Islamism makes strange bedfellows ... Iranians are not Arabs. Perhaps the religion of pieces causes some rational people to become irrational. Our history with Iran is not something to be proud of, what with our support of Pahlavi and his murderous dictatorship. It must be hard for the world at large to comprehend that the current political power in America is radically different from what has come before. Or is it?
The administration today is talking the same talk in parallel and is doing the same politics as the past; and the common folks here and there are unaware of the real politics that brings and keeps them at this point. Iranians throughout the history have found ways to adapt to the events of the day so they will eventually stop complaining and get with the system. Rest assured if left to their own devices, they wont remember their good time buddies in another propaganda fed generation. All the worries of what mullahs are going to do with the bomb, which is probably nothing physically and a lot financially and in power mongering, is missing the plight of 69 million innocent people. They were fooled in the Past by friends and present deeds aren’t enough to convince anyone of any genuine change, indicating future steps will more than likely be the same talk and insufficient actions as well. For Iranian people to be free, they must have nothing that anyone wants. Not likely anytime soon in lieu of oil and England….
The Shah was mild mannered compared to the Mullahs. He wasn't perfect though, and Jimmy the Peanut couldn't have that, so he through out the baby, the Iranian people, with the bathwater (the Shah). The Shah was convinced by the US not to crack down on the Mullahs and their supporters, otherwise his son would likely be Shah today, but a different one, perhaps in the mold of King Hussein of Jordon.