009 broadcast, VOA/Persian invited a so-called expert on Iranian affairs, called Mr. Aghai Diba?! That expert predicted FUTURE US/Iran dialogue will not be fruitful and both sides are preparing for conflict once those future dialogues will be over?! VOA the fortune teller! How could some one predict the failure of some thing that has not even started yet! Only a fortune teller would dare to make such a wrong prediction, and believe me such a person does NOT have the best strategic interest of US in mind! US/Iran partnership could HELP many issues in the Middle East. Some of which are:
1-Durable peace in Iraq
2-Durable peace in Afghanistan and Pakistan
3-A Fair and Comprehensive Middle East Peace (FCMEP)
4-US strategic interests in the region
5-Free flow of oil and gas from the Middle east to the world
Now:
1-Iam sure Iran is ready, will and able (RWA) to facilitate all of the above; and contrary to some dictatorships in the regions; if the government of Iran is asked to fully participate, then they would gladly get involved in fair and comprehensive peace accords…And when government of Iran does so, then they would have the full backing of Iranian people. That is a lot more than what could be said of some dictatorships in the region who happen to be US allies as well!
2-If some dictators is the region would want to the same, then they have to face severe internal turmoil. So those people could not really be counted on as legitimate and reliable peace partners. Even they try to do so, they lack the domestic legitimacy to back up their intentions. That is why these dictators are exporting their Al-Qaeda style extremists to countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Indonesia… Just to get rid of those extremist elements in the short term, but in the long term?!
3- Another reason why these dictators re so eager to promote peace in the Middle East is due to the fact that feel threaten by the power of Iran and want Israel to help them out against this very powerful Iran. However, Iranians have gone out their way to assure these dictators that Iran's power is no threat to them, but they have their own night mares and fears which is called Iran Phobia. And they have internal turmoil fears as well and such feaful people could not be reliable peace partners.
Back to VOA/Persian – Since most of these people’s jobs at VOA/Persian are based on conflict and negative advertising, when Iran US relations improve, then most of these people at VOA could lose their jobs … So one can not really blame them for trying to promote an extended conflict between these two potential GOOD FRIENDS…Iranians have a habit of some times breaking up with their best friends and not talking to that friend for a while…And after a while be even closer friends again with that GOOD OLD FRIEND... I am sure that is the case between Iran and US. Iranian grievances are: “Why our good friend the US treated us like a puppet at the time of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi?” Now they are saying dear US, dear friend, Iran is no longer a puppet. She is a regional power worthy of respect and US friendship but as a respectable partner NOT a puppet. President Obama extended a hand to Iran and you can rest assured that Iranians are ready, willing and able to extend both their hands to the good intentioned American Leader, just because Iranians always extend both hands towards their good friends…And contrary to some other countries in the region, when the government of Iran does that, then they would have full support of the Iranian people.

VOA Persian’s ALL NEGATIVE Broadcasting STYLE is HURTING the prospect of US/IRAN Dialogue and PEACE in the Middle East

ARK — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:56:31 EST
Year after year these VOA/Persian Broadcasters HAVE NOT had a positive thing to say about Iran! Is that objective Journalism? Certainly NOT! One of the latest examples is their Thursday February 19, 2009 report about Senator Kerry’s trip to the Middle East; Briefly what VOA said was that Senator Kerry has traveled to the Middle East to create a rift between Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hezbollah. Is that sound reporting and a step towards promoting dialogue and peace in the region? Certainly NOT! Because most likely that is not the US policy and even if it was the US policy, then that would be a top secret strategy and most certainly VOA people would NOT know about it?! VOA is still hung up in past policy of intimidation and agitation. And I believe this is quite the contrary to the positive US policy of engagement and dialogue. Some might say that is the stick part of the carrot and stick policy. However, we could rest assured that VOA is no stick. At most it is a tooth pick that could agitate ones gums and therefore prevent positive dialogue. In the past VOA rarely asked some one with an opposing point of view to participate in their discussions and news analysis. They used to have an anchorman called Baharloo who did that once in a blue moon and then he was fired! If one asks why the one sided coverage of the news? VOA would reply that is what our viewers want. But even FOX News has some one with an opposing point once in a while regardless of what their viewers want. VOA has an anchor person called Setareh Derakhsheh whose father was a well known communist. At the time of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Ms. Derakhsheh’s Communist father abused the turmoil of teacher’s strikes in Iran to force himself upon Dr, Amini’s Government as a minister! Some of these people act like they want nothing more than an extended conflict between Iran and US and they report the news with deep rooted vengeance and far from objectivity. Now if Iran had an English speaking Voice Of Iran (VOI) which constantly broadcasted one sided and anti US rhetoric to a US audience, then would that be taken as good will gesture towards dialogue with the US?! CERTAINLY NOT!
The Carrot and Sick Policy – I personally do not support this terminology which belonged to early 20th Century. Carrots are good for every body, humans and rabbits alike! However, people of the world are NOT rabbits so we could use sticks against them…And in today’s modern world, even if one wanted to use sticks on rabbits, then that person would have to deal with the Humane Society, and believe me they would not take very kindly to that attitude! What’s up DOC? But even if one wanted to use this out-dated policy, then the US military might is a super stick and BIG enough! And when a super power has such a BIG Stick, then that power does not use an irritating and uncontrolled tooth pick which could irritate one’s gums and therefore prevent dialogue. Why uncontrolled? Because State Department officials do not get an exact daily feed back of what is said on VOA in Persian. So VOA could follow one policy which would be antagonistic and anti dialogue while the State Department would be using a more positive engagement policy…And those two policies would contradict one another. I believe in the policy of speaking softly and carrying a BIG STICK! And I am quite sure that is exactly the policy of the present US administration. The only thing Iran wants is respect and to be taken seriously as international power. I believe Iranians have no intention of building or using any type of a nuclear weapon.
Iran also does have a Press TV which broadcasts internationally and presents the point of view of the Iranian government. However, even the Iranian Press TV has programs where people with an opposing point of view are asked to participate in debates and it does NOT only broadcast one sided commentaries.

The Source of Present Economic/Financial Crisis (SPEC)

ARK — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:17:23 EST

Simply put and in TWELEVE (12) CRUCIAL WORDS, the Source of Present Economic/Financial Crisis (SPEC) is: Large Balance of Trade Deficits (BTD) AND Balance of Payment Surpluses (BPS) of the past.
A- Unhealthy consequences of Large Balance of Trade Deficits (BTD) Year after Year
1-    Severe decline in quality of goods manufactured, productivity, international competitiveness…So many industries lost out due to these wrong economic policies, AND one predominant losers is the US auto industry…So in order to make up for these losses, the auto industry and others had to be awarded large defense contracts. So their mission of auto manufacturing was faded away by lucrative defense contracts. Then more attention was paid to where the money was rather than what the US automobile consumer market needed which resulted in less research and development (R & D)!
2-    The above resulted in loss of markets and increased unemployed AND we are still feeling the outcome.
3-    On the other hand US trade partners were able to export their goods and services to this country. So they had large cash reserves, higher employment rates, as well as improved and better quality products as well as a competitive pricing structure.
4-    Since they did not have too many options and they also had to control their internal inflation, those US trade partners invested large portions of their cash reserves in the US financial systems and that resulted in US Balance of Payment Surpluses (BPS). It all sounded fine and dandy and excellent economic policy of UNLIMITED FREE TRADE, but mistakes were piling up year after year until the bubble burst of 2007- 2008!
B- Unhealthy consequences of Large Balance of Payment Surpluses (BPS) of the past
1-    Lots of money was invested in the US financial system which was very strong but had a limited capacity to absorb those large sums of Foreign Direct Financial Investments (FDFI).
2-    So US financiers had to come up when new and creative ways of investing those moneys and expanding a limited financial system year after year. Then they came up with creative schemes such as lending the same money over and over again or another one called the Sub-Prime fiasco!
3-    Limited financial capability on the part of consumers and unlimited funds resulted in foreclosures and the Domino Factor of Financial Institutions failures in the US and worldwide, etc. etc…
C- Near Future Outcome and Proposed Solutions
1-    After this ECONOMIC Financial Crisis (EFC), unfortunately and due to excesses of the past, there could be less capability or tendency for FDFI in to the US. So we can NO LONGER rely on past mistaken economic policy of Large Balance of Trade Deficits (BTD) AND Balance of Payment Surpluses (BPS). If didn’t work, then lets CHANGE it!
2-    FREE TRADE SHOULD ALSO BE BALANCED & FAIR – Let us say that country X exports to US a lot more than it imports from US and that country is also hosting some US bases on their soil and is a GOOD Security Partner. Since every single factor should be taken in to consideration, then we will have to come up with a FAIR & FREE TRADE FORMULA that protects the rights of all trade partners. One sided deals have never worked in the past and will never work in the future! So here is a proposed FREE & FAIR TRADE FORMULA: $ Value of the Country X’s exports to the US less compensation for US bases in that country (if any), less a maximum trade surplus allowance for country X of 10-15% = US exports to that country.
In some cases and hopefully, the US would have some trade surpluses with third party countries (TPC) and those TPC could have trade surpluses with countries X, Y, & Z. who have trade surpluses with the US… Perhaps and only if US wants to give an additional advantage to those X,Y, & Z countries, then parts of the US balance of trade deficit with countries X. Y, & Z could be offset using the trade surpluses US would enjoy with third party countries.
3-    The policy of artificially Devaluating a Country’s Currency to make Exports cheaper and imports more expensive! Such countries should be warned and if those countries do NOT respond within a year to WTO & US written and official warnings, then tariffs the export of their goods and services to the US. The amount of these tariffs should be even more than the amount of artificial devaluation policy adopted by the country at fault! Why more? Because punishment should fit the crime and importers should be compensated for past Tainted Trade Policies (TTP) as well. Free Trade should really be FAIR AND UNTAINTED…And artificially devaluating a country’s currency will certainly taint the spirit of Free & FAIR Trade!

Baghdad PUPS & Bomb Sniffing K9 Training

ARK — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:50:11 EST

Since Baghdad Pups are being terminated badly in Baghdad every day, then I might have a solution for these PUPS in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan...
Perhaps we could ask the US and Iraqi Armies to train quite a few of them to become trained K9 Bomb sniffing. Then they could be freed every morning, sent to crowds, watched under cover personnel, and asked to come back to their special kennels every afternoon and then the evening shift would take over. These K9 dogs would have a collar to show they are army dogs so nobody should harm them...If some one would want to harm them then that person (he/she) would be mal intentioned and would be arrested. These K9 Bomb Sniffing Dogs (KBSD) would every day roam about in crowds and pick would be suicide bombers and attack them right away.
Under the Islamic Law or Shria, guard dogs such as sheep dogs are very much permitted. Kindest regards,

Creating Jobs and the US Stimulus Plan

ARK — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:25:05 EST
Some Republican politicians have raised the question of how this stimulus plan would create jobs. But of course this Stimulus Plan should create lots of jobs in modern transportation, construction, environment, IT, solar, wind, thermal and electrical energy, etc. One way of assuring success in the above mentioned fields would be the T.I.T. after T.A.T. method.

T.A.T. is the Technical Aptitude Test and T.I.T. is Training and Investment in Technology/Entrepreneurship which comes after TAT:

1- Technical Aptitude Test (TAT)
All those who have lost their jobs in the past 36 months and are still unemployed should take this Test. First they would mention what field(s) they like to be tested on. Then they will take the test in those fields so that they could be become practical technicians/Entrepreneur in that field who could hire other people as well. If they score 100/100, then they will get a $1000 Test bonus and will be registered to start the technical/entrepreneurial expertise to succeed in that specific field. If they get 95/100, then they will get $950 and so on down to 60 where they get $600. any lower than 60/100 and they fail so they would have to be given a study manual and participate in the next round of TATs or participate in another field. In order to prevent people taking too many unnecessary tests, we could give them the first TAT free and then charge an admission fee of $5-10 Dollars for each TAT and the same for each technical/ entrepreneurial manual. 80% of questions of each TAT could be basic technical questions in that field and 20% will be about basic and every day managerial skills such as Human resources management, accounting, taxes, insurance, pricing, etc.

2- Training and Investment in Technology/Entrepreneurship (TIT)

Training - each person will be trained in the field he/she has scored well. The training will also emphasize technical aspects as well as basic and useful every day managerial skills for a very small business enterprise such as Human Resources management, accounting, taxes, insurance, pricing, etc. During a 6 month full time training period, trainees will also be paid salary based on their grades, i.e. 100/100 will get a salary of $2500 per month and 60/100 will get 1500 per month. Those who get less than 60 in monthly exams won't get paid. Those trainees who score 85 and higher, will act as assistant trainers and would help others with their studies.

Investment in Technology/Entrepreneurship - Each person who passes the training with the grade of 60 OR HIGHER will get a graduation certificate saying that such a person is a Technician in that field…And if she/he applies, then WILL GET An Entrepreneurial loan equal to 300 times his/hers graduation grade. So for 100/100 that person gets $30,000 government backed loan and the 60/100 graduate will get $18,000 to start a new business in that field. So the average amount of loan given out will be $24.000.

The average salaries paid over a 6 month period is $12,000. so we have $12,000+$24,000=$36.000 cost per each trainee/entrepreneur. Now that trainee/entrepreneur will have 10 years after the start of his business to pay back this loan. If she/he hires 20 other people or more for at least 1 year each then she/he only has to pay back only 10% of his loan amount, if the trainee/entrepreneur hires 19 people then he has to pay back 15% and 15 people=pay back of only 35% and so on… The loan that seems to be lost, the government makes up in income taxes and less unemployment benefits paid.

So for one million trainee/entrepreneurs this program will cost $36 Billion and we add another 36 Billion for administrative costs, etc. This 36 billion could also create 100,000 jobs in the field of TAT and training… On the average each one of those one million trainee/entrepreneurs could hire at least 4 others, so we have spent $72 Billion Dollars to create at least 5 Million technical jobs. If those one million trainee/entrepreneurs only partially succeed and hire less people, then we need to redesign the test as well as the training system… And we will eventually fully succeed.

Equal Pay for Equal Work is fine but…

ARK — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:54:41 EST

Equal Pay for Equal Work is fine but being able to sue for past discriminations? Have we thought it through well and consulted some business owners, economists and top level managers about this law's implications and the burden it could have on ailing businesses and female employment in today’s economy?
Positive aspects
+1- It seems like a good political move especially for women who are discriminated against and could get some past salaries and benefits through law suits. It is a law based on fairness so it looks good presently and it will get some public support!
+2-Trial lawyers could also benefit because they would also get a piece of the pie either way. Both the plaintiff and the defendant need lawyers!
Negative aspects
-1- Businesses all over US are going through tough times so adding another burden to many problems they are facing today does NOT seem like a good idea. Especially during these tough economic times!
-2- The law of supply & demand as well as cutting costs and pricing states that when cutting costs, it is also very important to cut the cost of labor. That means businesses would either have to fire some of their work force or cut salaries or both… And especially during such bad economic times and with such high unemployment ratio, wouldn’t businesses prefer to hire some one as competent but at 22% less cost? Of course they would, so the law that is designed with all good intentions to help women is going to hurt their employment chances in the long run! Because now their salaries are exactly the same as their male counterparts so business owners would not get an additional 22% cost cutting benefit from hiring ladies!
-3- Creating the headache of past discriminations and dragging business owners and their expensive attorneys in and out of courts, although is good for trial attorneys but is going to hurt businesses more in the long term. So if this past discrimination law suits drags on, then we could have more bankruptcies and more unemployment, especially among small and medium sized businesses!
-4- Let us NOT forget the Republican Party which is already preparing for future elections… And then they might want to exploit such laws while doing so?!
President Obama had not even been inaugurated when this law was passed and last week he did sign on to it out of good will and fairness. President Obama and Mrs. Obama truly believe in fairness. However in the future, it would be much better for the good intentioned Congress to please consult with business owners and top level managers before passing such laws. For the time being however, perhaps it would be best to amend this law and eliminate past discrimination law suite clause. This is a Pandora's Box better left unopened.

The Inauguration of President Obama is the Evolution of the American Revolution

ARK — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:37:35 EST

Not too many countries have been able to overcome their past prejudices and CHANGE course for the better when needed. Perhaps globally a few countries have been able to do so! And now the good old USA is certainly one of those countries.
President Obama is not only a very popular US president with 80% approval rating nationwide, but he is the most popular leader worldwide. With this kind of intercontinental popularity under the grace of GOD there is responsibility as well. Thankfully President Obama is a very knowledgeable and responsible leader. I am sure that if he keeps his campaign promises, then history will judge him as another President Lincoln God Bless his soul. After eight years of division, distance and resentment, people of the world are looking up to the USA again and their hopes for a better life are running high. Let us NOT disappoint them and help the Honest and Objective Peace and Economic (H.O.P.E.) leader President Obama succeed. All of us in the world could help the HOPE leader succeed in bringing peace and prosperity to the US and the rest of the world by:
1- Not calling others names;
2- Listening to the other side;
3- Putting ourselves in the other side’s shoes;
4- Analyzing what the other side’s legitimate needs and concerns are and being compromising;
5- Working actively towards peace and prosperity NOT only for ourselves but for the rest of the world as well. This is best described in a UN poem: “Children of Adam are members of the same family, and partners of each other. Why some would wonder? Because each one of us is created exactly with the same soul as the other! If one is in pain, then others should also complain.”

Gesture of Solidarity and Security

ARK — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:43:23 EST

It is excellent that lots of people, mostly with good intentions are attending President Obama’s inaugural ceremonies. However, there might also be some White Racist Extremist Crazy Klan’s (W.R.E.C.K) people and other types of undesired elements with not so kosher intentions. I am sure that by now Homeland security has thought of almost every thing and is well prepared for that event. But with this many people, almost is not good enough. So we should reassess plans over and over and over again and prepare for all kinds contingencies.
If deemed feasible by security people and if there is a march by President Obama or a drive by, then another prevention method could be: 5-10 minutes before the President passes by, EVERY BOD should be asked to raise both of their hands and hold the hands of the person next to them in solidarity with the cause. And who ever refuses to do so without a legitimate reason should be double checked and watched closely by the security people. That way if there is person with mal intentions, then both of his hands will be neutralized and this gesture is also a very good show of solidarity with the President and with each other.

Show that you CARE by serving your community

ARK — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:47:54 EST

Hi,
As we all know with the inauguration of President Obama, the job is not done. Actually it is a very good start, but nevertheless it is JUST a START. So please be a part of the Obama Team by doing whatever is asked of you. The Obama Administration is trying to revive the spirit of community service and caring about the community you leave in. So please participate in a community affair and show that you really care. At this time of economic hardships it is crucial that we all sacrifice. So the first thing to do in order to help the Obama Team succeed is choosing a community service as described by President-Elect Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, President Clinton, Vice President Biden as well as lots of other Democratic and Republican leaders. Be a caring part of your community on Jan 19, 2009. The era of NOT CARING about the rest is over. Enjoy life and have a good time while doing it. I am sure you will feel real good afterwards. Please forward this message to at least 5-10 others. A few might say they are too busy, but nobody is too busy to donate blood or money to a worthy cause or...
Thanks a lot for caring about the well being of your community and your children’s future as well as that of your own.
Kindest regards,
ARK

Will President-Elect Obama act like President Abraham Lincoln?

ARK — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:08:23 EST

The world certainly hopes that President-Elect Obama will act like President Abraham Lincoln, GOD BLESS HIM. By being the first African American president of the GOOD OLD USA, he has already become a pioneer. Mr. & Mrs. Obama will also be some of the most highly educated couples at the White House. AND by supporting dialogue and the rights of every day people throughout the world and foremost with the grace of GOD; I am sure President Obama will serve two full successful terms in the White House.
God Bless all those who would promote peace and prosperity throughout the world.

Based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's book "Team of Rivals," Perhaps...

ARK — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:27:56 EST
Based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's book "Team of Rivals," If President Elect chooses to do so, then perhaps Senator McCain could be the Secretary of Defense with democrats as undersecretaries of defense. That choice could have several benefits, some of which are:

1-Going by the book;
2-Getting one more senior Republican Senator out of the Senate;
3-Showing good will towards the Republican Party;
4-Hearing a different point of view;
5-Passing more laws with bipartisan support;
6-Brining peace to the world with bipartisan support;
7-With bipartisan support, the US would take back its international leadership role sooner to solve international problems such as the world financial crisis and various environmental problems as well.

The new Honest & Objective President Elect (H.O.P.E.)

ARK — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:43:05 EST

This HOPE Leader would:
1- Bring peace to the world;
2- NOT make unsubstantiated allegations against other countries and would encourage every body to participate in the peace process;
3- Improve the economy;
4- Save jobs and create new ones as well as health insurance for all;
5- Keep most of his campaign promises.

The new Honest & Objective President Elect (H.O.P.E.)

ARK — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:43:05 EST

This HOPE Leader would:
1- Bring peace to the world;
2- NOT make unsubstantiated allegations against other countries and would encourage every body to participate in the peace process;
3- Improve the economy;
4- Save jobs and create new ones as well as health insurance for all;
5- Keep most of his campaign promises.

Rather SAFE than Sorry, don’t be scared just alert…

ARK — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:23:42 EST

But of course the secret service knows their job best. However, since I have seen lots of movies of this type, then I would like to recommend some extra security precautions. Taking these extra measures would be inline with Murphy’s Law & could NOT HURT. So perhaps it would be better if the following seven recommendations were considered:
1-President Obama’s staff did not announce ahead of time his schedule as much as possible;
2-Always drive in several similar looking limos one of which with Mr. Obama inside and the others with members of the armed security detail. Only right before departure, Mr. Obama himself would choose which car to ride in and not always the same one. There should be bullet proof glass 360 degrees around him during the historical inauguration ceremony and every time he gives a speech in public places. Every body that looks suspicious, sweaty, nervous, etc. should be stopped and double checked;
3-Never arrive on time and always arrive either earlier (much better) or later;
4-Never take the same route and always change the route as much as possible;
5-The secret service as well as the local police force and all other personnel surrounding Mr. Obama, in every city that he visits should be double checked for extremist or racist activities as well as any affiliation with such groups or showing any type of sympathy towards such radical people.
6-Every day people who see some fishy behavior or groups should report it immediately to the authorities;
7-The world is watching as the US takes back its leadership role, so let us savor these moments and be alert just like we would watch our own home and family.
GOOD LICK! GOD BLESS AMERICA, THE US DEMOCRACY & THE ONE & ONLY PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA.

Congratulations EVERY BODY!

ARK — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:32:10 EST

All of us Obama supporters would like to express our Congratulations to President-Elect Obama, first lady Michele Obama and the rest of the Obama FAMILY as well as the TEAM OF TENS OF MILLIONS OF SUPPORTERS in US and BILLIONS WORLDWIDE. Obama’s mother, father & maternal grand parents as well as paternal grandfather are watching from the heavens and all of them are really proud of him. However, US DEMOCRACY is also a winner at this race. I humbly bow my head to this GREAT DEMOCRACY, GOD BLESS AMERICA, THE LAND OF THE FREE! GOD BLESS President Obama and all of his supporters! After all of these conflicts and wars, hopefully people of this world will finally live in peace, prosperity and harmony. But all of us should keep on supporting President OBAMA and help him make this great country as well as the beautiful world we all share, better than before so people who are really happy and hopeful would NOT LOSE HOPE. Now the world really admires the US and its DEMOCRACY. The world is looking up to this great country again, so let’s share our happiness with others and bring more happiness and prosperity as well as peace to the US as well as the rest of the world.
TEAM 1 USA/OBAMA should now be formed. YES WE CAN DO ANY THING NOW! So let’s keep up the good work and bring about MORE CHANGE.

All of us Obama supporters would like to express our deepest condolences to President Obama

ARK — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:43:39 EST

"So many of us were hoping and praying that his grandmother would have the opportunity to witness her grandson become our next president," said Hawaii state Rep. Marcus Oshiro, an Obama supporter. "What a bittersweet victory it will be for him."
All of us Obama supporters would like to express our deepest condolences to President Obama, first lady Michele Obama and the rest of Obama Family. She and Obama mother are watching the heavens. So let’s vote and finish it up.

Thanks a lot & Keep Up the Good Work

ARK — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:48:58 EST
Thanks a lot very body, you all did well! Only two more days are left before victory. Please keep up the excellent effort and get at least 5-10 others to VOTE. It is NOT over yet, but we are close. So let's close the deal and get out AND VOTE.

Now with Mr. Cheney’s endorsement of Mr. McCain, the Failed Policy Quartet (FPQ) is complete

ARK — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:31:18 EST

The Complete Economic Failure - Since Senator McCain has rightfully admitted that he does NOT KNOW any thing about the ECONOMY, Mrs. Palin is too ignorant and stubborn to admit that she does NOT KNOW any thing about the ECONOMY and the past 8 years have proven that President Bush and Mr. Cheney know little about the ECONOMY and the present CRISIS,
Failed Foreign Policy – Due to failed policies of the present administration which Mr. McCain voted for 90% of the time:
1-there are more anti Bush Administration countries worldwide than ever before throughout the history of this great country;
2-Peru has expelled US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agents on November 1, 2008;
3-Many other Latin American counties such as Nicaragua, Venezuela and Ecuador have developed an unfavorable view of the present policies of this Administration and Mr. McCain;
4-Most people in the world look at US as a bully and dislike the present US policies which are very much supported by Mr. McCain;
5-As per a recent survey, most people throughout the world prefer Obama over McCain by a very wide margin. Among 200 countries worldwide, Only Philippinos and Georgians like McCain more than Obama (that is 1%)… And in those countries there is a much larger percentage of indifferent people than those who like Mr. McCain!
6-Iraqis have approved & adopted the Obama plan of troop withdrawal from that country;
7-Since the war in Afghanistan is NOT going well and this administration has NOT been able to find Bin Laden during the past 7 years, then even Mr. Bush has adopted the Obama policy of dialogue and is seriously thinking about negotiations with moderate Taliban to locate bin Laden and other extremists. And since Mr. McCain DOES NOT BELIEVE IN DIALOGUE, then his only option would be running a missing person’s ad in Afghanistan’s newspapers!
NOW we have failed past and present policies of the Quartet or the team of 4. These 4 people are proof enough that we do not need 4 more years of the same thing!


New Group for after the elections; Help Obama Make an Excellent USA Again (HOME USA AGAIN)

ARK — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:46:01 EDT

If all of us VOTE (O for Obama) and HELP 5-10 other people to do the same, then Senator Obama is sure to WIN the election. In that very likely scenario we need to help him implement his prosperity packages and succeed. We have invested too much of our time and money in this major event to let go afterwards! In order to so, we must keep active and do the following:
1-Form another GROUP called Help Obama Make an Excellent USA Again (HOME USA AGAIN);
2-Keep all other present groups active by following up on Obama Administration’s plans;
3-Emphasize quality in all US products and services;
4-Increase productivity in all that we do;
5-By increased productivity and much better quality as well as Obama's tax breaks, we should try to bring home some of the US manufacturing which is outsourced right now;
6-Buy American as much as possible;
7-Promote research in clean and new energies such as wind, solar, electricity, etc.
8-Promote biomedical research especially in the field of stem cell;
9-Based on Obama’s tax breaks for businesses which bring jobs back to the US, help create new 21st Century jobs in this country as well as keeping our present manufacturing/services jobs;
10-Keep an open eye on all kinds of undesired activities which would threaten the homeland security, whether it is White Racist Extremist Crazy Klan’s (WRECK) or other types of terrorists. Don’t be scared just alert, the same way we watch our own HOME;
11-Deal with other countries with an open mind and on fair basis; Talk to them and NOT TALK AT THEM as was the case in the past 8 years! SPEAK SOFTLY BUT CARRY THE BIG STICK OF THE US MILITARY MIGHT. Remember the pit bull that barks, doesn’t bite! And if she does bite, then she will only bite the hand that feeds her… Look at the division and chaos in the McCain Camp!
12-We should also pay a lot of attention to education of children as well as reeducation of adults in tools which make us succeed in the 21st Century. While at it, we could educate Senator McCain on economy and computers, as well as the BIG MOUTH Palin on the diverse economy of the US which is not based on oil revenues only and foreign affairs!

HELP OTHERS VOTE by...

ARK — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:34:49 EDT

HELP OTHERS VOTE by:
1-Giving them a ride;
2-Going in groups;
3-Keeping voters entertained and busy while waiting in line;
4-If possible, then ask some one to provide special transportation for disabled voters.
The above 4 efforts are enough to prevent 4 more years of the same thing as the past 8!

All these polls are great, but let's not get our hopes up too soon...

ARK — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:11:03 EDT

please read the following reminder by by Kristen Galiano of Fort Lauderdale, Florida:
All these polls are great, but let's not get our hopes up too soon,
remember, Democrats vote early, so no matter how good things look right
now, they can always turn around, we've got to make sure everyone that
hasn't voted yet does, find ways for people who are discouraged by long
lines to be more motivated, give your friends rides, set up voting
parties, my friends & I are all going to vote together, that way we can
keep each other entertained in during the wait, do anything & everything
you can think of, short of bribery, cause I'm pretty sure that's
illegal. Anyway, my point is, we can't start celebrating yet. In the
words of one of my favorite fictitious West Wingers, "You want to tempt
the wrath of the whatever from high atop the thing?" Cautious optimism,
people, cautious optimism. Let's get this thing done.

Let’s NOT act HASTY and Over Zealous

ARK — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:23:11 EDT

Thanks to you and all your efforts, Obama as well as many other Democratic candidates are winning but we must still do the following:
1-Vote;
2-Get at least 5-10 others to vote;
3-Please don’t use too much pressure on other people just a soft approach will DO and is much more effective;
4-Don’t do any thing rash and desperate, remember we are NOT the desperate ones, the others are. I chose to put this reminder in row four so that we are reminded why we do NOT NEED 4 more years of the Bush Era!
5-Now please make T-Shirts for voters saying “ I vOted for Obama” or “the Big O in vOte stands for Obama, or “Thanks for vOting for Obama” etc. Note there is no M (McCain) or P (Palin) in the word vOte!
Thanks a lot every body! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK & may GOD BLESS you all!

Would a cool and calculating President better serve this country or a wish-washy decision maker?

ARK — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:36:59 EDT

1-When choosing a vice-president Senator Obama and his advisors made detail studies of all possible candidates and picked the one who would serve this country best, if needed. Mr. McCain just needed to get some ultraconservative female votes, and without thoroughly studying all the qualified female and male candidates and without really consulting his advisors, picked Palin the big mouth.
2-When there was the financial crisis on Wall Street, during a phone call to Mr. McCain, Senator Obama offered to find a bipartisan solution…And Mr. McCain in order to look good and get some votes, jumped the gun and announced Obama’s plan as his own and said that he was suspending his campaign and moving to Washington to solve this problem?! First of all he showed that he could only do one thing at a time and certainly a capable US president should be able to do a few things at the same time as Obama has done. Secondly he couldn’t do any thing in Washington. Last but not least he back tracked on his original promise of not campaigning and participated in a debate the following day?!
3/1-When there was a Georgia Crisis, McCain jumped the gun again and made empty loud mouth threats against Russia and sent his wife to Georgia to show his sympathy with the Georgian people?! While Cindy McCain was in Georgia, Russia annexed South Osetia and another part of Georgia and to date those parts are controlled by Russians and have declared independence from Georgia. Obama on the other hand first consulted with the US secretary of State, Ms. Rice, then in line with the present US policy, had a calculating and tough reaction to this crisis. In his well calculated reaction Obama outlined the present and future US policy in the region and the kind of appropriate measurers which HE would take during his presidency.
3/2-On Iraq Mr. McCain wanted 100 more years of war?! However, even the present Republican Administration as well as the Iraqi people/government are following up on a schedule similar to Senator Obama’s withdrawal plans.
4-On the economy Senator Obama wants tax cuts for 98% of Americans who make less than 250,000 per year, while Mr. McCain is emphasizing tax cuts for only the 2% who are making over 250,000 per year. Mr. McCain wronfully argues that his tax cuts would help generate new business and that would stimulate the economy. McCain/Palin pals also make fun of the Plan to spread the wealth around?! McCain has also admitted that he does know any thing about computers, e-mails and the economy, good for him, bad for US! However, Palin is either too stubborn to admit she does not know anything about the economy or she thinks the US economy is similar to that of the oil rich state of Alaska? No, Mrs. Palin economies of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are similar to that of Alaska. Those countries just like the oil rich State of Alaska solely depend on oil revenues and high oil prices of the past few years, so their economies were doing well just like Alaska’s economy but the US economy is NOT OIL BASED and has NOT DONE WELL IN THE PAST 8 YEARS. In order to stimulate the diverse US economy, one should create demand and increase disposable incomes of the majority of Americans. And that is only possible through Senator Obama’s tax plans. Once there is increased demand, then businesses would be able to sell their goods and services, then they would make money. If businesses make money, then they would be willing to pay taxes and they would get lots of tax breaks and right offs as well. If there is no demand, then business don’t make any money and they go bankrupt. In that case Mr. McCain doesn’t have to give them any tax breaks, since they will be bankrupt, they won’t have to pay any taxes at all. Do you get it now Mr. Joe the Plumber? Under Mr. McCain’s plan you are better of NOT BUYING that plumbing business. Why? Because since there will be no tax cuts for average people, then they won’t have any disposable income to pay for your services. Under McCain’s tax plan people would have no disposable income, so they will try to do their own do-it-yourself plumbing and will buy their plumbing products from Home Depot directly and NOT through YOU JOE THE PLUMBER. So your plumbing business will go bankrupt JOE, but the good thing is under McCain’s plan you JOE the Plumber who-use-to-make-over-250,000 per year would be bankrupt so you do not have to pay any taxes at all!
These four points are enough to make sure that even misguided people like Joe the Plumber would NOT face four more years of the Republican Party’s wish washy economics and foreign policy decisions.

Tax Breaks and the Economy

ARK — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:46:15 EDT

1-Under Obama’s tax plan a couple with an annual salary of under $250,000 and every single person making under $200,000 will get a tax break.
2-Under McCain’s plan most people and businesses making over $250,000 will get a tax break… And Mr. McCain says that would stimulate the economy and create jobs?!
3-Economy 101 – If there is demand for goods and services, then businesses make money and expand. If the average Joe would have no money, then there is no demand for goods and services, so businesses will NOT have any income to pay taxes on! If there is money to be made and there is demand then businesses will invest any where regardless of that country’s rich people tax policy.
4-Under Obama’s plan by cutting the average Joe’s taxes, the government will give him more disposable income so that he/she could buy goods and services offered by businesses. Then businesses will flourish and the economy will grow.
5-Under McCain’s plan taxes of big businesses will be cut and to balance that effect, less will be given to average Joes, so the wealth would NOT be redistributed as Mr. McCain would put it. Through less tax cuts for average Joes, the government will give average people a lot less disposable income so that he/she could buy LESS goods and services offered by businesses. Then businesses will go bankrupt and the economy will be in a deeper hole. But the positive side to all this is THOSE BANKRUPT BUSINESSES WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY ANY TAXES AT ALL!