[Khashayar]

Remember that some of these so-called reformists were among those people who took your embassy staff as hostage for 444 days in 1979.

[goldstategop]

Exactly and given their past, they're the last people on Earth who would be in favor of real democracy given their own hatred of America then and now. And if they're such "reformists" why aren't they putting their lives on the line demanding an end to the tyranny the Iranian regime imposes upon the people and also in the most intimate aspects of their lives? The so called reformers are not small d - democrats by Western standards. At the most they're technocratic Islamists who want the system to look more popular and competent without changing its true essence. In contrast the majority of Iranians want a form of government where the people have the final say in who rules them.

[Pro-Bush]

Where is your movement for freedom if you can't trust the reformists?

[geedee]

Remember that some of these so-called reformists were among those people who took your embassy staff as hostage for 444 days in 1979.

Perhaps they would like to attempt something similar now. I thought not. And they wanted no part of Reagan when he took over for the cowardly, idiotic Carter. It's amazing how zealots lose their steam when someone is willing to stand up to their bully-ish practices. Keep the taste of freedom in your mouth. Keep freedom as your goal. Freedom . . . there's nothing like it.

My prayers are with you and the brave souls of Iran. How can a simple, fat, old man in West Texas help?