The Republican Gambit In Iran, three moves ahead

The Republican Gambit in Iran, The Gop not thinking three moves ahead.
it is Iraq all over again.

Sean Lewis
June 24, 2009

Let's pretend that the American people for the last 2 elections did
not set forth a mandate that the Republican party was to no longer
have control of the Governance of this Country.

Let's pretend that the Republicans now speaking out against the
President of the United States about his apparent 'weak' response
were the ones now in control of the Country.

Let's pretend that the actions they called for President Obama to
carry out, the Republicans actually DID if they were still in
control of the Governance of this Country.

Let's pretend the Republicans would have supported the Iranians in
their citizen revolt against the apparent election fraud. The
Republicans would have said that the world needed to put pressure on the Iranian
rulers to have another election. Some Republicans might have claimed
this was the beginning of a 'revolution' for American style Democracy
in Iran and this occurred as a result of what happened in Iraq.

Let's pretend the 'Republican' President called for the Iranian people
to rise up to overthrow their oppressors and called for other nations
to support this uprising.

Let's pretend the Iranian people did protest the way we have seen
already. but unlike the restraint President Obama showed, The
'Republican' President took all of the above actions. What do you think would have
occurred?

Let's pretend the Iranians in power would have responded the way all
threatened dictatorships would have responded, with overwhelming brute
strength. The Iranians would have bloodily put down the uprising
under the cover of outside American interference.

Who in Iran would actually question the fact that this was an American
controlled revolt? History has numerous examples of US intervention in
Iran going back to the installation of the Shaw of Iran, and the war
between Iraq and Iran where the United States backed the Iraqis.
Continue to how after the Moderates in Iran helped the United States
with the invasion of Afghanistan after 9/11, the Republicans in power
rewarded this support by calling Iran part of the Axis of Evil,
thereby undermining the pro US moderates in Iran and solidifying the power
of the radical anti American factions in Iran.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-06-09-iran-taliban_x.htm

So let's pretend what the actual result of Republican ideology in
regard to Iran would have lead to. The Iranians involved in the
citizen revolt would have been branded American controlled operatives. They
would have been hunted down, jailed, tortured and executed OPENLY.
The Iranians would have claimed 'victory' over ANOTHER American lead
attempt to overthrow the Iranian government. Finally the anti
American Iranians would have secured an even stronger hold of the country
because this uprising would have given the Iranians the perfect opportunity
to eliminate ALL opponents to the current leaders.

How can I make these claims? History gives an example.

In Iraq when America called for a revolt, the Iraqis who lead the
revolt were slaughtered while The Republican President did nothing
to stop the killing. At the time the allied troops were in force
stationed in the Middle East after the first Gulf War. Yet even with
this military presence the 'Republican President did nothing to help the
Iraqis that answered the Republican's President call for 'internal regime
change'.

The Republicans no longer control foreign policy. President Obama
is now the ONLY voice beyond the US borders that matters in regard to
foreign policy. President Obama is wise enough to realize that to
interfere in internal Iranian politics is arrogant and dangerous to
the Iranian people. President Obama is wise enough to learn from past mistakes and
understands' that support should be measured, controlled and rational.

The result of this is the Iranians are faced with a game changing
series of events that have shown the Iranian people the truth of their
leaders. The Iranian leaders did not have outside influences to blame
the revolt on. The Iranian leaders could not use overwhelming force to
quell a peaceful protest to an obviously questionable election.

There is violence in Iran, it will continue, but it is up to the
Iranian people to demand change. Change has occurred, Iran will never
be the same, and the Iranian leaders have lost the trust of the Iranian
people, possible forever.

The clock has started for the Iranian people to change their own
destiny and how they are governed.