Iran Guards Chief Criticizes Rouhani-Obama Call

The revolutionary guards are Iran's cancer, just like Hezbollah is ours. They don't answer to the president, they undermine him.... They might even blow up his convoy just like Hezbollah blew up Rafic Hariri.

May God curse these terrorists and their fans.

I hope that the talks between the US and Iran will have a positive outcome for the whole region.
There are obviously a lot of parties in the US and in the region that do not want such a deal but we need good news in our backyard.
Peace and security in the Middle East would mean economic growth, job opportunities, tourism, culture, education, agriculture, industry and no need to leave our countries, risk death at sea and get humilated in foreign lands.

Southern, OK, Jafari has the right to oppose his president. Let us call it freedom of opinion. But here's the catch Jafari stated:

"If we see errors being made by officials, the revolutionary forces will issue the necessary warnings,"

See, he is getting ready to issue a warning to the president. That doesn't sound like good old fashioned democracy at work now, does it?

that anyone can express his views, even if they differ, that's freedom of speech. jafari didnt use force, he used words, only a brainwshee is incapable of seeing that.

"Never has any sitting American chief of staff has allowed himself to publicly challenge his commander in chief political decisions/moves."
ahem...
http://www.rense.com/general76/third.htm

and on top of that, if it wasnt the case and the army just executed decisions without any possibility of expressing disagreement, that would be dictatorship, kind of like under the nazis, where army generals were "only obeying orders"

of course Qahwaji cn express his views, if there is a serious matter and he sees something wrong, he MUST say it. expressing a view does not mean mutiny or disobeying direct orders (like rifi did).
also, i thought we were talking of iran and the US, why divert to qahwaji suddenly?

I am here roar, always taking it easy ;)

"This constant drum beat of conflict is what strikes me, which is not helpful and not useful," Adm. William Fallon, head of U.S. Central Command, said in an interview with Al-Jazeera television, which made a partial transcript available Sunday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/23/AR2007092300196.html

oh.. darn, it's not on rense and it's a televised criticism of his the US administration war drum beating. ouch guys.

criticism of his *superiors in the US administration

In the US, military officers that do not tow the official line end up being forced to resign. The following is from wikipedia on admiral Fallon that was brought up by _mowaten

On March 11, 2008 Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced the resignation of Fallon as CENTCOM Commander. He stated that Fallon's reason for resigning centered on the controversy regarding a recent article in Esquire magazine[11] which depicted him as openly criticizing the Bush administration[12] with specific regard to American policy towards Iran

iranian gvt needs to open its policies after the very difficult situation ahmedinejad put them through. economy has fallen, unemployement and inflation sore, the iranian people are fed up with this regime and if they do not change they face a revolt too! iranian people don't give a damn about hezbis, hezbis are the tool of the islamic regime.
that is why rouhani is trying to open to the west and dealing with them. but of course he is still under the orders of the ayatollahs which govern this country under sha3ia laws (like in saudi by the way LOL!)

anonyme: "Never has any sitting American chief of staff has allowed himself to publicly challenge his commander in chief political decisions/moves."
ahem (bis)

also, i dont support sacking them for speaking publicly, and i dont consider the us&a like a role model that we have to follow. your criticizing the iranian general based on what you assume they should be (more like the US) is nonsensical.

The man to watch is Khamenei. He indicated his disapproval of the Republican Guard's involvement in politics, and Jafari brazenly defies the Supreme Leader with his statement against Rouhani. How will Khamenei respond? I smell a power struggle and Khamenei, as usual, is the fulcrum.

funny how you M8ers are always here to defend iran.... but never have you seen one against M8 defend saudi arabia's regime....

the difference is that open minded people can see that saudis and iranian regime are BOTH dictatorships based on islamic extremism...

but only M8ers fail to see that for iran! LOL

Iran, a democracy? ha! go tell that to all the people that were not allowed to run for president because they were not approved by khumeini.

Southern, whenever you have politicians, you're going to have jockeying for power and influence. That's the nature of the political game. A politician must garner influence. without influence, a politician is useless. From the backrooms of the US Congress to the corridors of the Vatican to Qom and Teheran. They all play the same game. There is always someone waiting for his political opponent to slip. That's the opening to score points.

Texas: come to think of it, I bet that Khamenei will keep both Jafari and Rouhani. He will play them against each other, and they will keep each other in check. Don't underestimate the machiavellianism of Iranian politicians: Iranians invented chess!

Mr. Revolutionary (Hemm, I guest the Iranian revolution has not ended. OK, anyway) Guards chief, I like to send you a couple more presents that you wouldn't approve of.

I respect irans self-sufficiency, especially in military production... Having said that, I'd like to say they are a democracy like the Vatican is a democracy.

@southern, ok we get it, leader of the revolution... How long is this revolution gonna take? Is Iran ever gonna be ready to trust its own people? This vague "revolution" has become the very thing it was revolting against. Iran can be a great country without these incompetent ppl in charge.

I expect this guards chief to retire soon, only cause the article says khamenei asked him to stay out of politics. I think that shows u who is really in power in Iran, and as souther proudly admits...

This was too public... If this guy doesn't "quit" soon, it means khamanei was behind it, or the military is too big to control now. Time will tell.

Iran Logic-101.

Southern: What logic to you employ when you characterized the U.S. as "warmonger", but you praise the Iranian and Syrian regimes when they butcher their own people and innocent Lebanese?

Mowaten: Jafari said: "If we see errors being made by officials, the revolutionary forces will issue the necessary warnings," Here, the operative words are "... the revolutionary forces will issue the necessary warnings..." This statement directed towards an elected President goes beyond an otherwise protected speech practiced in nations who constitutionally provide and protect freedom of speech. Just as "Fighting Words" and speech that "threatens Executive decision" do not enjoy Freedom of Speech under the 1st Amendment in the U.S., a threat by Jafari to issue the "necessary warnings", which is intended to alter the course of a Executive/Presidential decision, clearly does not constitute mere garden variety protected speech. But then again, Jafari is Iranian, and he is not subject to the same standards of Freedom of Speech that the U.S. enjoys.

I have always felt that diplomacy is a much more effective option than military build-up and threats. Look at how far the Israelis have gotten by using well-educated marketing-minded individuals as the face of their "cause." They are somehow able to appeal to the West and their masses. Arabs, on the other hand, have had ignorant war-mongers like Arafat, Ahmadinajad, and Nasrallah who know nothing but threats and finger-shaking. Their very existence is based on ensuring that Israel remains a daily threat.

We finally have what appears to be a reasonable man at the helm in Iran. In just one short month in office, he already has the Israeli leadership shaking in their boots like they have at almost no other time in their existence. All this was accomplished through diplomacy and a civilized appeal to the West, rather than what we have grown accustomed to. Let’s how that we keep heading in this direction so that the words of Nasrallah et al. will start to fall on deaf ears.

All I can say to chief Said BS ....

I like to say to Jafari BS..