Contrary to what you’d see on most Conservative Blogs … not all Conservatives or people opposed to Obama’s policies are necessarily opposing him on his handling of Iran. Although i believe that Obama’s approach to Iran right now is more a result of his naive view of the world than any true “strategery” on the part of himself or his administration – I do have to say that his approach is the right one – even it’s the product of ignorance and accident. Others agree …
I’m not quite the fan of Pat Buchanan that I once was – but I remember that he was against the Iraq War initially (which I was for actually and I’m not the least bit remorseful about that). Buchanan is kind of one of those “George Washington” types – you know – “avoid foriegn entanglements”, those kinds of things. So I wondered if he had written anything on current events in Iran.
When your adversary is making a fool of himself, get out of the way. That is a rule of politics Lyndon Johnson once put into the most pungent of terms. U.S. fulminations will change nothing in Tehran. But they would enable the regime to divert attention to U.S. meddling in Iran’s affairs and portray the candidate robbed in this election, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, as a poodle of the Americans.
This is an absolutely correct point and, I might add – those Conservatives who think that America is responsible for this “so-called’ awakening of Iranians and that somehow Barack Obama can “usher” in change here faster for Iranians is pure and utter egotism. It’s akin to the Global Warming alarmists who claim that humans are both the cause and solution to Global Warming. And I might add here – that many debate if Global Warming is even really happening – just as many of us are debating if a “revolution” in Iran is really happening.
The bottom line is that the Islamofascists were swept into power by a popular revolution in 1979. That revolution was against the United States as much as it was against the Shah of Iran. HATRED FOR THE UNITED STATES was a primary “mover” for the revolutionaries which they exploited successfully and to the fullest extent. It is unreasonable to believe that Iranian sentiment for the United States has reversed itself in only 30 years. Of all the nations in the world capable of encouraging the Iranians – we should stand clear – because Buchanan is right – our support will be exploited by the Islamofascists AGAIN. The last time – the Iranian people bought it – how many are up for another round of that?
Not me.
Let the Iranians be.
Buchanan isn’t alone … Henry Kissenger also supports the “hand’s off” approach …
Kissenger’s position is a mature and reasoned one. It recognizes the reality that, for better or worse, American’s aren’t “loved” everywhere and sometimes our attempts to give “warm bear hugs” to people we find ourselves sympathizing with – sometimes those efforts are counter-productive or even repulsive to the one’s they’re aimed at. If there is indeed an Iranian Revolution going on – here only 30 years after the last VIOLENT ANTI-AMERICAN one – then this revolution is about the Iranians – not Americans.
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