Fareed Zakaria's GPS: There's been a military coup d'état in Iran by the Revolutionary Guard in 2009

[Turborama]

Run time: 07:34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs442iKkyyI   Posted on YouTube: June 28, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: June 29, 2009 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 2506

 
Robert Baer, former CIA agent who was once called "perhaps the best on-the-ground field agent in the Middle East," discusses Iran's Revolutionary Guard and the U.S. government's knowledge of what is really going on in Iran. Click http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/06/28/robert.baer.pdf">here to read more about Robert Baer.

Full interview - he continued for another minute: http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/06/28/gps.robert.baer.intel.iran.cnn?iref=videosearch

From: http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/fareed.zakaria.gps/

Further reading which backs up Baer's statement:

NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/world/middleeast/25tehran.html?_r=3&ref=world">Ahmadinejad Reaps Benefits of Stacking Agencies With Allies

Reza Aslan: http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-15/irans-military-coup/">Iran's Military Coup

[tsuki]

1. No one knows what's going on in Iran. Hmmmm, he should watch

the network pun-twits. They know everything about everything. They could tell him a thing or two.

:eyes:

Seriously, is Fareed Zakaria on US TV. Seems to calm and reasoned.

[theoldman]

2. Baer sounds like one smart guy.

Unfortunately this means that no one in our government is listening to him.

[sam sarrha]

4. well, at least the ReThugs aren't, or they are an want Obama to start WW3 to make the GOP look good

and make a lot of money on another needless war

[liam_laddie]

6. Baer is retired CIA field operative

He spent many years in the Middle East; often disagreed with Langley. The George Clooney character in "Syriana" was IIRC loosely based on Mr. Baer's exploits. I value his opinions highly; he's a truth-teller.

[ihavenobias]

3. Interesting.

Thanks for posting.

[Po_d Mainiac]

5. Archived Baer interviews

http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/03/09/12_baer.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tehran/interviews/baer.html

IMHO, Worth reading

[Turborama]

8. Interesting reading, thanks for the share. n/t

[sonias]

7. Excellent perspective

Fareed is a very good interviewer and Baer's take sounds very credible. The best thing the U.S. can do is stay the hell out of it and let it play out. We can all support the Iranian people and be on their side, but our involvement would just be a disaster. This is an internal struggle that the people of Iran will win eventually. It's just a matter of time.

Reza said the same thing on The Daily Show. He said Obama was doing the right thing by staying out of it. If you want to seal the deal for the military coup in Iran just listen to the crazy U.S. neo-cons blathering about getting involved in Iran. So Reza thanked Obama for playing it smart.


Sonia

[libodem]

9. This seems like a very rational take

on the situation.

[Turborama]

10. Good call by Baer et al, the Revolutionary Guard confirmed it themselves today

Iran's Revolutionary Guard takes command

Calling the move "a new phase of the revolution," leaders insist there is no room for compromise on Ahmadinejad's reelection.

By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
5:30 AM PDT, July 6, 2009

Reporting from Beirut — The top leaders of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard publicly acknowledged they had taken over the nation's security and warned late Sunday that there was no middle ground in the ongoing dispute over the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a threat against a reformist wave led by Mir-Hossein Mousavi.

Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, commander of the elite military branch, said the Guard's takeover of the country had led to "a revival of the revolution and clarification of the value positions of the establishment at home and abroad."

"These events put us in a new stage of the revolution and political struggles, and all of us must fully comprehend its dimensions," he said at a Sunday press conference, according to reports that surfaced today.

"Because the Revolutionary Guard was assigned the task of controlling the situation, took the initiative to quell a spiraling unrest. This event pushed us into a new phase of the revolution and political struggles and we have to understand all its dimensions."

Continues: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-iran7-2009jul07,0,5039533.story