QUESTION: With protests and crackdowns continuing in Iran, should other countries step in, or stay out?
The Water Cooler – With Protests And Crackdowns Continuing In Iran, Should Other Countries Step In, Or Stay Out?
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Let Iran deal with it, that country and most of the Middle East have been fighting religious wars within for 1000s of years non stop and it will never stop EVER.
Some countries have already stepped in, Qatar and Oman have been working on bringing
Iran and the US back to the negotiating table. France, Germany, and the UK have used sanctions and political pressure to halt Iran’s nuclear program, and applied pressure on
Iran’s human rights violations. Many countries in the EU want to use diplomacy and avoid conflict that could hurt the global economy.
Iran has a strong alliance with China and Russia, which has given Iran economic and
military support, and shielded them from UN resolutions. I think we must use caution
before involving military action. Countries like Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon can close the
Strait of Hormuz, which will disrupt global oil supplies. We would also need cooperation
from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE to use bases in their countries, and they would
run the risk of retaliation from Iran. There are Iranian backed groups in Iraq that have
said they will target US interests and military bases across the region if the US intervenes.
Change in Iran should come from within, but the Iranian people must organize or risk a
violent collapse. The US and its allies can support the Iranian people by empowering them
with economic incentives rather than fighting for regime change itself. It won’t be an easy
task, the transition from a repressive system to a stable future, will be the core challenge.
I pretty much agree with Dawg on this. It is heartbreaking what is going on. My best friend from Macy’s in Palo Alto grew up in Iran her father was Iranian, her mother French. Whey the Ayatollah came into power they fled. However, she still has a brother living there, she says he is alright, he is out in country and has his own business, he used to visit here in the US. The leaders of Iran are evil and don’t care about their people or other people as well, The US getting involved military is dicey, not sure it would help the people of Iran, and the leaders are religious fanatics, who knows what they might do.
The more the US threatens to “help”, the more the Iranians are going rally together for their country.
What does that mean? They will support the Ayatollah?, not likely.
I agree, read my reply to Dawg according to my friend that is not likely to happen. Most Iranians love their country but hate their leaders, who rules with an iron fist.
yoyohop doesn’t even know what that means…
The US needs to learn to mind it’s own business. We keep butting in on other countries business. The middle east is tribal we have zero knowledge of how 1000 year old tribal disputes work. You would have thought we would have learned that in Afghanistan. There was no way the Soviets could have won in the 80’s and there was know way we would have ever won because of tribal factions. These like Vietnam were civil wars and you can’t fight someone else’s civil war. Iran it turning into a civil war
Are you kidding? The Ayatollah corrupted their country! THIS IS NOT A CIVIL WAR! It is an uprising against a small minority that stole their country. Iran was the cradle of civilization.
It would be great if the people of Iran could take their country back without outside help, but Iran has been running proxy wars in the middle east for decades. I’m sure the Mossad is in there, would be a great day for the entire world if the Ayatollah had to relocate to Moscow.
I think the moderate Middle East countries need to go and try to get rid of this dangerous radical regime. The Iranian people are good
I say let the Iranians sort it out, but remember when Obama sat on his hands during the “Green Revolution” the Mullahs and IRGC consolidated their power. Even Obama now admits he was wrong to do nothing. At least Trump is acknowledging the uprising, but we don’t need “boots on the ground”, although a few Tomahawks targeted on the Mullahs homes would be ok by me.
We were friends until the s#!theads took over in 79
The “Iran takeover” in 1979 refers to the Iranian Revolution, which overthrew the U.S.-backed Shah and established an Islamic Republic led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. I don’t know the politics of this time but seems like a bad move. “my opinion”
The people have never recovered. Yes I know this is their country “if let it be” is the mantra then they should not throw rocks at us otherwise yes we should promote this. no different than if we lose our republic.
Carter was my Commander-in-Chief at the time, and he gets all the credit for letting the Ayatollahs take over the country. And let it be is fine, unless it threatens our interests.
It does! Oil and Terrorism (potentially nuclear)
And Clinton & Obama are responcible for this Cluster F**k. Those two in their negiglance precipitated this.
Expect Iran’s military bases to begin exploding in 10… 9…8…7…6….
I don’t know how anyone can look at our massive failures in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Vietnam and think “yeah, let’s go help Iran.” If we go to war with Iran we’re almost certainly going to just kill tons of people, hand power to a new regime that’s just as bad or worse, and make a bunch of defense contractors more rich. We’re really good at doing that.
Stay out – Iran will self destruct soon enough the way it’s going ….and – stay out of taking over or buying Greenland – they give US license to do whatever we want anyway …especially in defense.
Submarine humor can be a little off-putting. I get that, but it comes with the job description. We had the weapons to destroy the planet, many times over, and we were prepared to launch those weapons if ordered to do so. Nevertheless, it was precisely because we were prepared to launch, that we were never called on to launch. That’s how deterrence works.
I was on the Ustafish during most of the Iranian Hostage crisis, including the failed rescue attempt. So, during November and December 1980, this was our favorite joke:
(Q) What’s flat, black, and glows in the dark?
(A) Iran on January 20th.
Obviously, it never came to that.