Mohsen, Esq.
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In his NYT interview, Tucker Carlson raises a point with obvious salience to its audience. Instead of pulling the thread, Lulu NYT pivots away. The interview is full of moments like this— Tucker raises points that cut across the usual “left vs right” framing, many of which Americans broadly agree on, and they’re simply not engaged or contested. But why? Does it cut against the outlet of record’s editorial line? Would engaging the point breathe life into ideas they’d rather keep off the table?
Mohsen, Esq.85,698 views • 1 month ago
I hope I’m wrong, but the narrative architecture + realities of this war are beginning to converge around the only precedent for the use of nuclear weapons in human history. - Lack of quick or effective military options against Iranian capabilities; - the Bushido-esque Shia ethos of resistance/martyrdom; - impenetrable missile cities; - leaks suggesting Israeli forces are nearing collapse; and - Israeli media increasingly airing previously suppressed damage from Iranian retaliatory strikes. This follows the same justificatory logic history has conditioned us to accept re bombing of Japan in WWII— an uncompromising adversary paired with the inevitability of mass-casualty alternatives. And the nail in the coffin would be a futile ground invasion of Iran descending into an Iwo Jima–level bloodbath without any change in Iranian resolve. Dangerous times.
Mohsen, Esq.28,859 views • 2 months ago
Under the Shah, Ramadan had a familiar voice. Before the 1979 Revolution, Mohammad Javad Zabihi’s recitations of the athan and Quran were regularly broadcast on national radio. He was a muezzin (a religious singer) whose voice was widely heard, and for many, the sound of Islam. The Shah reportedly took a personal liking to Zabihi’s voice, and his recitations sometimes included brief prayers for the Shah (which is normal for a societies ruled by monarchs). Following the Revolution, he was briefly imprisoned for his mere association with the Shah, but was released without charge. Not long after, he was brutally stabbed to death. Newspapers received a photo of his mutilated body, along with a note from an extremist revolutionary cell claiming responsibility.
Mohsen, Esq.17,210 views • 3 months ago
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