What exactly were they hoping for? For the regime to fall, of course. But why pretend that they are concerned with freedom? What does former Mossad chief Ephraim Halevy have to do with human freedom? Why take the name of democracy in vain? The political establishment is interested in Iranian democracy about as much as it is interested in democracy in Kazakhstan, where our president is now visiting and delivering a speech. As far as they are concerned, the Shah’s son can return to Tehran and reestablish its monstrous security service, the Sawak, which was created – you guessed it – with Israel’s help.
