[henkster]

I doubt it will be a “pro-western” government. I’m not sure what it will be. It depends on how far this “revolution” goes. They need to dump the mad mullahs and have an elected secular government, and tell the mullahs to stick to the mosques.

What they may wind up with may be just as virulently anti-American as the current regime. However, the important thing is that Iran get whatever government it’s people want.

[The KG9 Kid]

"... I doubt it will be a “pro-western” government. I’m not sure what it will be... What they may wind up with may be just as virulently anti-American as the current regime."

I think virulently anti-American as well, but it's probably irrelevant since these massive street protests will die out and be as quickly forgotten as the short discussion of whether Nancy Pelosi will lose the speaker's seat over the CIA waterboarding debacle.

I've watched two movies recently about Iran -- 'The Queen And I', a documentary of Queen Farah living in exile filmed by a pro-Communist expat living in Sweden, and another German film 'Letters To The President' about the cult of personality around Ahmadinejad.

The movies show that Iranians of all types are completely screwed up ideologically. Everyone's an extremist, even the 'moderates'. They've got no sense of proportion because they've never been tranquil, secure, had liberty, or lived without fear of the monarchy, mullahs, communists, or whomever is in charge at the present. Everyone is a political nutburger of some stripe.

Even if Ahmadinejad goes, and I contend that he won't, whoever replaces him will likewise be some virulently anti-Western/anti-USA incompetent screwball.

[Le Chien Rouge]

I doubt it will be a “pro-western” government. I’m not sure what it will be.

perhaps a military dictatorship??

This dictatorship may be anti-western and Islamic but not suicidal like the mullahs.

[sionnsar]

I doubt it will be a “pro-western” government. I’m not sure what it will be. It depends on how far this “revolution” goes.

It all depends upon who ends up in charge. There are a lot of factions there.

[SolidWood]

You are right. This revolution has momentum. They need to go for everything. Away with Khamenei. No half-a**ed deal.

There will no doubt be a transitional phase of old regime reformers like Musavi and Khatami. But they know that they depend on the will of the people. If they can’t deliver the opening up of the country, they will be dumped. If this rebellion against the radicals has indeed success, the people won’t accept next time an election with chosen candidates. The genie once out of the bottle won’t go back.