The Iranian Revolution will find no benefit from American intervention, writes Andrew Marr |
By Andrew Marr
In politics as in life there are moments which require decisive action - times to move fast and forcefully.
This is not one of them.
The Iranian Revolution, and I think we can call it that, is turning out to be horribly bloody. That great nation's future is on a knife-edge. Between the protesters and the regime, there is no fair fight. Its grim ayatollah still controls the murderous weapons of repression. Donald Trump threatens military action. The rest of the world dithers.
But for the United States, or this country, Iran's traditional enemy, or Israel, even more so, to get involved with this home-made insurgency........