Supporting Mousavi in Iran

Supporting Mousavi has more to do with Iran's international image than the political views and ideologies of the leader who had his share of influence in orchestrating the Iranian Revolution. By supporting a candidate who is less of a hard liner than Ahmadinejad (at least in the eyes of the international communities), Iranians are saying that they heard Obama's message of negotiations and that they want to make these posibble... as best as they can. 

Many critics outside of Iran complain that Mousavi is just as terrible as Ahmadinejad. That if Iranians support any candidate that is appointed by the government rather than the people, their choice is a non-choice to start with. What we have to understand is that the choice that the Iranian people have is not between Ahmadinejad and a presidential candidate of the people's choosing. It's between a president who is viewed internationally as a political separatist and one who doesn't have this reputation internationally. The Iranian people are not stupid. They have a difficult choice to make. And they are sending a message to the US and the rest of the world that: "We want the negotiations. We want change."