Do you think Iran can change to a Democracy peacefully?

Question

Personally I say no. The government controlls the political progress and has for the last 25 years, and has allowed the reformers to make just enough progress to content them and then take that back and start the process over again and a multitude of other reasons. What say you?

Mike: It becomes our business when theyb start threatening our allies and thumbing their noses at the world.

Answer 1

No. The reason is because the people of Iran are ruled by a board of religious clerics. They appointed Mahmoud to be president. If he should step out of line with them, he would be replaced.

Answer 2

What makes you think Iran WANTS to change to a democracy? Just because the United States WANTS it to be a democracy [when we ourselves are a republic], doesn't mean that we can thumb our noses at Iran's government and force it do our bidding.
We violated our own Constitution and illegally, unjustifiably and immorally attacked Iraq, a sovereign nation that in no way threatened, provoked or attaked the United States.

We selected Iraq's new government, and now insist that the Iraqi Parliament enforce our #1 non-military benchmark: surrender two-thirds of Iraq's oil fields to foreign oil companies [which virtually allows Exxon-Mobil and other oil companies to STEAL Iraq's most valuable economic resource].

We didn't give a tinker's damn about bringing democracy to Iraq...nor do we care about bringing democracy to Iran. All we want is Iran's OIL.

The U.S.A. needs to keep its nose out of other nation's business. When we claim it's in our "best interests", you can interpret that as meaning, "What's OUR oil doing underneath THEIR sand?"

Even elementary school students get tired of the playground bully. Other nations of the world are beginning to tire of the U.S.A. browbeating its way into their affairs.

If Iran wants democracy, let the people of Iran work it out by themselves. We've got nothing in it but our nose. -RKO- 12/08/07

Answer 3

Maybe not 'peacefully' but only if left to themselves. You can't -inflict- democracy on people. An American invasion and occupation will certainly not bring real democracy.

Look at the mess we made in Iraq. Do you think they really have -democracy-? We scheduled their elections, we picked who could run and, surprise, the guy we wanted won. Then we wrote their Constitution for them, a constitution that puts an American, or someone picked by the American govt., in charge of every govt. department. Then we got them to sign agreements handing their oil over to American-picked corporations. Is that democracy?

Iran WAS a democracy and the US wouldn't have it, so we overthrew their legitimately elected president and installed the Shah, a brutal tyrant. After 25 years they managed to throw him out. If we invade them we're only going to give them another Shah.

Answer 4

They are a Democracy. The Shah was overthrown, which the US tried to stop. JFK was such a good friend of the Shah he even gave them Nuclear Technology and reactors. Ayatollah Khomeini put a stop to the Iranian nuclear program because he deemed it too influenced and reliant on the Western world. I think it's funny everyone is making a big deal about their program now, they have had it since 1963 after all.

Answer 5

The description that you give of political control sounds like a number of nations...including the USA

Answer 6

I think they should do whatever their citizens want to do and if that is to keep their theocracy that's their business, why does everyone think it's our business what kind of system other countries have? We need to keep our nose out or we'll end up in a lie like Iraq.

Answer 7

As far as Middle East nations go, Iran is about as peaceful and democratic as it gets.

Answer 8

I hope you mean "back to a peaceful democracy" after the CIA decided to over throw its democratically elected president and put the shah clown in power, proving that the US really hates democracy.

Answer 9

72% of them want it . pretty good odds