Like I said before, one of the many reasons why the "Green Movement" in Iran fizzled out was because a bunch of discredited or irrelevant exiles who had no real gravitas of their own tried to jump on the bandwagon and claim the movement for themselves. Well, just to prove my point, the Guardian has an article about one "Amir Jahanchahi, an exiled Iranian businessman" who is calling for a revolution in Iran, and has organized an entity called...wait for it ... the Green Wave.
I have never heard of this fellow but according to the Guardian, he is a wealthy businessman who lives in London. Ehem. And, his father was a minister under the Shah. Double ehem. And the movement is to be headed by Mehrdad Khonsari, who I have to admit is a family acquaintance. Triple ehem.
Look folks, the Khonsaris and Nourizadehs etc of the world aren't going to topple the regime. About the only thing these people have actually accomplished in the last 30 years it to set up various groups and organizations with interesting names. (Democratic Alternative; Constitutional Movement of Iran (Front Line); Coalition for Freedom and Democracy in Iran; Freedom Front; etc etc) COllectively, I call these people "ExileTV" because they're so entertaining on their LA-based stations.
So get over it.
I hate to say this, but i have a venomous hatred for the iranian exiles. i knew several in my home town. i asked one of them, would you like to go to the mosque? one of them said, hell no! another chick i knew would get spasms of anger if she ever heard the quran being recited. shits. they don't deserve to go back to iran, and iran doesn't deserve to be soiled by them....
Posted by: Taz | March 22, 2010 at 02:31 AM