the eyeranian

Pedram,

I agree. We have to be vigilant. It is urgent. We have to show them, they will regret if they attack Iran.

It is not a good time to play politics to try to convince those who did not bother protesting Iraq war. We have limtted energy that has to be used for more urgent needs. Big chances are they will not protest next bullying of the States either. They might oppose it while they are having their coffey. Thatmight be nice but doesn't help us. If it is like an entertaining movie to many, it is our families and friends who will be bombed. We cannot let that happen. We cannot let bunch of war criminals to further ruin our country. The criminal regime of Iran has to go, but by our hands and only our hands, not bloody hands of Bush and his criminal gang of Wolfowitz, Pearle, Cheney, and Rumsfeld.

Damn that regime of Iran, that has put us on such a three way road of "What to DO".

This is seriously the most paranoid site. Speaking as somewhat of a neocon i can say with absolute certainty we have no intention of launching a military attack on Iran. No neocon has ever proposed this.

Most Americans support the Iranian student movement. That does not mean we want to intervene militarily. We are happy for you to manage your own destiny. There is a movement to persuade public opinion in Iran, but not to persuade them to accept military intervention by the United States since we have no intention of that.

We have a difficult decision to make here in the U.S. Do we make a phony peace with the mullahs who are in charge now or do we hold off and hope the Iranians overthrow them and then make a historic peace with whatever new regime is in place.

If we make peace with the mullahs now it would be like selling out the Iranian student movement. The best thing to do is for America to stay out and allow Iran to manage its own destiny. I believe we should move from a policy of containment to empowerment. That is to say that we support their struggle for freedom, but they must take hold of their own fate.

The situation with Iraq was completely different because we had a cease-fire agreement with them after the first gulf war which they violated in every possible way for 12 years and many Americans felt we had left the first gulf war with the job unfinished.

I can tell you with absolute certainty that no matter what you read, the U.S. will not be attacking Iran. Not now. Not ever. So what are you waiting for?

I wonder if you would be paranoid too if a country with the arms, wealth and money to crush you had just finished invading two countries to your both sides and now it's leader is calling you a part of "axis of evil", his adviosors call for "immediate action" against you, their political allies openly advocate military action upon you and every other newspaper or television story seems to be either a threat, an accusation, an ultimatum or overt calls of "destabilizing" your country.

Jerry in Jersey

Do you not think that many Iranians want regime change? (there's a general strike on June 9th.) Do you not think America could help to achieve this, perhaps even in a peaceful manner? These aren't my opinions, I'm just posing questions.

Incedentally, I found this peice very interesting.

Brandon, by supporting the student movement, the US government only makes the oppressive Iranian government crack down harder on the students. It would be best if the US does whatever it is going to do quietly and quit sabre rattling. Sure it would be great if the Iranians had their own revolution, and making peace with the hated regime in place now is not a real solution. But we need to let Iran have it's own revolution, it's own way, and in it's own time. It may not be the way America would choose it, but thats just too bad.

Oh, and Faramin, I'm done with my coffee now ,;-)

"Student Movement" is the new code word NeoCons use for one man. Mr. Heshmatollah Tabarzadi is that man and after most organizers of his one-man-show "Democratic Front" left due to his undemocratic conduct (hey, what do you expect from a man that gets the organization domain name after himself; tabarzadi.org ), now he is busy joining the Reza Pahlavi's non-existant coalition.

To answer Ryan - Thank you for your honest approach and manner of questioning. Yes, many Iranians want theiur government replaced. What they do not want is for any foreign power to replace it for them with a puppet regime. The current U.S. administration unfortunately is very deeply involved in working on the latter. They have set up various forums and organizations to support a small group gathered around former Shah's son, Reza with his multiple broadcasting facilities. At the same time, they have shut out all other groups and individuals working for democratic principals. If this is the kind of help they can offer, none will be much more welcomed.

There is no such thing as a "general strike" happening on July 9th either. This is a date picked by the same group for start of a mass unrest in Iran. They will come out in their full force, which will mean the Iranian masses will be left out again. This is their attempt to cause a crackdown and reaction by the regime, so they can use it to legitimize foreign assistance in their future ventures.

Thanks, that (as well as your recent posts) explain a lot. I'd only heard the Very Right wing people talking about this strike, and tutting at how the left were ignoring it because the left doesn't really care about democracy. That's their line on the matter, and I'd read nothing else, so I wanted to know what was going on!