Re: Recognize the Caliphate of Iran : A Course Change in United States Foreign Policy
- From: "NeoLibertarian" <cognac756@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 18 Jun 2006 16:20:54 -0700
tbandrow@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Let's indulge our left wing comrades and imagine for a moment that the
war in Iraq and Afghanistan is genuinely lost, that both nations will
fall into a civil war that will be won by the most hard line elements.
Note that this indulgence is not a capitulation into the failed, pot
induced visions of left wing United Nations utopia. The goal of United
States Foreign Policy remains to spread freedom abroad, and expand
commercial opportunities for NATO corporations.
This is not a peace plan, but it is not a plan for an invasion or an
extension of the war either.
With that in mind, what is workable "Plan B" for the middle east?
Clearly, even if we achieve our short term gains in Iran and
Afghanistan, our continued presence and continued combat is corrosive
to the American character. I observe that our fundamental problem, on
the ground in Iraq and in Afghanistan, according to the left wing, is
that Islam is fundamentally disunited, and lacks any sort of central
authority with which one can reasonably barter. We really need Islamic
nations to police themselves, and that is the heart of the struggle in
Iraq.
Simultaneoulsy, at this point, we have to ask ourselves, what is the
closest thing to a stable democracy in the middle east, and we have to
admit the answer is Iran. They have a functioning election system,
What?
Iran is run by the Supreme Revolutionary Council. Rafsanjani was their
choice. Khatami was their choice. So was Ahmadinejad.
The Supreme Revolutionary Council does not allow candidates whom it
does not approve to run for office. It has not stopped short of
assassination to see its will is carried out.
Student protests are put down by a para-military group called Ansar e
Hizbullah (Companions of the Party of God) who remind us, for all the
world, of the Nazi S.A.
The Government of Iran is in serious financial straights, even with
$70+ barrels of oil. It has not payed certain sectors of Government
employees for, in some cases, six months.
And yet is continues to fund Hizbullah to the tune of hundreds of
millions dollars a year. It continues to bail out the Hamas party. It
continues to fund and fully support the insurgency in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
The rioting and demonstrations that occur daily and weekly in Iran are
not covered in Western media, so your ignorance is, perhaps,
forgivable.
In no way is Iran reasonably considered a functioning or "stable
democracy."
Fascism: Strong central authority headed by an individual, corporatism,
militarism, imperialism. Fascism is opposed to communism, socialism,
liberalism and capitalism.
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NeoLibertarian
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