Originally Posted by
Ninthace
Where any of these demands on the lips of the protestors being killed in Iran
Irrelevant, if you've bothered to keep up with the news for the past month or so. The early rhetoric about supporting the protests has been overtaken by events, and the issue to hammer out (allegedly) is once again the nuclear weapons thing.
Also, what an inane position for you to take. (
Quelle surprise).
How many governments have responded favorably to "step down from power or we bomb you" as a position?
Anyone?
Hasn't worked in Ukraine, didn't work in Iraq...have you seen any example of where it did work?
Do you believe that the Iranian power structure would fold based on a threat? If so, why do you believe that?
In the past week or so there have been some well presented assessments on how the current Grand Ayatollah is setting up the succession scheme in depth (thanks in part to how many leaders got whacked last summer).