Would there be Orange in Ukraine w/o purple in Iraq?
Would there be Cedar in Lebanon w/o purple in Iraq?
Would there be Green in Iran w/o purple in Iraq?

President George H W Bush, building the real rainbow coalition since 2002

Not just Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Iran. But also in places like Saudia Arabia. It was unthinkable of that there would be elections in Saudia Arabia. Yet, it was just a couple of years ago that they held elections there. Granted, they were local elections, of no real consequence; but elections they were.

As the saying goes – to move a mountain you start with a single stone.

Without the freedom the United States fought for in Iraq & A-stan, the Iranians would not have turned out to vote in the mass that they did. They would have already known their fate if Saddam & the Taliban were still running amock over their own people. One don’t have to be a rocket scientist to realize that. They see it working to their east and west.

Thank you President Bush for fighting the enemy there and the nay sayers here. It will be worth being stuck with “THAT ONE” for 4 years if the Iranian people stick to it.

Then there’s the theory that Obama’s election has more of an impact than Iraq’s

But hey, supporting the Iranian people is hard Promoting Christian Conspiracies is easier (HT AP)

Fun fact. If Europe had gotten out of their collective sloth and smacked Hitler when he invaded Checslovakia, WW II wouldn’t have happened. But hey, I’m sure they thought back then it was an internal matter.

Chad’s so blinded by his hatred of “neo-cons” renders him immue to reason, and to that the post is talking about Iraqis, who Chad would have preferred to be left under Saddam.

The virus of liberty! Man, I wish I’d have thought of that. But I’m definitely going to use it a lot from now on.

Awesome.

Have you noticed that in some (but not all) places where there’s been hated for the US, it’s stemmed from the US’ interference in those countries? Look at Afghanistan: we used them as or pawns in our fight with the Russians. As much as people like to credit Reagan with this “freedom fight” it did actually start with Carter, who was advised he could turn Afghanistan into “Russia’s Vietnam”. Nice job, but then as soon it was over, the US deserted those people, left it war-torn country – so, yet another place for anti-US sentiments to grow and fester. Perhaps if we had offered them proper aid to rebuild, the Taliban/Al Queda wouldnt have been a such a fertile ground in which to grow.

It’s not surprising that the time was ripe for a revolution in 79 nor was it so anti-US.
A full theocracy is certainly not better than a dictatorship (full and absolute rule resting in one person). So, as the protests over the elections in Iran now possibly bloom into full revolution, will it run its own course with the people there? Will we and other countries offer some kind of support or will it go further and we end back where it all started in 1953?

PS – Not to mention the material support we gave to Saddam Huessin in the 80s under Reagan in their war against Iran, and of course we know how that little bit help ended up…

Just as Reagan is responsible for the Berlin wall falling, so is GW Bush responsible for the Iranian uprising. He has injected the liberty virus.

Bush had constant refrain that he believe the desire for freedom was a human one and that liberty can be achieved in the Middle East countries. Iraq is still in the crucible but it has encouraged other countries.

Bush is wildly popular in Ukraine, Georgia , Serbia, Moldavia and other countries that have recently acheived greater freedom.

If Iran acheives the revolt then I expect the same will be in Iran. They will remember the people who spoke of freedom for them. Obama will not fare so well with his equivalence speeches. They are not inspiring for freedom.

In that article, they mention Grand Ayatollah Montazori, who may well become an important player in all this. I posted on that the other day. You can find it -
http://wolfhowling.blogspot.com/2009/06/iran-09-fire-still-burning-incendiary.html

I remember well, watching footage of the first (true, democratic) election day in Iraq, it was December, 2005 I think. Jubilant Iraqis with purple fingers; families reportedly walking miles to get to a poll to vote. I can still recall vividly how proud I felt, to be an American, and how fortunate!

I think that God does and has spoken outside of the Bible and that some works have His Spirit in them. If any secular document can be said to be “holy”, it is the Declaration of Independence, particularly the above quote. If any words roar out in history as inspired by Truth, these words do.

Wow. Wow. How bloody lucky are we??? God bless the Iranians and I hope that they can someday soon enjoy the human right of liberty the way that we do.

(And there you have it folks, my 4th of July America-Lovin’ post weeks ahead of time…..)

Of course the changes in Iraq are having an effect.
The failure of Hizzbullah to gain more seats in Lebanon are another sign.

A democracy in a muslim country would not look like the US, but have any of you been to Western Turkey? I”ll take that kind of democracy any day over the mullatocracy that is present day Iran.