Stereoman wrote:
Our buffer against Iran is the buffer of Strength Through Peace. When we start respecting other nations' right to self-determination, and leave the job of improving the world up to the world instead of up to us alone, then we can expect to live in a safer and more secure world.
Shah Reza Pahlavi was a despot. Exit the Shah, enter the Ayatollahs. Victory for Iranian freedom? Now they vote, but not for their new despots, not for the Supreme Council. The US originally put the Baathists in power because they weren't communists. We supported Saddam in his war with Iran, because he was secular. The US took him out for why is not clear. Because he was a bad guy? Syria, Jordan or Saudi Arabia are not gardens of individual freedoms or human rights, if this is a reason to invade sovereign states for regime change. Anyway, Saddam is gone, but we don't know what will replace him. In truth, nothing has. The whole problem is the vacuum left by his absence. My bet is that ultimately, it will be the Ayatollahs.
