I hear a lot of people on the radio and see a lot of people on the Internet saying “what does it matter if Moussavi does end becoming president of Iran and Ahmadinejad is ousted. Moussavi is no more pro-west than Ahmadinejad is and both stand for Iran’s right to have nuclear power.” They also seem to agree with Obama’s “no-meddling” stance on the issue.
I would have to disagree. I think the reason we should be supporting the people who are protesting their right of freedom is because there are obvious signs that the government ran a corrupt election. This shouldn’t be about who America wants to be in office. Who America thinks is best for Iran. It should be about what the people of Iran think is best. It should be about whom the people of Iran vote into office and the freedoms they feel like they deserve. I don’t think there is a clear answer on whom that Iranian man might be solely because of how suspicious this election was, how quickly it was announced and how lopsided the results were, among other things. I think the response of the Iranian government to the allegations of impropriety make me want to call bullshit. And I have to ask myself since when did America stop “meddling” for the right of freedom?
