When the situation erupted in Iran, I like many other Americans, who root for true freedom and democracy, began to rally behind the people protesting the election in Iran. That is until today. Yes, that is correct; I have changed my mind about the events in Iran. I figure if I am going to be a Paleo-Conservative; I should try acting and thinking like one.
My feeling on the uprising in Iran is this; the protests are pointless and waste of time, human lives, and a needless destruction of Iran. Why? Because of the following, Iran is not, and has not been since 1979, a true free Country. It is an Islamic Republic; it operates under Islamic rule or Sharia law. In other words, Religion is the main factor in the creation of that country’s laws. The Iranian people must abide by those laws, or they can face imprisonment or worse death.
This entire uprising in Iran is not just about Ahmadinejad against Mousavi or at least it should not be. These people want to be free, unshackled from the chains of Islamic rule. However, the cold sobering fact of the reality is that the Iranian people will most likely not succeed in freeing themselves from the Islamic regime. Their grip is just too strong on that Nation and the truth of reality is that nothing in that Country will change. Even if Mousavi is placed into power the Islamic authorities, which really run that Country will still be in power.
I have noticed that some of my Neo-Conservative counterparts have been goading the President of the United States for not taking a more vocal stance against the Iranian Government and by proxy, the Islamic leaders of that Country. In case that sounds a bit familiar, these people are the same people played cheerleader to President Bush’s decision to go into Iraq. Hence my reasoning for disliking the Neo-Conservative wing of the Republican Party; Not because of some idiotic Hatred of the Jews; but because of the Wilsonian, warmongering stance of those types of Conservatives.
As a Paleo-Conservative, my feelings about Iran are this that the United States of America should stay out of the affairs of the Iranian Government. If the Iranian people want to overthrow that Government, let them do it. If the Iranian people want to topple that Islamic regime, let them do it. The less the United States becomes involved in that situation, the better. The same kind of meddling with the affairs of other Governments has gotten us into other situations in the past. The list is quite long — Korea, Vietnam, Both Iraq Wars, World War I, and so on.
If I ever had a chance to have an audience with the President of the United States, I would simply tell him what to do with Iran as well as North Korea, and that is stay out of that situation. If the United Nations wants to send Japan and South Korea, as well as a few other Countries in to topple that leader, let them do so. However, please, do not involve our Country. The same should be done with Iran. The United States should not be pursuing an agenda of interventionalism in that region at all.
It is because of our interventionalist foreign policy of the past; that the September 11, 2001 attacks occurred in New York City. We just cannot afford to make that same mistake twice. God Help us if we do.
Sounds like a good plan. Any sort of posturing or intervention in Iran will probably only embolden the regime. Pat Buchanan’s latest column perfectly sums up the situation and the options.
Yessir, He wrote his, after I wrote mine. 😀