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Saturday, September 30, 2006
US Senate passed Iran Freedom Act
United States house of representatives and senate, both, passed the Iran Freedom Act and President Bush signed it today.
It's a beginning and I do appreciate the US Senate and president Bush for doing this thing. It means a lot to the Iranian people who are dead tired of the terrorist regime of Iran. It is just a matter of time to see a free and democratic Iran in the middle east which is way overdue.
Posted by Winston on September 30, 2006 in International Politics | Permalink
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Let's all keep a kind thought for those brave souls who belong to pro-democracy groups in Iran. Tough gig, as they say.
Posted by: EBD | 2006-09-30 10:10:29 PM
Thanks!
Posted by: Winston | 2006-09-30 10:47:52 PM
Why is that the oh so free and democratic western world thinks that it is responsible to implement "democracy" around the globe? It is a countries right to choose its own system of government, and the massed majority of Iranians still support the revolution. Wait, did I just say, majority? I thought that was something you pro democracy folks loved. I think this means that democracy comes in many forms, the system in Iran is an example of a for indirect democracy, but the country is run based on what the majorty of the country feels and wants.
The revolution lives!
Posted by: Stones | 2006-10-01 7:40:57 AM
Stones,
Please move to your beloved Iran right now. We don't need you here ... we need freedom lovers here. That is the system of the majority in north America. That is what we feel and want.
Freedom Lives!
Posted by: Duke | 2006-10-01 9:04:42 AM
Ah, the Duke Travel Agency is on it again. Trying to ship all the people off s/he doesn't agree with.
Seriously, you prove once again that you have no clue what Freedom & Democracy really are.
Posted by: Michael | 2006-10-01 11:17:46 AM
Gee do you think there current government has anything to do with opposition members being banned from the voting, and the rest of them boycotting the election as a result of that ban. i guess some people have a strange idea of democracy.
Posted by: john a. | 2006-10-01 1:41:59 PM
Ya, sure Stones...
That's a good laugh! You must view history thru some very thick glasses dude.
Some ' quasi-democracy'. The mad Mullahs vetted all of the candidates ahead of the election. And guess what? If you were not part of the Islamic final solution, you were not permitted to run. Mix in a few death squads, human rights violations, repression of the ‘majority’, misogyny, 6th century Sharia and it is truly a beacon of the Middle East.
No reason at all to force them to change, nothing to see here everyone move along now………
Posted by: missing link | 2006-10-01 6:57:30 PM
Stones, you make all of us laugh dude
Posted by: Winston | 2006-10-01 9:15:26 PM
Some people lost it as can be seen by this unbelievable comment. Go to Iran right now, Islamofacist, we don't need you here.
Posted by: Rémi Houle | 2006-10-02 10:01:35 AM
Stones may be on to something.
Democracy itself can be manipulated by a charismatic leader who can sway the great unwashed to cast a vote for his viewpoint.
Case in point, Quebec seperatists always portray themselves as great democrats ... their tactics are always to tap into people's psyche.
The argument, of course, is that democracies can overthrow the rule of law if the great unwashed can be convinced the rule of law is oppressive.
Kinda like idea behind the French Revolution. All you have to do is look to France to see what that type of constant agitation against established order leads to.
Agents of change have their purpose, but much of the time they are a royal pain in the ass.
Posted by: Set you free | 2006-10-02 10:19:13 AM
Back to the Act, there is simply no evidence whatsoever that the funds for democracy will actually make any difference whatsoever. As with Hamas and Hisbollah, it is likely the funds would end up in the wrong direction, as no matter which way it is put, the funds prop that economy, the one which feeds into the nuclear machine. Although it is a subtle way of influencing, like the other times funds have been used to influence, hopefully in a positive way, I am not going to hold my breath that it will in fact lead to the kind of outcome, to which the legislation is intended.
No matter what, one cannot be overly critical, when in fact the heart is in the right place.
I am waiting for the "right" in that Act to be properly articulated. Like the oil for food and medicine in Iraq, you get to see the results if and when their is a product.
Posted by: Lady | 2006-10-03 3:40:32 PM
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