someone posted this in a other forum
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The people's votes were counted, Ahmadinejad won fairly. That's why the green movement didn't work last time and won't work this time.
And it's not about missiles and weapons, it's about political independence. The current system is far from perfect, but better and more durable than anything we saw in the past. Do I believe in reform? Yes, but all at it's time.
There have been many reforms since 1989, no-one can argue that the average Iranian now lives much free-er than during Khomeini and that much less people are executed nowadays (although the executioner himself is ironically trying to come back as leader of a "freedom movement"), religious law has been eased, even political freedom has been eased. There is critisism of the government (though you are not allowed to oppse the Islamic Republic itself) and it's policies, which would have been impossible during the 80s and the elections have grown more and more competetive, which is why people like Mousavi could get to power in the 80s but can't anymore. Also under Ahmadinejad the government is finally honouring Iran's historical and cultural heriatige, which people like Khomeini and Khalkhali tried to destroy, during which Mousavi was their main tool.
Now IMO, Islamic law should be slowly eased, but never totally dropped. The little discrimination laws against religious minorities which we have should be dropped. The elections are already fair, but should become increasingly more free, this has to, however depend on the amounth that the American power in the region is fading, i.e. as they get weaker, the elections should get freeer and slowly the power of all these undemocratic clerical councils should be given to the government and parliament. Democratisation should go along with increased freedom of speach, something which Turkey failed to do and which is why their rotten system still is not a democracy, and things such as torture should be abolished. The Iranian tolerance should return and the extreme centralisation should make way for a more federal system (but not like in Iraq, though).
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The people's votes were counted, Ahmadinejad won fairly. That's why the green movement didn't work last time and won't work this time.
And it's not about missiles and weapons, it's about political independence. The current system is far from perfect, but better and more durable than anything we saw in the past. Do I believe in reform? Yes, but all at it's time.
There have been many reforms since 1989, no-one can argue that the average Iranian now lives much free-er than during Khomeini and that much less people are executed nowadays (although the executioner himself is ironically trying to come back as leader of a "freedom movement"), religious law has been eased, even political freedom has been eased. There is critisism of the government (though you are not allowed to oppse the Islamic Republic itself) and it's policies, which would have been impossible during the 80s and the elections have grown more and more competetive, which is why people like Mousavi could get to power in the 80s but can't anymore. Also under Ahmadinejad the government is finally honouring Iran's historical and cultural heriatige, which people like Khomeini and Khalkhali tried to destroy, during which Mousavi was their main tool.
Now IMO, Islamic law should be slowly eased, but never totally dropped. The little discrimination laws against religious minorities which we have should be dropped. The elections are already fair, but should become increasingly more free, this has to, however depend on the amounth that the American power in the region is fading, i.e. as they get weaker, the elections should get freeer and slowly the power of all these undemocratic clerical councils should be given to the government and parliament. Democratisation should go along with increased freedom of speach, something which Turkey failed to do and which is why their rotten system still is not a democracy, and things such as torture should be abolished. The Iranian tolerance should return and the extreme centralisation should make way for a more federal system (but not like in Iraq, though).