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Iran Demonstrations A Good Omen for World Change

The genie of free expression is out of the bottle, and will unlikely be returned no matter who is eventually accepted as the victor.

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TIMNGUYEN1 Author Profile Page:

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S APPEASEMENT FOREIGN POLICIES WEAKEN THE U.S.; HE SIDED WITH IRANIAN BRUTAL REGIME!!!

Coward liar Barack HUSSEIN Obama "Apologist in chief", how can he keep his nonsense promise during his campaign, that is, negotiating with U.S. enemies such as North Korea and Iran, which have never respected any treaty with U.S., especially when North Korea just launched many missile and nuclear tests and planned to fire missile toward Hawaii, not mentioning illegally arrested and sentenced two American journalists Laura Ling and Eunu Lee to twelve years of labor, while Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, an extremist who called for Israel to be wiped off the map and denied the holocaust, was just re-elected by fraud. Is Obama going to bow to Kim Jong Il and Ahmadinejas as he did to King Abdulla of Saudi Arabia to gain his peace deals? Is he willing to convert to Islam, his Kenyan father and Indonesian step father's religion, to meet Osama Bin Laden's requirement that in order to end the Iraq war, U.S. troop withdrawal is not enough, Americans must reject their democratic system and embrace Islam? Just recently, Obama said that he would support Iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy with rigorous inspections, giving a green light to Teheran's ambituous uranium enrichment program, which can be used for its discreet nuclear bomb development program as well, without suffering sanctions and economic isolation as it currently endures. Does Obama want Iran to become another North Korea using its nuclear power to terrorize the U.S and its allies? Worst still, Obama refused to show support for pro-democracy protesters and denounce the brutal regime for the deaths of seven demontrators, fearing to be seen as interfering in Iran's internal affairs so that he could not pursue a nuclear deal with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's supreme leader. In fact, Obama sided with the regime, citing that there was not a bit of difference between the two candidates, a moderate Mir Hossein Mousavi and hardcore extremist Ahmadinejad. A big mouth for change at home, he does not want to see any change in Iran. Is he going to turn a blind eye to another Tianamen Square massacre committed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard? As for a Palestinian state demanded by Obama, it will undoubtedly soon become a TERRORIST state under control of terrorist militant group Hamas, which is the most powerful and popular force with its goal to destroy Israel and which won a majority seats in the current Palestinian National Authority in 2006 election and ousted Fatah militant group of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas of Gaza in 2007. Last but not least, Obama ordered to stop waterboarding tactic used by CIA, even it worked well on terrorist suspects like Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-describer planner of 9-11 attacks who provided CIA with valuable information, preventing more 9-11 attacks and saving thousands of American lives.

Farnaz1Mansouri1 Author Profile Page:

The West should not intrude, should not comment. What is needed and needed badly are voices from the region.

TomMiller1 Author Profile Page:

As a "revolutionary" insider, Mousavi is obviously no democrat so if he should defeat Khamenei and his puppet council I wouldn't look for western style freedoms in Iran anytime soon but yes, the protests are a step forward for the Iranians and the world. Even if Mousavi loses and the hand-picked Ahmadenijad wins Iran will never be the same and that's very positive.

What will all of the Ahmadenijad/Khamenei apologists do if Mousavi trumps the dictator? Now that will be interesting.

At any rate, it's an Iranian problem and will be settled by Iranians. The dictatorship and its supporters of course will blame the media, the U.S., the EU and everyone else as long as its not their fault. That's the fundamental flaw of dictatorships. They work to perpetuate power, not to improve the happiness of their peoples.

kawasaki101 Author Profile Page:

How come the west is acting like nothing is going on in Iran. The people of Iran are now looking to the free nations of the world for help and we can't even say a word of good faith like god speed Iran. This just proves that the west is starting stand for nothing. What has happened to us?

yeolds Author Profile Page:

Of course, having wide access to the internet even the rebelling students will learn of the CIA's involvement in attempted regime change in Iran. They will also note that the propmises of MR. Obama are somewhat empty, since he did not cancel Bush's ongoing plan in financing above interference in the sovereign nation of Iran.

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