25 May 2009
Destabilize Iran or Build Relationships?
A fundamental contradiction in the Leverett’s analysis of the Obama Administration’s Iran policy in their OpEd article in the May 24, 2009 New York Times is their calling it destabilization when referring to Bush’s program of support for opposition to the Islamic regime while they call for acceptance of Iran’s relationships with Hamas and Hezbollah. The U.S. ought to be building supportive relationships with elements of Iranian society who will displace the religious autocracy and establish a secular participatory form of government. If the success of our policy in Iran depends on our accepting the mullahs’ right to support those who terrorize their neighboring state, and our ally, Israel, how can the U.S. be denigrated for helping to strengthen the influence of members of Iranian society who stand for improving the population’s material welfare?
A fundamental contradiction in the Leverett’s analysis of the Obama Administration’s Iran policy in their OpEd article in the May 24, 2009 New York Times is their calling it destabilization when referring to Bush’s program of support for opposition to the Islamic regime while they call for acceptance of Iran’s relationships with Hamas and Hezbollah. The U.S. ought to be building supportive relationships with elements of Iranian society who will displace the religious autocracy and establish a secular participatory form of government. If the success of our policy in Iran depends on our accepting the mullahs’ right to support those who terrorize their neighboring state, and our ally, Israel, how can the U.S. be denigrated for helping to strengthen the influence of members of Iranian society who stand for improving the population’s material welfare?
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