By Benyamin Solomon
During Iran's 2009 elections and during the demonstrations, the media and many gullible people in the west have tried to portray Mousavi as a pro-democracy reformist. But his history shows that he was a radical Khomeini follower, helped to establish Hezbollah, supported the fatwa against Salman Rushdie, and was an accomplice to Iran's execution for 30,000 political prisoners. In fact, during the 2009 Presidential elections, in Iranian universities across the country, students asked Mousavi about the execution of 30,000 political prisoners and demonstrated against him and the regime. They chanted slogans like "Death to dictator".
They asked Mousavi about his role in the execution of 30,000 political prisoners. He dodged the questions. The media didn't give those incidents any coverage. It undermines the dogma of Mousavi being a pro-democracy reformist who could oust the hated Ahmadinejad, who is another monster of the Iranian regime.
Many gullible people were optimistic about 2009 Iranian "elections" and were happy to see images of Iranians voting to see who would be the Supreme Leader's next puppet. After the election was rigged for Ahmadinejad, gullible people in the west and the media were disappointed. It provided another opportunity for Mousavi. Now he gets to exploit the pro-democracy rallies in order to portray himself as a figure in Iran's pro-democracy movement. And the media helped him. Gullible people in the west again fell for it again.
A guy who was one of the most radical supporters for Khomeini and who was well-liked by him is not a better choice than Ahmadinejad. Especially if this guy also vows to continue with Iran's nuclear weapons program, which he helped to start while he was Prime Minister from 1981-1989. In 1981, he called for an Iranian proxy in Lebanon to fight Israel. One year later, he helped to found Hezbollah. A former Iranian intelligence official Abdolghassem Mesbahi, who worked for Mousavi said that today's reformer is yesterday's terrorist. He was talking about the fact that Mousavi was an accomplice in the Iranian regime's terrorist activities. Mesbahi confirmed that Mousavi was one of the founders of Hezbollah.
Mousavi called Rushdie an "American mercenary" and called for Hezbollah to "take necessary action" against Rushdie, i.e. to kill him. Calls like these sent Rushdie into hiding.
The book Myth of Moderation:Iran under Khatami", which was published just after Mohammad Khatami became Presidentand which d ebunked the myth that Khatami was a moderate pro-democracy reformist, said that Mousavi, who was then the chief advisor to Khatami, was "an advocate of the most fascist internal policies, enmity
to peace and a proponent of export of terrorism. Moussavi is a strong
supporter of state-controlled economy and many bloody explosions,
kidnapping and other terrorist crimes in Lebanon were carried out
when he was Prime Minister."
Supporting Mousavi just helps to isolate Iran's pro-democracy movement. The demonstrations in Iran are not there to support Mousavi. True, some people may have faith that he would bring some hope. If Mousavi was President, they would be disapointed. But the demonstrations are not there to support Mousavi or to make him President instead of Ahmadinejad. They're there because the demonstrators decided that they took enough crap from the Iranian regime. The regime's move to rig the election for Ahmadinejad was the last straw.
If Mousavi was President, he would behave like the same radical he was when he was Prime Minister. The regime only allows their own guys to run in the first place. The President holds the SECOND most power to the Supreme Leader.
Is Ahmaidnejad a vicious monster for the Iranian regime? Yes. But having another pro-Khomeini radical [who was a favorite of Khomeini as I pointed out], is not better than Ahmadinejad. It's no cause for celebration. Both Mousavi and Ahmadinejad are vicious monsters of the Iranian regime with a bloodstained history of their own. As President Obama [who I am a critic of by the way] said,“It's important to understand that although there is amazing ferment taking place in Iran, that the difference between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi in terms of their actual policies may not be as great as has been advertised. Either way, we were going to be dealing with an Iranian regime that has historically been hostile to the United States, that has caused some problems in the neighborhood and is pursuing nuclear weapons."