Obama’s Sideline Strategy May Signal Shift in U.S. Democracy Policy
It turned out money couldn’t buy a revolution.
After the 2005 election of hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Bush administration sought about $75 million from Congress with which it hoped to recruit or support alternative voices in Iran to push the Islamic Republic in a more democratic direction. While dissidents in Iran were significantly weaker than during the 1999 student protests — a squelched moment of apparent liberalism ...
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US can help itself and the entire Middle East by having normal relations with Iran, rather than childish situation of past 29 years (sulking over student takeover of US embassy in Tehran).