Iran is a country long believed to be on the brink of reform. The young populatoin far exceeds the old, and many Iranians have connections to relatives in the West and don’t identify with the politics and cultural mores of the mullahs.An Iranian revolution, some say, would be different than others because young people would be casting aside a theocracy, rather than pursuing one.
In 2009, it looked like that change was starting to take place. The so called Green Revolution began. President Obama, who would support the overthrow of secular leaders like Assad and Mubarak, who were replaced by Islamic radicals, failed to act. New information suggests this was deliberate:
President Barack Obama not only ignored the massive 2009 uprising in Iran known as “the Green Revolution,” he ordered the Central Intelligence Agency to refrain from offering the movement any assistance.
In 2009, the Islamic regime of Iran was at a tipping point. For months on end, beginning in June, millions of Iranians had poured into the streets to protest the sham reelection of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The Green Movement, as it was called, struggled forward with mass demonstrations and civil disobedience while the nominal leaders of the uprising were systematically arrested, subjected to kangaroo courts, torture and imprisonment. The police and the Basij brutally suppressed the protesters using batons, pepper spray, axes, sticks and firearms. As many as 150 protesters were slaughtered that June. The most widely known victim of the regime’s brutality was innocent onlooker Neda Agha-Soltan, who was shot dead in the street during one of the massive protests. Her last moments were caught on a video that went viral around the world. The president’s famous response? He went out for ice cream.
Obama was handed a unique opportunity in history to be the sort of inspirational and transformative figure Ronald Reagan was for Eastern Europe before the Berlin Wall fell. All he had to do was say and do the right things to denounce the illegitimate Iranian government and stand with the people in the street.
Got it? President Obama supported giving weapons to Al Qaeda backed rebels in Syria, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, and ISIS allied brigades in Libya, but he didn’t have time for democracy protestors in Iran. It’s no wonder this hostile third world regime thinks they can kidnap American soldiers during a week when they’re receiving a massive payout as part of a nuclear agreement rejected by the entire country and our allies. They know the have Obama, and his dream of being remembered as a peacemaker at all costs in their back pocket.
AAN Staff
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