Iranians despair in the face of a brutal, regressive & anti-human regime. Amid endless insider analysis uncertainty grows. For vast number of Iranians wanting a ‘normal’ and ‘sane’ life and government (monarchy, republic or anything in between) deciding on a decisive stance about IR that lies & manipulates every piece of information to manufacture fear and uncertainty for its own purposes, has been far from simple.
From the ever present charade of ‘great Satan & free Ghods’ for political oxygen to this rotten & incompetent theocracy, to bending over to China & Russia for economic & military oxygen one would be hard pressed to blame Iranians for uncertainty about true level of risk. Throw in Iranian historic dichotomy on islam and you got the secret sauce for eternal conflict (http://iranian.com/main/2010/jan/center-universe) that serves foreign & domestic opportunists.
The architects of the dual containment, islamic ‘revolution’ preceding it, or green belt before that were ‘professionals’. Professional what? is a different discussion. The bastard child is going through puberty and after Iraq & Afghanitan, behavior modification seems more pragmatic for now. Indeed, without the radical republic, profitably maintaining the rest of the middle east in the hands of the crooks and mercenaries that govern most of this region’s countries may prove untenable. But with the islamic republic scare crow, the corrupt & decadent SA or Egypt and its 30 year reigning ‘president’ can be paraded as symbols of peace and progress for o’bama nist.
Somewhere between various interests and historic divisions we can find signals that light our path. Any road that may take Iran to normalcy is built over the grave of IR. Iranian opposition has legs to go the distance but it needs to grow arms to dig the grave for IR. If after the last 31+ years, particularly the past 18 months you still believe that Gandhi & MLK style peace movements can work with this subhuman bunch, or it will transition into anything resembling normal, then god speed.
Else, islamic republic must be kicked out because erteja’ comprehends no other approach. Islamic republic has swallowed its own Blue pill already and there is no going back for them. Remaining challenge is figuring out and driving the confluence of domestic & international factors that will complement slew of IR created disasters into needed momentum to put islamic republic in its grave.
Majority of Iranians have reached the pivotal conclusion that islamic republic is beyond rehabilitation and won’t ‘transition’; Crystallizing this common understanding into a uniform message & slogan is the first step for the middle phase of Iranian movement. ‘The path to future must be paved with the carcass of the islamic republic’ is the clarity that will facilitate coalitions and union of the masses for decisive action.
