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Iranians want the USA to invade, why they don’t invade?
Posted on 06/28/2003 1:19 AM PDT by Khashayar

There is a big question while the protests and opposes rised in Iran last week, Why the USA which is next to Iranian borders, dont come in to support or in other words why we Iranians do not see any effective behavior from the US officials. Me, as a citizen of any other country , do not like to see my country to be invaded or collapsed but the real fact in Iran is that the mullahs will not go or over thrown with out any military intervention or support from a powerful source. This is what you can hear in Iran now, I think those men in the Pentagon or the white house should take a decision fast. Are they taking care of the fate of the Iranians? So They have to be more responsible as well. We do not need just words, we need action. The great help America can give us now is to support us more and more not just by words but by actions. Please do something!

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Iranians want the USA to invade, why they don’t invade?

The US will not invade just because some people want us there, or because bad things are happening. Bad things are happening in the Congo, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, Venezuela, and a bunch of other places. The US does not have the men or resources to do everything

The Iranians are going to have to take out the mullahs by themselves.

Plus, if the US came in and took out the mullahs, what will we be expected to do when a new batch of mullahs arrive in Iran? keep coming in? Will the Iranian people pay us for the service?

If the Iranians get rid of the mullahs themselves, they will also, in the process, develop an attitude that any new mullahs that show up will be attached to the nearest tree, and the attachment will be done by the nearest Iranians who notice the mullah being there. Otherwise Iran will not KEEP any freedom

Thanks for pointing us to Khashayar's thread. Your posts there are the best reasons to support Iran in regime change, and the best reasons why this will take some time. This statement:

"...I think a regime change will likely come when your own military chooses to support a regime change."

is the key, I believe. When the military decides to openly support the protesters, then we will have something to work with. I have no way of knowing, but it wouldn't surprise me if there are CIA operatives and/or Special Operation Forces inside Iran at this time and, if so, I bet they are in touch with the military. Just as in Afghanistan, we need an organized force to work with.

Khashayar, welcome to Free Republic. I appreciate the risk you are taking in posting here, and thank you for doing so. Unfortunately, the media is slow to pick up on happenings in Iran, but the number of stories being reported is growing, especially on Fox New Channel. I look forward to seeing your posts, and I hope you will post as frequently as you can do so safely.

President Bush has stated his support for the people of Iran, and appears to be building a case on the nuclear issue. Once this story hits the media in a big way, you will have the support of the American people, as well. You already have the support of those who are following the protests.

In the meantime, keep demonstrating...keep posting here...invite your friends to post here. I pray that your general strike is a huge success, and I hope that it is the catalyst for your military to openly support you.

Stay safe!

I am very supportive of the efforts of the Iranian people to regain their freedom. I understand that the anti-mullahs are the majority in your country, which has an army of its own, an army capable of supporting its countrymen should it choose to. Unless the Mullahs refuse to turn over the Al Qaeda members known to be in Iran, defy the international community on weapons of mass destruction or engage in bloodletting on the scale of Milosevic's I do not see the international community nor the US intervening.

I must add, in regret, that I have watched the US sacrifice its men and fortune repeatedly for the benefit of the oppressed--Germany and France come immediately to mind--only to be betrayed by the very people we have saved. Older but wiser.