Iranian Unrest
6.21.2009
Iranian Uprisings
I've tweeted on the subject but haven't opined. I know a lot of conservatives have criticized President Obama for not speaking out more forcefully. I'm not one to suggest he should have come out railing against the Iranian government. Obama was right in saying that we do not want to give the appearance that the US is involved in the uprising by the Iranian people. However I think he's also missing a moment to do something profound.
Imagine if on day 2 of this uprising, President Obama could have made a bold statement about human dignity and the desire of all people to be free.
If Obama didn't hate George W. Bush so much he could even say that the Iranian people have seen others in the middle east enjoy freedom. Women in Kuwait now serve in Parliament. Men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan have come to express their freedom through the power of the vote. The Iranian people know that they deserve nothing less.
This situation is a time for the rhetoric of a George W. Bush. Gasp! Bush actually believes those "goofy principles" like god-given freedom. He would find it easy to say something about the significance of the uprising. W couldn't read a prompter but he believed in something.
I've tweeted on the subject but haven't opined. I know a lot of conservatives have criticized President Obama for not speaking out more forcefully. I'm not one to suggest he should have come out railing against the Iranian government. Obama was right in saying that we do not want to give the appearance that the US is involved in the uprising by the Iranian people. However I think he's also missing a moment to do something profound.
Imagine if on day 2 of this uprising, President Obama could have made a bold statement about human dignity and the desire of all people to be free.
If Obama didn't hate George W. Bush so much he could even say that the Iranian people have seen others in the middle east enjoy freedom. Women in Kuwait now serve in Parliament. Men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan have come to express their freedom through the power of the vote. The Iranian people know that they deserve nothing less.
This situation is a time for the rhetoric of a George W. Bush. Gasp! Bush actually believes those "goofy principles" like god-given freedom. He would find it easy to say something about the significance of the uprising. W couldn't read a prompter but he believed in something.
