[DoctorZIn]

Once again, France's liberal La Monde is saying that the majority of Iranians are openly calling for US intervention in Iran. This is something the US media is taking little notice of.

[TigerLikesRooster]

the Iranian rulers are worried by a "fierce pro-Americanism" expressed by the Iranian population.

"They are especially worried of the vox populi, that asks for a change of the regime with the help of the American marines"

"We don't want the Islamic Republic anymore"

Sounds like dominos are falling. If Iran's theocracy is toppled, it would have a monumental effect on Mid-East politics. This would also make Wolfowitz a visionary, rather than a war-monger as his critics call him.

[Russell Scott]

Watch what happens to Iran when Iraq really gets on its feet and begins to prosper. Word spreads quickly in the Arab world. Iran's terrible government should fall quickly with very little bloodshed.

[Hugin]

For his part, Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said that the Iraqi people do not trust the Americans. "The heavy US bombings of residential areas and Iraqi schools and the magnitude of the high human casualties are too hefty to forget in a matter of months or years. The Americans have a difficult time ahead with the antagonist sentiment the Iraqis hold toward them for the human cost of getting rid of the deposed regime", the powerful Chairman of the Expediency Council added, quoted by the official news agency IRNA.

If he believes this he is living in fantasyland. More likely it's just propaganda for the masses.

[Go Gordon]

"The Afghans and the Iraqis have been freed from dictatorships, why not us?" a filmmaker said.

At least their version of Hollywood has someone with half a brain.

[libertylover]

...Iranian rulers are worried by a "fierce pro-Americanism" expressed by the Iranian population.

So are the Democrats.

[GretchenEE]

bump for later reading

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for posting this. The internal implosion of Iran continues.

Now that Regime Change in Iraq is official, the implosion will speed up.

[Grampa Dave]

Here is a thread from yesterday on what is happening in Iran.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/903504/posts

TEHRAN 30 Apr. (IPS) As Iranians expresses more and more their wishes to see the Americans take action against the present regime, the Revolutionary Guards issued warnings against those who call for normalising relations with the United States.

freedom44 is an excellent source re what is happening in Iran.

[WhiteGuy]

Most Iranians openly calling for American help in Iran.


No kidding,

The American welfare state expansion continues......

[sam_paine]

They are especially worried of the vox populi...

Why would the Iranians be worried about the voice of the Roman people? ;-/

[anniegetyourgun]

"Saddam Hoseyn"????

I've not seen that spelling before. Perhaps it's as close to "Saddam Hosehead" as the French will venture.

I think it would be so cool if the Iranian people would formally and directly ask for our help through channels. Of course, the French and rest of the world would say we invited ourselves, so good records would have to be kept to prove the legitimacy of their first contact. The secondary benefit would be to watch the U.N. wither even further that they were bypassed!

[Brett66]

I sympathize with them, but they're going to have to care enough about their freedom to fight and spill their own blood for it. It's not up to us to hand it to them on a silver platter. Actually we already did our part, there's a free country on their southwest border now,the rest is up to them.

[Stultis]

Washington was portraying itself as anti-terrorist, but, it entered into a deal with the terrorist group which they have nurtured and gave it a safe haven in Washington.

BTW, we have not "nurtured" the MKO. We allow their political organization to operate in the United States. This may be highly questionable (and I think it is) but is no different than allowing Shin Fein (sp?) to keep offices in the United States, which may also be questionable, but does not mean that we "nurture" the Irish Republican Army.

We are certainly not interested in a different bunch of wild-eyed fanatics overthrowing the current bunch of wild-eyed fanatics in Iran. The broad, deep and democratic opposition to the mullahtocracy provides excellent prospects for a reasonably non-violent overthrow of the mullahs by protests and strikes (a la Serbia, Rumania, Poland, etc). This path is much more apt to lead to a stable, democratic and pro-Western Iran.

[Doctor Stochastic]

One question is what can the US actually do. Removal of the external threat posed by Saddam's Iraq should be of great help.

[tdadams]

I read in Conde Nast Traveler that there was sort of a one-liner going around in Iran just before the war:

"Why is America going to invade Iraq? ... Why not Iran?"

[dixiechick2000]

Good post! Thanks!

BTTT!

[HighRoadToChina]

BUMP!

[Argus]

"The Afghans and the Iraqis have been freed from dictatorships, why not us?" a filmmaker said.

We here in California feel the same way.

[Eala]

Mr. Ali Sa’idi, the acting Representative of the leader at the Army of the Guards of the Islamic Revolution, better known as Pasdaran, or Revolutionary Guards.

I've been told that the Pasdaran are generally not Persian but Arab. Though I'm no expert in such things, to me Mr. Ali Sa'idi's name looks much more Arab than Persian.

[Paul Ross]

We should be revamping and revitalize the CIA to help them get their country back away from the Mullahs. The sooner the better. The staged demonstrations in Iraq so far have almost all been orchestrated by the Iranian dabr squads sent in with mullah-shock troops to sow anti-american strife in Iraq. If Iran were to fall, these last remnants of their regime would likely take a powder...just like Saddam himself.