Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Highly Skeptical

The American Vice President, Joe Biden, seemed to give Israel a green light for military action to eliminate Iran's so called "nuclear threat", saying the U.S. "cannot dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot do.""Israel can determine for itself -- it's a sovereign nation -- what's in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else," Biden told ABC's "This Week" in an interview broadcast Sunday.

This is a clear change in tone compared to two months ago when Biden told the Zionist regime that attacking Iran without American consent was not an option for the Zionist regime. While President Obama has kept his position on non interference in Iranian affairs, this new tone is considered as an implicit threat. Analysts believe this change in tone may be rooted in the recent post election events in Iran.

There have been many instances in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran when the positions and rhetoric of American authorities has seriously undermined the civil society movements and democratic processes of the country. One example, when during the Reformist term of Khatami , Bush named Iran as a memeber of the "axis of evil" ,thereby giving extremists an opportunity to hijack the political directions of the country.
Now, more recently Obama has mentioned concern for the supporters of Mousavi and the post election protests, while not seen as being helpful; it has not been taken seriously by people who believe that Americans are after their interests in the region and are currently also supporting many tyrannical regimes in the world only to protect their interests.
Biden's recent remarks will not be helpful for Iranian endeavors for reform, since these words will give security forces the opportunity to take advantage and make things more difficult for the people. In addition, any imminent threat to attack Iran will spontaneously unite all Iranians against the external enemy. This act will surely mute the reform movement in Iran for a long time.
It seems quite suspicious for many Iranians that whenever a viable civil rights and democratic campaign has taken shape, within the context of the Constitution and values of the Islamic Revolution, Americans strike the first lethal blow in various forms, depriving it of any opportunity to survive in a society highly skeptical of foreign support and interference.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

خانم ابتکار سلام. در سایت خبرآنلاین از قول شمادر مورد سیاست ایران در قبال سانسور اخبار مربوط به چین و ناآرامیهاش اومده بود. دلگرم شدم. گفتم بهرحال دیگران هم حرف دل من را بزنن واقعا چرا ؟
این چند روز اخیر کمترین انعکاس تحولات چین و سرکوب اقلیت این کشور را در رسانه های داخلی شاهدیم.در حالیکه این خبر به خاطر اوج قیام مردم در صدر اخبار فوری جهان قرار گرفته است. امشب که اصلا هیچ خبری در این باره نشنیدم شبهای دیگر را نمیدانم. سیاست این قدر بی پدر مادر است؟ من از همین رفتارها به این نتیجه میرسم که دولت ما دولت عدالت محوری نیست. و انتخابات ما هم تقلبی بیش نبوده است.

البته من مطلبی در این مورد از شما ندیدم اینجا ولی انشالله صحت داشته باشد
aria.azarbarzin@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

خانم ابتکار امیدوارم این مطلبی در مورد چین نوشته باشید صحیح باشه
چرا ایران اینجوری میکنه؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟
این چند روز اخیر کمترین انعکاس تحولات چین و سرکوب اقلیت این کشور را در رسانه های داخلی شاهدیم.در حالیکه این خبر به خاطر اوج قیام مردم در صدر اخبار فوری جهان قرار گرفته است. امشب که اصلا هیچ خبری در این باره نشنیدم شبهای دیگر را نمیدانم. سیاست این قدر بی پدر مادر است؟ من از همین رفتارها به این نتیجه میرسم که دولت ما دولت عدالت محوری نیست. و انتخابات ما هم تقلبی بیش نبوده است.