Posted on 07/30/2006 11:17:00 AM PDT by humint
Spanish-American political philosopher George Santayana famously said, "Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are destined to repeat them." Current events in Iran indicate we had better prepare ourselves for some sharp history lessons. As the brutal, fascist regime tightens its grip in the Middle East, the parallels with the rise of Nazi Germany are menacing.
Under the tyrannical rule of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 120,000 opponents have been executed since the overthrow of the shah 27 years ago. Women -- even pregnant women -- are hanged from cranes in city squares or stoned to death. Offenders are regularly flogged in public. Convicts have their limbs amputated or eyes gouged out. In August 2004, a 16-year-old girl was publicly hanged from a crane in northern Iran for "acts incompatible with chastity."
The similarities with Adolf Hitler's Nazis don't end there. Since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took office last year, public executions continue at about three daily. Like Hitler, Mr. Ahmadinejad hates minorities. Young homosexuals are routinely flogged in public before they are hanged. Millions of Kurds, Baluchis, Turkmenis, Arabs and Azeris and many other ethnic groups, face daily discrimination and humiliation.
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A modern, secular and democratic Iran would not only be the key to regional peace and security but a long-term ally of the West, as we try to spread democracy across the Middle East and the world. Without the backing of Tehran, Hamas and Hezbollah would wither and die. Peace would be restored.
Let us not forget history's lessons and perhaps we need not repeat them. And let us send a strong message to the mullahs -- one they will understand clearly: You will be brought to justice. Your crimes against humanity will not go unanswered.
(Excerpt) Read more at iranfocus.com ...
NOT so hard to figure this out even to the missing chromsomes characters in the Northeast.
Here is a speech for you, Mr President. Not one that states that Islam is a religion of peace.
So the question is why does our own President Bush refuse to raise a finger against Iran even thought Iran is complicit in the continued killing of our troops in Iraq for years, and worldwide for decades????
July is almost at an end. To bad Iran isn't.
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