Imagine an enemy of the United States refusing to negotiate peace, because they believe a possible November political shift in Washington may be beneficial to THEM!
Some pundits have put forth this as a viable reason for Iran’s refusal to negotiate in good faith. Is this truly plausible?
Older Americans might remember that the current Iranian leadership seized power in 1979.
They overran our embassy, took Americans hostage, and made the United States of America their enemy.
They also forcefully subjugated the Iranian people to their brutal and radical religious rule.
Today, the majority of the Iranian people long for the freedoms they once enjoyed prior to the 1979 takeover of their country.
This longing for change is clearly evident in the thousands of Iranian people taking to the streets to demand that change.
Unfortunately, the result has been the mass murder, imprisonment, and disappearance of thousands of these brave, unarmed, innocent patriots.
This is clearly an attempt by the current leadership to silence the people and retain its control over the population.
The Iranian people are not our enemy.
The leadership itself declared that the United States of America was their enemy in 1979.
Since that time, they and their proxies have been attacking and killing Americans, while repeatedly chanting their desire to destroy America, AKA the great satan.
Make no mistake, the diligent and all-consuming desire they have to acquire a nuclear weapon is the means to that end.
Should we wait for them to announce their success with a mushroom cloud over a US or allied target, or should we be proactive in our defense?
One of our Presidents sent Iran planes full of cash, another President sent them planes full of bombs.
One President strengthened their nuclear ambitions; another weakened them.
Too many Americans show up to protest OUR country with signs they can’t explain, repeating chants they don’t understand and flying flags of countries whose history they know little about.
I believe that these people generally mean well, but unfortunately, they “can’t see the forest for the trees”.
Yes, the Iranian people are our friends, but their leaders are not.
Yes, in America, we can protest the decisions our leaders make, but in Iran, they cannot.
Yes, in America, we can vote to change our leadership, but in Iran, they cannot.
Yes, in America, we have the right to keep and bear arms, but in Iran, they do not.
Our wise Founding Fathers knew that there was, and always will be, evil in the world.
They also knew that the only way for good to overcome evil is by fighting it.
Our forefathers were the original “No Kings” protestors. In fact they actually had to fight and defeat a real King in order to create our great country.
Yes, the same great country, where, unlike Iran, we still enjoy the freedom to speak, protest, complain, hate, or love whoever or whatever we want, without disappearing.
So please remember, as you exercise these freedoms, that no real king or mullah would ever allow you to do any of those things.
So before we cast our votes this November, we might want to consider formulating an honest answer to this question:
Why would a foreign country, whose leadership wants us all dead, be cheering for a change in our political balance of power?
Are there really enough Americans who hate our country and our President so much that they would elect a Congress that would side with the Iranian mullahs?
God Bless America and all those who defend her.
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