tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post4003809737008963239..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: Iran Update, 06/22/09Freedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-62084984572327023002009-06-23T19:16:30.938-07:002009-06-23T19:16:30.938-07:00Actually I think the best Mousavi can hope for is ...Actually I think the best Mousavi can hope for is prison. I don't see anyone accepting him for exile. I don't envision many governments being willing to risk running afoul of the Iranian government. A more likely fate for him is death by execution. This would be a true tradgedy if he and his followers were pro-American freedom lovers. <br /><br />Unfortunately they are not. He and his followers are just as anti-American as the current regime. Even if they were to somehow prevail they would work just as hard to oppose American interests and work toward its destruction just as hard as the current regime is.<br /><br />The majro world powers have to much invested in Iran and the current Iranian government to allow it to fall. Russia has large scale business interests there. China and India depend heavily on Iran for oil, as do the nations of the EU. The afore mentioned nations wield considerable influence overy America. As such, even if the American government wanted to support "freedom in Iran" they lack the ability to do so. <br /><br />There probably are a few of the demonstrators who are pro-American and supportive of true freedom. For them this is a tragedy of enormous magnitude.B.Posternoreply@blogger.com