Comments for Iran used to be a Democracy

Comment by Adam Flude

Adam Flude — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:46:08 +0100

Adam Flude said:

No wonder the world is such a mess. People like Bush & Blair would talk of the utopia of a world democracy, but successive UK & US governments (their own governments included in the case of the elected Hamas in Gaza) have been willing to employ state sponsored terrorism and murder to destroy any democratically elected regimes that don't fit in with our own greedy capitalist idealism.

Whether they wanted it or not, the poor Iranians have the US & the UK to thank for the Revolution. I wonder how much more peace, love, harmony and prosperity could exist there today if we hadn't interfered (as we always do) all those years ago, when we destroyed their democracy.

Comment by Kenneth Jackson

Kenneth Jackson — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:09:02 +0000

Kenneth Jackson said:

Perhaps now with the appointment of Barack Obama and hopefully Mohammad Khatami come the June elections, there is light at the end of the tunnel re: the 30 year face-off between the two countries.

2 things I wish for: 1. Closure of all US strategic bases and withdrawal of all forces from the middle east that are not required to fight the Taliban, along with a fundamental change in US foreign policy direction. 2. A more moderate Iran with equal rights for women, a freer press and freedom of/from religion. Is that too much to ask??

Well..... nothing wrong with a bit of optimism!!

Comment by Hagoli

Hagoli — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:56:53 +0000

Hagoli said:

This is right on and all the facts are dead right. Keep saying it! Shame about the apostrophes...

Comment by Geoffus Weoffus

Geoffus Weoffus — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:43:34 +0000

Geoffus Weoffus said:

I feel that it is vital to keep exposing the past (and present) culpability of forces outside of the middle east in creating the undesirable circumstances which exist for so many across this diverse region. This is not simple point-scoring, it is necessary in order to destroy xenophobic assumptions about who is and who is not civilised.