{"id":7644,"date":"2017-01-14T14:33:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T20:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=7644"},"modified":"2017-01-14T14:33:06","modified_gmt":"2017-01-14T20:33:06","slug":"who-iran-likes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/01\/14\/who-iran-likes\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Iran Likes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tehran Times<\/strong><\/em> reports<\/a> that Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran\u2019s Expediency Council, likes two of Trump’s nominations:<\/p>\n

\u201cMike Pompeo and James Mattis, the famous American generals who are going to lead the CIA and Defense Department respectively, are two of the most important and sensitive faces among Trump\u2019s cabinet picks,\u201d said Mohsen Rezaei in an Instagram post on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough their remarks have harsh and exaggerated faces of reality, it seems they possess a better political wisdom compared to many American politicians, and given the realities, they would avoid illusions and daydreams,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The former IRGC chief noted that the Islamic Republic is well aware of the two generals\u2019 records as well as their understanding and knowledge base.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey, too, are aware of our capabilities,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThey perfectly understand that Iran is a \u2018patient lion\u2019 as well as an \u2018alert tiger\u2019 and that they should not get close to it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Does Trump care about an Iranian politician’s opinion on his picks? Probably not. Will the Senate take note? Harder to say, but again probably not. And they probably shouldn’t – nominees should be judged on their merits, not on the opinions of those who may have opposed agendas.<\/p>\n

(Per Wikipedia<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, Pompeo retired as a Captain from the Army, not a General.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Tehran Times reports that Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran\u2019s Expediency Council, likes two of Trump’s nominations: \u201cMike Pompeo and James Mattis, the famous American generals who are going to lead the CIA and Defense Department respectively, are two of the most important and sensitive faces among Trump\u2019s cabinet \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7645,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7644\/revisions\/7645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}