and give up on our principles . “ I think they ’re looking for a strong constitutional conservative , ” Cruz added . " What we are seeing is conservatives uniting behind our campaign . ”
Three days later , Khomeini himself made a direct appeal to the White House . " It is advisable that you recommend to the army not to follow Bakhtiar , " wrote Khomeini in his " first first - person " message on 27 January . Khomeini , in effect , had three requests : smooth the way for his return , press the constitutional government to resign , and force the military to capitulateconflict.yield.na. The ayatollah also included a subtle warning that if the army cracked down , his followers would direct their violence against US citizens in Iran . Still , he made sure to end on a positive note , emphasising the urgent need for a peaceful resolution of the crisis .
Aggressive atheism is sometimes attributed to me , but I think wrongly . ” Although the decrease in church attendance indicates that “ the tide is going in the right direction ” from his point of view he thinks moderates have been pathetic about standing up to the extremists . “ There ’s been a tendency for decent liberal people to capitulateconflict.yield.na. I talked to a woman who was a schools inspector . She said she knew for a fact that there were many girls being sent to the north of England to be mutilated , that the police were turning a blind eye . ”
Three days later , Khomeini himself made a direct appeal to the White House . " It is advisable that you recommend to the army not to follow Bakhtiar , " wrote Khomeini in his " first first - person " message on 27 January . Khomeini , in effect , had three requests : smooth the way for his return , press the constitutional government to resign , and force the military to capitulateconflict.yield.surrender. The ayatollah also included a subtle warning that if the army cracked down , his followers would direct their violence against US citizens in Iran . Still , he made sure to end on a positive note , emphasising the urgent need for a peaceful resolution of the crisis .
He also too easily assumes that he will remain in control of what he started ; this , too , is something we ’ve seen before . When the Kremlin decided to intervene in Ukraine ’s Donbass region , arming local malcontents and sending men and guns to back them , it must have looked like a shrewd tactic . Kiev , the thinking went , would be forced to capitulateconflict.yield.na, and Moscow could claim not to be involved . More than two years later , Russia is still mired in a vicious and bitter conflict , bankrolling the thuggish pseudo - states of Donetsk and Luhansk out of a shrinking state budget . In some ways , the story of Putin ’s foray into American politics follows the same trajectory .
Hide Caption 3 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures German soldiers on the Esplanade du Trocadero view the Eiffel Tower . In June 1940 , German troops marched into Paris , forcing France to capitulateconflict.yield.naand establish the pro - Axis Vichy French government . Hide Caption 4 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures British Hawker Hurricanes fly in formation during the Battle of Britain in 1940 .
Hide Caption 3 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures German soldiers on the Esplanade du Trocadero view the Eiffel Tower . In June 1940 , German troops marched into Paris , forcing France to capitulateconflict.yield.surrenderand establish the pro - Axis Vichy French government . Hide Caption 4 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures British Hawker Hurricanes fly in formation during the Battle of Britain in 1940 .