President Bush gave a speech this morning at the American legion meeting and he allocated parts of his speech to Iran and I thought a separate post must be done on this important message.
That is what he said today:
"The international community is also speaking with one voice to the radical regime in Tehran. Iran is a nation held hostage by a small clerical elite that is isolating and repressing its people, and denying them basic liberties and human rights. The Iranian regime sponsors terrorists and is actively working to expand its influence in the region. The Iranian regime has advocated the destruction of our ally, Israel. And the Iranian regime is defying the world with its ambitions for nuclear weapons.
America will continue to rally the world to confront these threats, and Iran's aggressive behavior and pursuit of nuclear weapons is increasing its international isolation. When Iran's case was brought before the IAEA earlier this month, 27 nations voted against Iran, including Russia and China and India and Brazil and Sri Lanka and Egypt and Yemen. The only nations to support Iran were Syria, Cuba, and Venezuela. Now Iran's case will be taken up to the U.N. Security Council. The free world is sending the regime in Tehran a clear message: We're not going to allow Iran to have nuclear weapons.
The world's free nations are also worried because the Iranian regime is not transparent. You see, a non-transparent society that is the world's premier state sponsor of terror cannot be allowed to possess the world's most dangerous weapons. So, as we confront Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions, we're also reaching out to the Iranian people to support their desire to be free; to build a free, democratic, and transparent society.
To support the Iranian people's efforts to win their own freedom, my administration is requesting $75 million in emergency funds to support democracy in Iran. This is more than a fourfold increase over current levels of funding. These new funds will allow us to expand radio and television broadcasts into Iran. They will support reformers and dissidents and human rights activists and civil society organizers in Iran, so Iranians can organize and challenge the repressive policies of the clerical regime. They will support student exchanges, so we can build bridges of understanding between our people and expose more Iranians to life in a free society.
By supporting democratic change in Iran, we will hasten the day when the people of Iran can determine their own future and be free to choose their own leaders. Freedom in the Middle East requires freedom for the Iranian people, and America looks forward to the day when our nation can be the closest of friends with a free and democratic Iran."
This is what many Iranians have been waiting to hear and today, President Bush said what he had to say 3 years ago.
Thank You Mr. Bush!
2 comments:
I am old enough to remember the Iraqi imposed war on Iran. No worries!
But you are wrong!
Nobody wants to wage war against Iran unless the Mullahs ask for that.
Btw, your rhetoric on Bush being like Saddam doesnt make sense to me!
Did he order to kill his opponents and bury them in mass graves?
Did he order to stage genocide against his own people?
The answer is NO and so your comparison is absurd here.
Yes, I agree that countries look for their interests in other parts of the world but let me tell u that right now our own interests (people of Iran) has been mixed with the interests of the Americans.
We dislike the regime and so do they. We should use their help to have democracy and once we have democracy then a free society shouldnt be afraid of foreign powers influences.
Hope it helps you and I am sure that you are misled but it is okay.
Yek Motarjem:
You're right about the issue of ignorance. Here is what Thomas Jefferson said in 1860:"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
That's why it's imperative for totalitarian nations to control the mass media.
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