"Tear down this wall!"

[Borillar]

BTW.....in one more stunning example of naïveté and poor judgement, Democrat Jimmy Carter installed the blood thirsty Khomeini in place of the Shah.

"When the Iranian revolution came to power, with the help of Democratic President Jimmy Carter, the Ayatollah Khomeini killed more human beings (about twenty thousand) in two weeks than had been killed by the Shah during his entire thirty-eight years. Khomeini followed this by sending hundreds of thousands of Iranians to die in the Iran-Iraq war, as martyrdom was needed to resurrect the Islamic Empire."
Paul Berman, “Terror and Liberalism,” p. 108

How did Carter help put the Ayatollah Khomenei in power? If Carter helped, the Ayatollah had a strange way of thanking him.

 

[PoliticalChic]

BTW.....in one more stunning example of naïveté and poor judgement, Democrat Jimmy Carter installed the blood thirsty Khomeini in place of the Shah.

"When the Iranian revolution came to power, with the help of Democratic President Jimmy Carter, the Ayatollah Khomeini killed more human beings (about twenty thousand) in two weeks than had been killed by the Shah during his entire thirty-eight years. Khomeini followed this by sending hundreds of thousands of Iranians to die in the Iran-Iraq war, as martyrdom was needed to resurrect the Islamic Empire."
Paul Berman, “Terror and Liberalism,” p. 108

How did Carter help put the Ayatollah Khomenei in power? If Carter helped, the Ayatollah had a strange way of thanking him.

Have you ever read a book?????

Jimmy Carter
1. Was in favor of cuddling up to communism....but rattled a sabre when Russia moved into the Middle East

2. Had no problem with the Soviet oppression in Eastern Europe

3. Never understood the communist economic system

4. Threw the Shah out of power

5. Invited and ensconsed the Ayatolah Khomeini in power in Iran

6. Actually wrote the speeches for Yasir Arafat

7. Embraced the terrorist organization Hamas.

And.....

8. He regularly writes polemics aimed at undermining the only democracy in the Middle East




9. Khomeini and his allies in Iran actually reached out to the Americans, to whom he promised a) to hold the country together, calming the unrest, b) to keep the communists out, and c) to keep the oil flowing. That’s all Carter had to hear! Carter then intercedes with the Iranian military on behalf of Khomeini and in opposition to Bakhtiar, and that the US would not support any coup in favor of the Shah. In 1991, Bakhtiar was assassinated.

a. Carter believed that Khomeini would support democracy, contrary to all that he had written while in exile. In over 110 interviews he gave in Paris in the three months prior to re-entering Iran, he never mentioned the rule of the ‘juriscouncil,’ the clerical guardianship, i.e., the regime in control currently. He promised that he would retire to a life of study, and “…leave all powers to the people.”

b. The first constitution that was written was democratic! Khomeini flew to Iran in February, ’79. Within weeks he began to marginalize democracy forces. Soon a new constitution was written with the rule of the guardians at its center. November 4, of ’79 was the attack on the US embassy and taking of the hostages for 444 days.

c. The Islamic Revolution, so-called, was originally about the desire for political freedom. The Shah had given Iranians economic freedom via the White Revolution of 1963, and this was the groundwork for the unrest of ’78. How ironic is it that in 1978, Jews, Christians, and even Baha’is could, generally, live their private lives pretty much as they wished. In 1975 there were 150,000 Jews in Iran…even today there are about 20,000, which is more than the other Muslim countries combined. The Shah had mistakenly believed that giving his people this economic prosperity would give them reason to forego political freedom.

10. During the period when Iran was flowing with petrodollars, the Shah had instituted a nuclear program. His refusal to promise the US that it would never be military caused problems in the relationship. The shah often described democracy as more befitting the “blue-eyed world.” And the oil spike allowed him to ignore the US. http://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-digest/article/5280

 

[PoliticalChic]

If Trump manages to succeed in North Korea, and Iran,......will he get a Nobel Peace Prize????


Pop Quiz:
Which man was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize?



Adolph Hitler

Joseph Stalin

Benito Mussolini

Barack Obama




C'mon.....guess...

 

[PoliticalChic]

Encouraged by President Trump, anti-regime activists have made steady gains against the 7th century psychotics with whom Obama allied himself.


"The December-to-January uprising was comprised of protests in upwards of 140 cities and towns spanning the entire country. ... activist networks and entire populations continue to organize more localized demonstrations, in keeping with the call-to-action issued in March by Maryam Rajavi, the president of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), a coalition headed by the principle Iranian Resistance group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).

On the occasion of the Iranian New Year, Nowruz, Mrs. Rajavi stated “the coming year can and must be turned into a year full of uprisings,” which must continue “until final victory.” The NCRI has elaborately outlined what “final victory” might look like, and it entails the wholesale removal of the existing regime, and its replacement with a democratic system. Rajavi has articulated a ten-point plan describing the framework of this system, complete with free and fair elections, secular governance, safeguards on the rights of women and minorities, and a commitment to peaceful relations with Iran’s neighbors."
Ken Blackwell - A Viable Democratic Alternative to the Regime in Iran



Here is Trump pressuring the mullahs in the way Reagan did to the Soviets.

"History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme."

• ...often attributed to Mark Twain

 

[PoliticalChic]

"Tehran’s Grand Bazaar Shut Down as Economic Protests Spread
(Bloomberg) -- Traders in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar shut their stores to protest rising prices and the weakening of Iran’s currency, official news agencies reported, as Iranian officials took action to allay concerns that an economic crisis was looming.
...the dollar shortage that is likely to worsen as U.S. sanctions resume.
The rial is sinking mainly because Iranians fear for their economic future and the fate of the nuclear deal,..."
Tehran’s Grand Bazaar Shut Down as Economic Protests Spread



Note the difference between a Hussein Obama, and a Donald Trump.