Comments on: We’re All Iranians Now! http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/were_all_iranians_now/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:19:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Alex Knapp http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/were_all_iranians_now/comment-page-1/#comment-1065555 Alex Knapp Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:20:04 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=37933#comment-1065555 PD - A statement like that from America would be a lot more meaningful had it not been one of the "outside powers" that twisted the original document. PD -

A statement like that from America would be a lot more meaningful had it not been one of the "outside powers" that twisted the original document.

]]> By: PD Shaw http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/were_all_iranians_now/comment-page-1/#comment-1065390 PD Shaw Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:47:32 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=37933#comment-1065390 <blockquote>Aside from the fact that backing from America could quite likely harm Mousavi’s cause and help Ahmadinejad’s ....</blockquote> True, but there is a way to chart a course through that minefield. Before the Islamic revolution, Iran had a constitutional revolution, the first in Asia. The Iranians are extremely proud of the 1906 Constitution, and while the shah and outside powers twisted the document, it was the 1979 revolution that abolished it and placed the people of Iran under the guardianship of the clerics. All the President needs to say is "America expresses its profound hope that the people of Iran will once again enjoy a democratic government in the spirit of the Iranian constitution of 1906." <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:2:./temp/~c1092WfQar::" rel="nofollow">House Resolution 942

Aside from the fact that backing from America could quite likely harm Mousavi’s cause and help Ahmadinejad’s ....

True, but there is a way to chart a course through that minefield. Before the Islamic revolution, Iran had a constitutional revolution, the first in Asia. The Iranians are extremely proud of the 1906 Constitution, and while the shah and outside powers twisted the document, it was the 1979 revolution that abolished it and placed the people of Iran under the guardianship of the clerics.

All the President needs to say is "America expresses its profound hope that the people of Iran will once again enjoy a democratic government in the spirit of the Iranian constitution of 1906."

House Resolution 942

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