I am disgusted by the current regime in Iran, and for over 30 years have wanted nothing more than the removal of the theocracy. They have murdered Iranians, stolen every element of liberty in Iran, plundered Iran’s wealth, given away literally Trillions of dollars in land and sea rights in Caspian Sea to British and American Oil Companies, controlled and rigged Iranian elections, tortured, maimed … you name it. As far as governments go, they really do not come much worse than Iran’s theocracy.
So like everyone else, I was very happy to see the regime challenged “from the inside” if you will. Mousavi was clearly connected with the regime. He served as a Prime Minister, and has great revolutionary credentials. He is supported by a number of clergy, among them Mr. Karoubi (who was actually competing with him in the elections) and Mr. Rafsanjani (who has remained quietly in the background waiting to pounce).
I remember the revolution in 1979. When, like today, everyone wanted the Shah out. I remember, out of nowhere, a dude showed up in Paris – called Khomeini! I (for one) had never heard of him. But he became the symbol of the opposition. And very soon people were chanting his name. It turns out now, that he was promoted by the Brits and Americans – who wanted a religious tone to the revolution (to steer it away from the communists and other pro-soviet groups on the streets). General Huyzer (from the US had visited him), and Jimmy Carter’s ambassador to the U.N. proclaimed Khomeini as a saint who will go down in history like Ghandi! The BBC kept pumping his name and his images across the world (especially Iran). And soon after it became clear that Iranians were sold a mirage. Iranians wanted freedom and got even more repression.
Jimmy Carter was sold a mirage too. And when he realized what a mistake he had made, he turned his back on Khomeini. Carter organized a coup (Nodjeh) by Iran’s US Trained air force pilots, which was foiled by Khomeini. And, Khomeini responded with taking US embassy employees hostage. Then out of frustration he told Saddam Hussein to invade Iran.
Meanwhile, the Republican Party in the U.S. was quietly working with the new regime in Iran. And in a brilliant shift of allegiances, Khomeini’s men agreed to hold the US embassy hostages to humiliate Carter and get Reagan elected as the new President. And for all anti-Iranian ‘bravado and rhetoric’, we all know now that he sold Arms to Iran (to sustain the contra war in Central America).
There were two men were at the center of Khomeini’s dealings with the U.S. We know for sure that one of them was Mehdi Karoubi. Karoubi was speaker of Iran’s Parliament (Majlis). In October 1981, Karoubi visited Paris and met directly with then vice-President Elect Bush to finalize negotiations to humiliate Carter with the keeping of the Hostages through the presidential elections. Another character was Mr. Rafsanjani was then Iran’s President – and who as we all know, received a signed bible from Mr. Reagan during the Iran-Contra arms for money dealings. And Moussavi was then the Prime Minister. Yes, Speaker, President, and Prime Minister during Khomeini’s first decade as a tyrant.
Literally tens of thousands of people were executed. Newspapers where shut down. We all know elections then, as with elections now, were a total sham. These characters have no credibility when it comes to democratic reforms inside Iran. None, what so ever!
I am confused. Are we really trying to topple Khamenei and Ahmadinejad in favor or Moussavi, Karoubi and Rafsanjani? How do we know the future will be brighter? Are we not committing the same mistake we made in 1979 – putting in another set of clowns that will only perpetuate the repression and tyranny? Could the Iranian people be the victims of some top level power struggle going on between different gangs of thieves (different Mafia Bosses)? Is this really a power struggle between US influence in Iran and European influence? (By the way, I do not buy the Regime’s anti-British rhetoric, they are just trying to fool everyone … we know from the Iran-Contra episode that Rafsanjani made his most virulent attacks on America at the very same time he was hugging Oliver North and receiving Reagan’s gifts…this is all bullshit). What the current opposition basically wants is to replace Khamenei for Rafsanjani, Ahmadinejad for Moussavi … we’ll be back to square one, back to 1985!!
But you tell me, what’s really going on guys? Why are people dying for these bastards (on both sides)? I’m confused. I can not get myself to trust either side in this election debate. I know the votes were rigged. But neither Moussavi, nor Karroubi, nor Rafsanjani are above pre-selecting candidates, and rigging elections themselves too!
We need ALL these bums out of office – and whole new secular government installed with unquestionable guarantees of future free and fair elections, guarantees of free press and free speech. True democracy! Nothing less, nothing more! These demonstrations need to turn into a wholesale effort to eradicate this regime. This moment is actually a great opportunity to topple them all. We can not let Moussavi or Karroubi, or Rafsanjani hijack our quest for freedom. The whole effort must take a new, perhaps renewed tone. This fight has to be for much more than this election.
