America should stay out

Reader comment on item: A Call for American Boldness in Iran
in response to reader comment: America and Iran

Submitted by Pat (United States), Jun 25, 2009 at 08:20

It's not our call. We "helped to replace" the Mossadegh government in 1953. That action had the support of the mullahs. Today it's held against us. Anything we do to influence the course of events in Iran only gives Iranians another excuse for their own failures. This is their government. It's up to them to live with it or do something to change it. Freedom isn't free.

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