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To: kumar who wrote (2881)8/1/2007 11:43:46 PM
From: HawkmoonRead Replies (3) | Respond to of 4152
 
the relationship between the people of India and the people of Iran which is centuries old, will not(and can not) be broken.

This is what I've advocated with regard to US policy towards Iran. We have a long-standing relationship with the Iranian people which has been overshadowed by our imcompetence related to the Shah, and our unwillingness to negotiate with religious fanatics...

But we have that relationship with the Iranian people since many of them moved here to the US and retain significant family ties to Iran.

And I'm not sure how credible the polling data the following analysis is based upon, but it's interesting:

strategypage.com

July 21, 2007: A recent opinion survey showed that 58 percent of Iranians would support a foreign invasion to overthrow the current religious dictatorship. However, nearly 70 percent would prefer a popular, but non-violent, revolution, like the one that tossed out European communist dictatorships in 1989-90. Worse, 92 percent do not approve of how their government operates. Only eleven percent oppose democracy, and 72 percent did not support the "Islamic Revolution" that has dominated the country for 28 years. Still, most Iranians are not willing to fight, knowing that the minority of Iranians who do support the government are armed and willing to kill Iranians that oppose them. The survey also showed that 78 percent of Iranians believe the country should have nuclear power, but only 46 percent believed they should have nuclear weapons. Interestingly, 52 percent believed that Western Europe would accept Iran having nuclear power. People are not happy with the government foreign policy, with 60 percent opposing support of Hizbollah, 56 percent oppose support for Hamas, and 70 percent oppose the destruction of Israel. However, a third of the population agreed with president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's contention that the World War II German death camp program, that killed six million Jews, never happened.
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I'm not big on invading Iran.. I want them to become sufficiently disgusted that they do the same thing the religious fanatics did to the Shah. This is how democracy should evolve.. the people rising up to overthrow tyranny based upon their own desires.. not those of foreigners.

And if necessary, we should play the very same role that France did in our own revolution. But only by invitation of the activist majority seeking to overthrow their government.

Either way, it's apparent that Admadinejad's government is becoming more and more unpopular with the Iranian people and we should do nothing that would destract popular opinion in Iran from opposing him.

Furthermore, the Bush administration has been, at least publicly, negligent in directly addressing the Iranian people and addressing any fears or conspiracies related to the US wanting to dominate them..

We must talk PAST the current regime in Tehran and form our relationships with the Iranian people.

Hawk