Mullahs Out of Fire Power at The Polls
The low voter turnout in the March 15, 2008 parliamentary elections in Iran, was the result of inbred apathy and the boycott by government critics, who wanted to send a message to the Mullahs and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “Up Yours!” They wanted to make it clear to Iran’s conservatives that they will not listen to them and will do what they want, when they want.
Yet these critics, many of who were disqualified to run for office and their supporters who did not vote , received an overwhelming outpouring of support from voters nationwide and their Reformist and Independent parties won several seats in parliament. The conservatives split their vote between the mullahs and Ahmadinejad. Jointly, the reformists, independents and conservative mullah faction, can outmaneuver and outvote Ahmadinejad and company ─ and even defeat him at the polls in the next presidential election in 2009.
America should be actively supporting the mullahs critics, including the anti-Iranian government group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, who have been fighting for a secular democracy to replace the mullahs theocratic regime since the shah was replaced by a mulllahtocracy. Before that, they opposed the shah’s regime and his backing and support from America. That got them blacklisted and they’ve been left on the blacklist so as not to annoy the mullahs. Why? They should be removed from the blacklist and be openly supported by America the way Iran openly supports the insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan that kill and maim Americans.
Attacking Iran is not the solution to stopping it from developing weapons grade plutonium. Supporting all anti Ahmadinejad factions, including the MEK after they are removed from America’s blacklist, to remove Ahmadinejad and his supporters from office, together with strong financial sanctions on the movement of currencies trading with Iran or belonging to the government that are strictly enforced. Incremental sanctions don’t work. The three U.N. Security Council sanctions, the 110 plus times the U.S. has imposed sanctions against foreign entities that engaged in proliferation or terrorism-related activities with Iran, and the hundreds of litigation cases the U.S. Treasury Department has brought against companies for violating the ban against trade and investment with the Islamic Republic, have failed to stop its nuclear program.
Imposing heavier sanctions in the financial markets against Iran is not sabotaging the on-and-off dialogue between America and Iran. It is expediting the process. If Iran is serious about only developing nuclear power for peaceful means, and not militaristic, it should sit down with America and come up with a mutually acceptable plan that will stop Armageddon. China can be the facilitator.
America can and must pull harder on the financial purse strings as well as the political strings with Chinese chopsticks in order to get America and Iran back together again in a warm embrace.
Yet these critics, many of who were disqualified to run for office and their supporters who did not vote , received an overwhelming outpouring of support from voters nationwide and their Reformist and Independent parties won several seats in parliament. The conservatives split their vote between the mullahs and Ahmadinejad. Jointly, the reformists, independents and conservative mullah faction, can outmaneuver and outvote Ahmadinejad and company ─ and even defeat him at the polls in the next presidential election in 2009.
America should be actively supporting the mullahs critics, including the anti-Iranian government group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, who have been fighting for a secular democracy to replace the mullahs theocratic regime since the shah was replaced by a mulllahtocracy. Before that, they opposed the shah’s regime and his backing and support from America. That got them blacklisted and they’ve been left on the blacklist so as not to annoy the mullahs. Why? They should be removed from the blacklist and be openly supported by America the way Iran openly supports the insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan that kill and maim Americans.
Attacking Iran is not the solution to stopping it from developing weapons grade plutonium. Supporting all anti Ahmadinejad factions, including the MEK after they are removed from America’s blacklist, to remove Ahmadinejad and his supporters from office, together with strong financial sanctions on the movement of currencies trading with Iran or belonging to the government that are strictly enforced. Incremental sanctions don’t work. The three U.N. Security Council sanctions, the 110 plus times the U.S. has imposed sanctions against foreign entities that engaged in proliferation or terrorism-related activities with Iran, and the hundreds of litigation cases the U.S. Treasury Department has brought against companies for violating the ban against trade and investment with the Islamic Republic, have failed to stop its nuclear program.
Imposing heavier sanctions in the financial markets against Iran is not sabotaging the on-and-off dialogue between America and Iran. It is expediting the process. If Iran is serious about only developing nuclear power for peaceful means, and not militaristic, it should sit down with America and come up with a mutually acceptable plan that will stop Armageddon. China can be the facilitator.
America can and must pull harder on the financial purse strings as well as the political strings with Chinese chopsticks in order to get America and Iran back together again in a warm embrace.
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