I hear you. We want to see justice for the people.
I guess it will be based upon who they are. The problem that Trump and the Crown Prince will be facing is to make sure they have enough people that can still make the country function during a transition. Some of those people currently holding some of those positions will be needed. The only promise to those that are responsible for horrendous crimes is that they will be treated fairly.
A carrot must be offered to get members of the army and the security forces to defect. Among them will be persons in positions of leadership that will be a necessary part of a transition plan. Trump and the Crown Prince seem to be on the same page with this. It may not be a perfect plan, but it is necessary to keep the country from devolving into absolute chaos and at the same time, eliminate the hardliners that will either have to leave or be killed. The people will also help in this process of identifying the worst offenders that must be held to account.
From the outside, we don't know the circumstances that led to why some of the lower level foot soldiers of the regime took part in its brutality. They could have had a gun pointed at their own heads and the heads of their families by the regime. The lines are not always clear. Not everyone has a strong constitution that allows them to maintain a hard moral line, but at the same time, they are not ideologs. They were caught up in the middle of the same brutal machine of the regime and must be offered a way out. Many of these lower level people were also victims of this brutal regime. These people must be given an opportunity to rehabilitate themselves. Nothing has been normal in Iran over the last 47 years.
Something similar happened at the end of WW2 in Europe. The cycle of bloodshed must stop in order to move towards a brighter future, but it must be balanced with justice in order to heal the country. The Iranians themselves will have to decide what this is going to look like moving forward. If they bring justice to the worst of the worst, that may be enough. The people want to move on from the horrors of the last 47 years.
I really disagree with immunity... they are animals who carried out the orders to do the actual murdering of their own citizens
I hear you. We want to see justice for the people.
I guess it will be based upon who they are. The problem that Trump and the Crown Prince will be facing is to make sure they have enough people that can still make the country function during a transition. Some of those people currently holding some of those positions will be needed. The only promise to those that are responsible for horrendous crimes is that they will be treated fairly.
A carrot must be offered to get members of the army and the security forces to defect. Among them will be persons in positions of leadership that will be a necessary part of a transition plan. Trump and the Crown Prince seem to be on the same page with this. It may not be a perfect plan, but it is necessary to keep the country from devolving into absolute chaos and at the same time, eliminate the hardliners that will either have to leave or be killed. The people will also help in this process of identifying the worst offenders that must be held to account.
From the outside, we don't know the circumstances that led to why some of the lower level foot soldiers of the regime took part in its brutality. They could have had a gun pointed at their own heads and the heads of their families by the regime. The lines are not always clear. Not everyone has a strong constitution that allows them to maintain a hard moral line, but at the same time, they are not ideologs. They were caught up in the middle of the same brutal machine of the regime and must be offered a way out. Many of these lower level people were also victims of this brutal regime. These people must be given an opportunity to rehabilitate themselves. Nothing has been normal in Iran over the last 47 years.
Something similar happened at the end of WW2 in Europe. The cycle of bloodshed must stop in order to move towards a brighter future, but it must be balanced with justice in order to heal the country. The Iranians themselves will have to decide what this is going to look like moving forward. If they bring justice to the worst of the worst, that may be enough. The people want to move on from the horrors of the last 47 years.