tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post3907809065273323998..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: Isolating Iran: The Foolish Counterproductivity of Direct Talksmike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-47969817530268352082008-05-16T12:27:00.000-07:002008-05-16T12:27:00.000-07:00We aren't going to have anything to do with the in...We aren't going to have anything to do with the internal dynamics of the regime change. We don't subsidize gas the way Iran does. You are comparing apples and oranges. It is one thing to provide subsidies to providers,and quite another to simply set ceilings on how much a gallon of gas costs in a country regardless of how much it costs in the market. They do this to bribe their population. <BR/><BR/>Their whole societal model is flawed and ripe to fail, and what the U.S. needs to do is put as much pressure on them through isolation. Meeting with their President is the exact opposite of that.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-3125500021209159652008-05-16T12:18:00.000-07:002008-05-16T12:18:00.000-07:00Actually, the US heavily, heavily subsidizes the p...Actually, the US heavily, heavily subsidizes the price of gas as well. In most parts of the world, they pay far more than we do here in the states. <BR/><BR/>Regime change has to come from WITHIN Iran- if we try to topple the leadership- either the Ayatollah or Ahmadinejad, it would be a disaster on an even greater level than Iraq. <BR/><BR/>You are right about Iran being on the brink of collapse- but the US should have nothing to do with it. Let the Iranians (the majority of which are young and want a much more progressive country) do it themselves, otherwise we just add more terrorists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com