Comments on: Behar: Iran Didn’t Come Meddle in The 2000 Bush V. Gore Election, So Why Should We Meddle In Theirs? (VIDEO)

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Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:18:50 +0000

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By: MsUnderestimated

MsUnderestimated — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:54:29 +0000

I'm just saying, the Iranian people no longer want a dictator. They're
saying it; not me.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:39:10 +0000

Wasn't the Shah overthrown by the popular Iranian Revolution of 1979, which ushered in the current theocracy?

As far as the US is concerned, its surest foundation is in Christian morality rather than secular democracy.

By: MsUnderestimated

MsUnderestimated — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:16:28 +0000

Perhaps, but let's say Mousavi was put in. The people would DEMAND he give
them what they want, because he would owe it to them. Quite frankly, I've
heard from several scholars that Mousavi has changed in recent years. Who
knows? But the current regime is illegitimate as it stands.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:09:24 +0000

Come to think of it, perhaps a better, or at least more recent, example would be Castro, who made a popular visit to the US in 1959. Even Chavez was democratically elected.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:59:40 +0000

Is there a specifc goal, though, or is this anarchy? I mean, when the Czar was toppled, what replaced him was, by most accounts I imagine, worse.

By: MsUnderestimated

MsUnderestimated — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:45:40 +0000

It's not about Mousavi anymore; in fact, it has not been since about the 3rd
day. It's about FREEDOM.

By: Lobogris

Lobogris — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:41:36 +0000

"above all, avoid the message, attack the messenger."

If I had wanted to attack the messenger, I would have attacked "Time Magazine's Joe Klein". Worm.

Here's one for you. www.reclusiveleftist.com. Go see how they feel about your precious messiah. While you're there, try and explain "the self loathing women of the republican party." FYI...it is not, and has never been, a right-wing blog site. Worm.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:36:48 +0000

I don't doubt your bona fides with regard to the Iranian people, but what is the goal of “supporting Iran”? Is it to put Mousavi in power? Would that be a good thing? The election of Hamas has shown that universal suffrage is no guarantee of political stability.

The establishment of parliamentary elections in Iraq was a sensible response to the power vacuum created by the removal of Saddam, based on the model of Germany and Japan post-World War II. But there is a key difference between then and now: post-World War II the Nazi Party and Emperor-worship were abolished. Had these latter two forces remained in place, universal suffrage could have provided moral support to the very regimes we had fought for years to defeat.

By: MsUnderestimated

MsUnderestimated — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:54:29 +0000

I'm just saying, the Iranian people no longer want a dictator. They're
saying it; not me.