Hot Dogs & Hostilities
Many champion the notion of pandering to the enemy rather than defeating it. And while our nation’s Department of inSecurity highlights the sins of the West, it ignores the atrocities of the Middle East.
Iran is not, and has never been, as colorful and congenial as those on the left make it out to be. The traditional imagery of an Arabian knight and his pet monkey is next-to-nonexistent, much to the dismay of those like Barney Frank who’d give anything to join them for a magic carpet ride.
Ever since the revolution in 1979, Iran is a country which, in the terms of the bygone Bush era, might be called evil.
On November 4th, 1979, fifty-two Americans were held hostage for four hundred and forty-four days. After their prolonged release, it was found that the condition of the prisoners was the only thing more ungodly than the inaction of their president, Jimmy Carter. Though this one instance fails to portray the entirety of the country’s evil, it proves Iran’s tendency toward hostility–a factual state our president chooses to ignore.
Despite critique of his attitude toward Iran, Obama’s stance is well-grounded. Indeed, his reasons are two-fold.
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First, being a student of history himself, he’s bound to appreciate the fact that the Iranian revolutionaries chose to release minorities first. For only a few weeks after capture, thirteen black men and women were let go. In all likelihood, Obama accepts terrorist action committed with a honest attempt at affirmative action.
Also, it remains a sad fact that the tenure of the hostages in captivity was longer than the tenure of Obama in the Senate before announcing his presidential candidacy. Thus, his Iranian stance is understandable given his lack of foreign policymaking experience.
As evidence of the above, in order to celebrate the Fourth of July, our would-be world leader invited all of Iran to an embassy barbeque. This offer was later rescinded in an effort to punish the government for their most recent human rights violations against their own people.
But before Obama’s decision to change his mind on his decision, it had been widely hoped that he might employ a certain level of empathy in his meal to the Muslims. However, his previous gifting of DVD’s to the British Prime Minister and an iPod to the Queen of England made such consideration unlikely.
History would suggest the unwise and unpublicized placement of pork on the menu. All America needed was for an innocent embassy barbeque to turn into a terrorist attack on our sovereign territory. But, had this occasion taken place, after a few “Wiener akbars,” America would step back in line to receive potatoes French-fried and a bomb on the side.
Americans should thank the Muslim clerics who effectively turned down this kind offer and hold President Obama accountable for his flawed foreign policy. Though, without a doubt, the fireworks would’ve been to die for!
About the author: is an ultra-conservative columnist adding a fresh voice to the conservative movement. www.coopersvoice.com
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