Iranian crisis

I guess I'm pretty well in the majority when I say that I have no interest in interfering with Iranian politics and I certainly wouldn't wish to criticise the policy of a foreign government as long as that policy did not pose a threat to me, my country or to the world as a whole.

On the other hand, how often does the policy of a foreign government coincide with the hopes and wishes of its people? I strongly suspect that most Iranians just want to get on with their lives (as I do) and make some sort of life for themselves and their nearest and dearest. The policies of the British government certainly do not mirror my views on the world. I am quite certain, as are most Brits, that we should never have invaded Iraq. it was that decision to follow the Bush administration blindly that first made me ashamed to be British. What we must avoid is to make the same mistake over Iran. Their country is their own sovereign territory and we must not interfere with their internal affairs.

OK so they want nuclear power. Well, why not? We have it Israel, India, Pakistan and the man in the moon have it, so why not Iraq? Is it because we see their government as being corrupt and unrepresentative of the people - perhaps liable to invade/attack another country? Er.. we live in Britain where our MPs, including many from the government ie the Cabinet) have proved to be corrupt; they certainly do not represent the desires of most of the British people any more (if they ever did) and we have recently been involved in attacking Iraq and Afghanistan! Incidentally, most of these comments would apply to the citizens and state of the USA.

Until George W started ranting about the 'axis of evil' I recall that Iran was gradually becoming less confrontational. Maybe George W didn't like the Moslem Religeous leadership but that is what the Iranian revolution chose. That was the will of the people. Let US stop being confrontational and maybe we will all start to live in peace as most people in this world would want.