Iran Is Still There, Mr. President

Ever since President Obama returned from his Middle East Apology Tour, he has pretty much publicly avoided the subject of Iran, which should give every American pause. Remember this Imperial President did say that we could not stop another country from attaining nuclear capabilities, just before all hell broke lose in Iran over a rigged presidential election.  Since then, the world has witnessed the ruthless treatment of Iranian citizens by  Khamenei and Ahmadinejad.

Iranian military police and imported Hezbollah and Hamas thugs wrecked havoc on unarmed Iranian protesters. Some were brutally beaten; some were murdered. Word has it that Iranian Green Party members were picked up after the protests were quelled, that they were imprisoned and tortured. Some Iranians died as a result; some are still imprisoned.

Many of us will never forget the murder of the young Iranian woman named Neda. Since the ruling Iranian government has no qualms about killing its young people, it is doubtful that it would restrain itself in the use of nuclear weapons. So what’s up with the POTUS and Iran?

The fact that Obama finally did utter something about Iran in Europe doesn't really carry any weight, since he seemed shamed into it by Sarkozy and other outspoken leaders of the Free World who still have a backbone. Since then, the POTUS gives the impression that he can’t bother his pretty little head about Iran. Why is that?

Yesterday people in more than 60 cities around the globe stood together in a Global Day of Action to express solidarity with the People of Iran. Did Obama speak out yesterday? Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu supports the people of Iran and his comments are worth a hearing.

To his credit, Representative Thaddeus McCotter (Michigan) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives to present the story of yet another Iranian female martyr, 19 year-old Taraneh Mousavi pictured on the right. Ms Mousavi was arrested by Basij thugs in Tehran for wearing a green scarf in protest against an illegitimate election. It has been reported that Taraneh Mousavi was beaten, raped, tortured; that her body was burned to prevent an autopsy; and that her parents have been threatened by the regime to be silent. On July 20, McCotter made Mousavi’s story part of the Congressional Record. His speech bears repeating:

“Madam Speaker, the Iranian people's peaceful struggle for freedom continues despite the tyrannical regime's barbarous crackdown. In fact, in his Friday's sermon, former President Rafsanjani called into question the legitimacy of the present government and rebuked the regime for its crackdown on peaceful protesters and its cavalier rejection of the cries that the election was stolen.

Finally, former President Rafsanjani called upon the regime to free and fully account for all those peaceful freedom seekers who have been arrested in the repression. Then, on Sunday, former President Khatami called for a referendum on the legitimacy of the Iranian regime and asked that the results be tallied by an objective independent Iranian body to ensure its accuracy.

This led the current opposition, Presidential candidate Hossein Mousavi, to say: 'You are facing something new, an awakened nation, a nation that has been born again and is here to defend its achievements. Arrests won't put an end to this problem. End this game as soon as possible and return to the nation its arrested sons.'

While humanity agrees, Supreme Leader Khamenei disagrees. And to leaders who both tacitly and expressly support the freedom seekers in Iran, Khamenei issued this warning: 'The elite should be watchful since they have been faced with a big test. Failing the test will cause their collapse.'

I'd ask Supreme Leader Khamenei to look at this picture. Her name is Taraneh Mousavi. She was arrested near Ghoba Mosque, where she was on her way to attend hairdressing college. After her arrest, she was raped, sodomized and tortured by her captors, taken to a hospital in a coma, and it was there that she died. Upon her death, her body was removed to the outskirts of Karaj Qasim where, to prevent an autopsy, it was burned.

She came from a religious family. Taraneh was only 19 and an only child. Her family has been threatened to keep quiet, and yet the resistance wants her story out. Why? Because here's the truth denied by Khamenei and his misogynistic, murderous regime: ' Your referendum has been held and you have failed your test. Taraneh and Neda condemn you as the despicable killers of women. You have no legitimacy either in the eyes of the Iranian people or in the eyes of the civilized world. You are doomed by your own hands, and it is but a matter of time until your regime collapses and the Iranian people breathe free.'

So ask yourself, "why is The Leader of the the Free World silent?" Why no comments about Iran from his administration? Obama must know his silence emboldens Khamenei and his hand-picked President. 

Despite reports of the brutality of the Basij militia against the Iranian people, neither the POTUS or his representatives in his administration speak out.  Why is that? Representative John Batchelor claims to have intelligence that Obama still wants  to negotiate with Tehran, to add to a bargain offered by the Bush administration.

I thought we had hit rock bottom with Bush and Cheney, but now it seems we can descend to new lows with Obama and his crew. Our country under Obama no longer has a leader who speaks out against human rights atrocities; the murder of innocents; and fraudulent elections that discount the will of the people. Instead, under Obama, we can now look forward to negotiating with thugs, who sanction the rape and murder of women and the torture of opponents. Instead, under Obama, we can negotiate with thugs who rig elections, and we can sanction nuclear capabilities on their behalf so as to render them capable of using nuclear weapons against our allies and us. 

Unfortunately, change doesn't necessarily mean we're moving up. Obama isn't talking. Isn't there one Democratic woman who still has her own voice?

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