Written by Paul I. Adujie

Lawcareer2007@aol.com

New York, United States

Human behavior is too often illogical and this is extraordinarily so, in international politics.

Recent post elections uproar in Iran witnessed internal and external manipulations. I wholeheartedly supported and still support Iranians who seek a better society and a better country.

However, I will be remiss if I fail to mention the outside hand and outside influence that was so palpable in the entire process. I take the view that the election outcome in Iran, which Iranians want, should engender our support, and election results that suit Lebanon, should be the one we all support. Election results should never be the dictates of what outside powers demand and prefer, over and above the desires of the local electorates. Why I would I want a puppet in Iran that can be manipulated by people outside of Iran?

I believe in democracy, freedom and liberty without pre-conditions. And this is best for all countries, not just Iran. We are entitled to have the same or similar expectations of every country, and in particular, countries in the Middle East or so-called Arab World. Those who pretend otherwise are doing so, for purposes other than in the best interest of the peoples of the countries in question. There is no democracy of any description in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Dubai, Brunei, Egypt etc Why then is this fixations on Iran?

It does appear as if the focus on Iran is motivated other than by the recent elections. Iran’s nuclear ambitions is written all over the spate of criticisms from the outside.

Why are we in the United States not showing similar concerns for democracy, freedom and liberty in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Dubai, Egypt etc where there are NO elections at all and none scheduled

Countries where women are still treated like furniture and things? Where women are not allowed to drive.

The current fixation on Iran is informed, not by Iran and Iranians’ best interests, but, rather, an agenda which is driven by the interests of others and outsiders! And why was there this predominance and prevalence of protest signs written in English? Could this be an indication that there is some outsourcing and external engineering, orchestration and choreography in what the world just witnessed in Iran? Why so many posters in English? Whatever happened to Farsi and Arabic? Who were the Iranians talking to? Oh, the international community? I thought this was an internal issues for Iranians?

Why are some showering this disproportionate attention on Iran? If democracy is so good for Iran, it is equally good and desirable in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Dubai, Brunei, Egypt etc

History is my witness, expediency, as substitute for a sound and fair foreign policy does not work, it is fraught with chickens coming home to roost, as we see in the short sightedness of arming Mujahideen in Afghanistan in the1980s and funding and propping Saddam as proxy warrior against Iran (Iraq versus Iraq war) millions dead and maimed, and Saddam became expendable! No condition is permanent, Saddam.

A consistent foreign policy will actually engender respect for American preachments of ideals of democracy, freedom and liberty etc ; Whereas, a policy which is selective in its application, a haphazard application based on expediency, is hollow and open to ridicule…disdain and is seen for what it is, hypocrisy.

Robot  # 1 | 21.06.2009 01:18

The current fixation on Iran is informed, not by Iran and Iranians’ best interests, but, rather, an agenda which is driven by the interests of others and outsiders! And why was there this predominance and prevalence of protest signs written in English? Could this be an indication that there is some outsourcing and external engineering, orchestration and choreography in what the world just witnessed in Iran? Why so many posters in English? Whatever happened to Farsi and Arabic? Who were the Iranians talking to? Oh, the international community? I thought this was an internal issues for Iranians?...Read the full article.

Auspicious  # 2 | 24.06.2009 01:14

+ And so we come to that point where we ask ourselves thus: what do fairminded and honest people know about the recent presidential elections in Iran, along with its aftermath? Are the protests real or instigated? Are the protesters genuinely agitated, or theirs is nothing but fake natterings? Well folks may not know much, but they know this much; that prior to that election, an event happened halfway across the world that saw an unlikely candidate emerge in Barack Hussein Obama to become the 44th President of the United States. Like many others across the world, the Iranian people must have followed the events leading up to his election and his latter inauguration with an unusual interest. Like many others, they would also be justifiably doubtful that his society will allow someone like him to emerge as President. And, by the time Mr. Obama emerged, every move and every word he uttered would be closely scrutinized, no doubt because of the peculiarity of his presidency, which is exactly what has happened so far. By the time he granted his very first interview to the Middle-Eastern TV net work Al-Arabiya, he had gotten the attention of a vast proportion of the Arab world. In that interview, he let his audience know that he represented A New America; an America that would not only respect the sovereignity of others, but would relate with these other nations as equals to whom she would listen rather than go about telling them what to do. He paid his respects to the people of Iran and offered a chance for a New Beginning, reminding the government and the people of their rightful place in the world instead of remaining in isolation. Rarely had such approach been adopted by any of his predecessors, many amongst who preferred to bluster their way through their differences with those whom they disagreed with, undermining the latters' independence and/or sovereignity in the process and helping seeds of hatred to germinate and grow wild in the hearts and minds of those whose societies had to suffer for their blustering and cowboyism. That was how the bin Ladens of this world were inspired to do what they do best, even while one cannot spare the latter of the fate that he deservers for his attrocities. Although there was no immediate verifiable reaction to his interview (besides that of the interviewer who later had great praises for Obama after hearing his words), Obama's approach was not lost on his middle-eastern audience, many amongst who still doubted his sincerity at that point, but nevertheless began to pay even more attention to his actions and policies. To those who have followed Obama long enough to understand him, the handwriting was on the wall already. They knew he was for real and didn't need any convincing from any quaters. Their expectations were simply being met. And it remains so. By the time he recieved the Isreali Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House not too long ago, after which he delivered a speech in Egypt to popular approval across the entire Middle-East, the handwriting on the wall had turned to cracks visible enough for the average, open-minded Middle-Easterner to see. While a greater proportion of the people from that part of the world still remained justifiably suspicious of America and her President, his message had begun to register with a good number of others. Even Osama bin Laden felt pressured to throw a spanner in the works from his cave somewhere out there, but nobody paid the bastard any heed. People are far smarter than their leaders take them for, wether they be Iranians or the Americans or Nigerians. Leaders may fool some of their people some of the time, but they can't fool all their people all the time. For years on end, leaders of a culturally rich and proud Middle-Eastern nation have practically tied their very existence in power to the excesses of another foreign government in their country's recent history, such that all a candidate needed to do to win votes in Iran is invoke death to America louder than the rest of his co-contestants seeking the Presidency. Well, guess what? The threat of America's recent belligerence (especially under the garrullous Republican governments) is gradually fading-off the scene, leaving some of those powerful Iranian leaders who have absolutely banked their relevance in the affairs of Iranians on how loud they can spew their perpetual anti-Zionist and anti-American diatribe with nothing else to show for their relevance. All of a sudden, Iranians are looking inwards to solving their own problems at home rather than remain fixated on the "Big Satan" whom those leaders use to hide their recent irrelevance. And so, just as it was in Lebanon, an election was held that saw a massive shift in citizen loyalties in Iran. While the one in Lebanon has come and gone with little or no hitches, the elections in Iran altogether threw up a different scenario that shocked the millions who rejected the opportunism that have become the standards of leadership in their country in recent years, where American excesses under past governments was used by Iranian leaders to indulge in their own excesses at home as well. It is like the folks saying: "It is Summertime, we don't need the Heater on anymore!" The wave of change that resulted in the swelling of the ranks of the opposition was a last minute one, otherwise the irregularities (wether deliberate or errorneous or whatever) wouldn't have been so obvious. Granted, no elections are perfect. But where a "McCain" maintains a massive lead past a surging Obamanation that is seeking a transformational change, one can expect a spontaneous reaction from the people. And that was exactly what happened in Iran after the recent elections, contrary to bombastic claims of external influence that this funny Author is propagating around here. It is the same 'funny' reasons which informs the Author's claims (about 'calculated western influence' being behind the unrest in Iran) that informed his then virulent pro-Obasanjo campaign with which he saturated this Forum at the zenith of the latter's garrulous reign as President of Nigeria. It is brazenly disingenuous that at a time when the current American government is adopting an obviously respectful, hands-off approach as it concerns the Islamic Republic of Iran, others are out here undermining this budding era of mutual respect and understanding between nations. The Author talks of the fixation with the news coming out of Iran - as if he is too thick in the head to understand why protests of a scale that had not been seen since the last Islamic Revolution would generate something of a frenzy in the world media. One wonders if he would rather nobody paid any heed to the events happeneing out there. Even more, one wonders what his main objective here is. Is it, perhaps, to bemoan a people's expression of displeasure with a government whom they suspect may have tampered with their votes? And are the hundreds of thousands who have marched and bled so far all daft enough to allow themselves to be led-by-the-nose by America? Like I said elsewhere, the Author is too smart not to know the truth. He is only doing this for attention - as usual. Auspicious.

Onari  # 3 | 24.06.2009 02:28

=Robot;365226>The current fixation on Iran is informed, not by Iran and Iranians’ best interests, but, rather, an agenda which is driven by the interests of others and outsiders! And why was there this predominance and prevalence of protest signs written in English? Could this be an indication that there is some outsourcing and external engineering, orchestration and choreography in what the world just witnessed in Iran? Why so many posters in English? Whatever happened to Farsi and Arabic? Who were the Iranians talking to? Oh, the international community? I thought this was an internal issues for Iranians?...Read the full article. Hmmm! The usual blame game again here...it is all someone's fault. When will inidividuals and nations take responsibilities and leave others living thousands of kilometers away...When Neda was shot by a snipper on the street of Tehran a CIA or some alien was the sniper and not an Iranian...Blahblahblah... When Iranian police and the Brasij's use baton on their fellow citizens it is the fault of USA, Britain etc...i dont see any connection here...

Zanubia Wolf  # 4 | 24.06.2009 07:40

Why cant the sovereignty of Iran be respected, when Nigeria had it own elections in 2007 what did Britain and America do? How long was it in the News?

ifeolooni  # 5 | 24.06.2009 08:25

i dont always like to comment on your articles but i watched the neda video on youtube and it is still ringing in me head . why do you always love to write articles which disregard peoples genuine concern. u cannot sacrifice pples desire for freedom cos of ur insipid and imaginary patriotism, to hell with nigeria if oodu'a republic can give me most of my rights. give me my rights not unity or internal cohesion

I Love Nigeria  # 6 | 24.06.2009 09:39

I have a preference for using the same standard for democracy advocacy for all nations I have a preference for addressing human suffering, plight and predicament using a single standard. The United States connived with Britain to overthrow democracy in Iran in 1953... Iran was not a theocracy at that time... and now the chickens have come home to roost. This is the outcome or consequence of foreign policies informed by expediency. Mr. Mir Mousavi is not a democrat! He is a renegade, disgruntled cleric with theocratic credentials There is more suffering in Palestine than in Iran, Palestine has no oil or nuclear ambition. The human condition in Palestine is not being discussed here? WHY? It is not popular or sexy, like Iran protests! When will Mr. Obama and some of you here invade Israel for her complete disregard for the United Nations and the International Community for how she maltreats Palestinians, strangle their economy and usurp their political and economic powers? Mr. Obama told Israel the other day to freeze Jewish settlements or expansions in Palestinian land, Mr. Obama received from Israel, a flat NO! A previously scheduled peace initiative-meeting between US envoy and Israel Prime Minister has been cancelled due to the of the PM over the settlement issue 1. Israeli PM, US Envoy Meeting Scrapped Over Settlement Spat 2. Israel: Settlement Issue Prompted US Meeting Delay - CBS News http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=US+cancel+envoy+trip+to+Israel+because+of+settlement+&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi= Why this gyration and selectivity for ideals of democracy? Democracy for Saudi Arabia, Brunei, Dubai, Egypt and freedom for Palestine!

I Love Nigeria  # 7 | 24.06.2009 09:43

EXPEDIENCY, EXPEDIENCY, AND MORE EXPEDIENCY! Let us all be fair and even handed about democracy, liberty and freedom! Let us not have will amnesia about the suffering of Palestine and the absence of democracy in many places. Let us not be selective as to whose freedom we defend Expediency is what drives foreign policies of the West aka America and Europe. I used the same exact word, expediency, earlier, in my blog, in which I wondered aloud, why no one in America and Europe seem concerned about democracy in Saudi Arabia, Brunei, Kuwait, Egypt etc. Why for instance, is it, that Mr. Mousavi, the new hero for democracy in Iran, is not seen for who he really is? A part of the antiquity and theocratic regime in Iran? Who said Mousavi is a reformer or democrat? There is a campaign in America and Europe against Iran, and it has Nuclear ambition written all over it! It is quite hypocritical to seek to influence the outcome of Iranian election, not for the best interest of Iranians, but the outsiders who are playing their hands in Iranian affairs. If it is not OK, for Lebanese or Iranians to seek to influence the outcome of American elections, why should Americans seek to manipulate elections in Iran or Lebanon and any where else for that matter? AND, why are we comparing Nigeria to Iran anyway? Nigeria has her challenges, but, Nigeria is surely not Iran, in many positive ways. Oh, I hate the fact that Nigeria is not advanced in nuclear pursuit as Iran is...that is what gets American and European attention. It is quite nice to find two of you guys who are not following the herd or having herd-mentality! Those opposed to Iran's nuclear ambition and sovereignty, are seeking "Regime Change" by any and every means... fair and foul! AND, suddenly, Mir Mousavi became their strange-bed-fellow "reformer" hero of democracy? The west need well thought out foreign policy which is not based on hypocrisy and double-standard... What we have seen, and still seeing is.... http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/showpost.php?p=365357&postcount=12 http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/showpost.php?p=365440&postcount=15 http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/showpost.php?p=365326&postcount=10 More than 1000 Palestinians were killed by the Israelis in January 2009 and I did not see anyone bleeding here! No Youtube there right? There are genuine concerns for freedom, democracy and Palestine! My sympathy and condolences for Neda and her families and friends and all democracy and freedom loving people of this good earth.

I Love Nigeria  # 8 | 24.06.2009 09:58

1. BBC NEWS | Middle East | 'More than 1000 killed in Gaza' Jan 14, 2009 ... Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip pass 1000, medical sources in ... Thirteen Israelis have been killed, including three civilians and one http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7828884.stm http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=1000+Palestinians+killed&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi= 1. BBC NEWS | Middle East | 'More than 1000 killed in Gaza' Jan 14, 2009 ... Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip pass 1000, medical sources in ... Thirteen Israelis have been killed, including three civilians and one ... news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7828884.stm - Cached - Similar 2. Gaza medics say death toll in offensive over 1000 | Reuters GAZA, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The number of Palestinians killed in a 19-day-old Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip reached at least 1000 on Wednesday, ... www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSB457806 - Cached - Similar 3. Israeli human rights groups speak out as death toll passes 1000 ... Jan 15, 2009 ... The number of Palestinians killed by Israel's offensive in Gaza climbed above 1000 yesterday, despite repeated calls from the UN for a halt ... www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/.../human-rights-gaza-israel - Cached - Similar 4. Raed in the Middle: US taxpayers money in Action: 1000 ... US taxpayers money in Action: 1000 palestinians killed and injured in one day. Dozens of U.S.-made airplanes and helicopters attacked more than 40 sites in ... raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com/.../us-taxpayers-money-in-action-1000.html - Cached - Similar 5. News Flash: We've Killed Over 1000 Palestinians. | elephant journal Feb 12, 2009 ... It's a harsh reality, but we as Americans have helped the slaughter of the Palestinian people to occur. With over 1000 Palestinians ... www.elephantjournal.com/.../news-flash-americans-have-killed-over-1000-palestinians/ - Cached - Similar 6. Israeli forces have killed more than 1000 Palestinians in Gaza Jan 15, 2009 ... The Palestinian death toll in the Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip reached more than 1000 Wednesday, according to medical ... www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/gaza-j15.shtml - Cached - Similar 7. How many palestinians died since the establishment of Israel in ... During 1948 alone - 5000+ Palestinians killed. War of Attrition - 2500 Palestinians killed. Yom Kippur War - 1000 Palestinians killed. ... answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid... - Cached - Similar 8. Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Israel deepens Gaza incursion Ground forces and tanks push deeper into Palestinian territory on 18th day of attacks. ... which has so far killed 940 Palestinians and wounded 4300 others. ... english.aljazeera.net/news/.../01/200911312111338692.html - Cached - Similar 9. Fresh Israeli Strike Kills Five Sisters - International Middle ... Dec 29, 2008 ... Five More Palestinians Killed, 303 Killed and Over 1000 Wounded Since Saturday. Saed Bannoura; IMEMC & Agencies, Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:45:15 ... www.imemc.org/article/58197 - Cached - Similar 10. 117 Palestinians killed, hundreds injured during "relative calm ... Resistance (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author • Click ... On December 25, an Israeli assassination squad killed five Palestinians in ... www.democraticunderground.com/.../duboard.php?az...all...

I Love Nigeria  # 9 | 24.06.2009 16:11

Palestine Debacle http://www.nigerdeltacongress.com/particles/palestine_debacle_by_paul_i.htm Middle East: Spiraling Escalation of Violence http://www.ngex.com/news/public/article.php?ArticleID=517# America/Europe, Israel, Palestine, Hamas & Democracy www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/paul-adujie/216.htm Do Female Suicide Bombers Also Want Virgins? http://www.nigerdeltacongress.com/darticles/do_female_suicide_bombers_also_w.htm Muslims And Islam; Are Under Siege And Attack Worldwide? www.kwenu.com/publications/adujie/islam_siege.htm www.salaam.co.uk/news/my_news/223504.tx www.salaam.co.uk/search2/search.php?q=muslims. kanoonline.com/mb/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=0.. http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=Palestine+Adujie&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=Palestine+Adujie&aqi=&fp=jX2LBPreMqY Imagine If Saudi Arabia And Other Arab Monarchies: What If They Were Democratic? http://www.amanaonline.com/Articles/Adujie/P_Adujie_120.htm Saudi Arabia And Other Arab Monarchies: What If They Were Democratic? By Paul I. Adujie Lawcareer@msn.com New York, United States May 31, 2006 As a non-Arab concerned with the plight of the people of Palestine and the burgeoning non-beguiling ordeal of the people of Iraq, I am forced to wonder about certain what ifs, such as, what if Saudi Arabia was democratic? What if the leadership of the Kingdom of Saudi were more interested in how to develop the kingdom in the best interests of all Saudi Arabians, other Arabs? And not in the manipulations of oil prices, to favor Mr. Bush at elections, as was revealed recently? The predicted oil price manipulations for votes in favor of the president Bush White House has started in earnest, Saudi Arabia has started Monday May 10, 2004, to engage in oil price manipulations as expected, the kingdom with its statements, urging OPEC member producers to increase oil production, to in essence, flood the oil market with overproduction, to create a glut? Even though, the Arabian kingdom presaged its statement, with the platitudinous aforethought, Saudi Arabia will urging oil production increase of more than a million barrel per day, 1mlbpd,“high cost of petroleum, will over heat the world economy,” so global economy is not derailed! When was the last time the industrialized nations consulted members of OPEC before the former fixed prices for goods and services consumed by the former? Just so, the economies of these consumer nations of OPEC will not be overwrought by overpricing, inflationary trends or other balance of trade issues? Why? Producers computers, cars and other machineries, imported by OPEC nations from the industrialized world, fix prices and let “market forces” of supply and demand, determine what happens, and let the fall? Some of these OPEC nations are also heavily indebted to these same industrialized nations, curious debt some say, and worse, these industrialized nations, are not one whit concerned with the strangulating effect on poor developing countries, among them, some OPEC members, who have had to devote an inordinate amount of their earnings to servicing many of these questionable debts, to these same industrialized world, hence, as a result, the poor developing countries are kept in perpetual bondage, economically. What logic therefore supports, the Saudi Arabian concern for the health of the economies of the industrialized nations, all at the expense of Saudi Arabia earnings and income for oil, especially, where Saudi Arabia and other OPEC countries do not enjoy discounts from the industrialized nations, for Saudi Arabia and OPEC members high cost of petroleum explorations, exploitation and production? Petroleum production requires complex and sophisticated modern technologies, manufactured, predominantly in these industrialized nations and as already mentioned, cars and computers etc, are also expensively purchased from these industrialized nations, by Saudi Arabia and other members of OPEC, when then, was the last time, Saudi Arabia/OPEC received price concessions, just so, their economies would not overheat and have a domino or snowball effect Saudi Arabians knows, just like everyone else, that its excuse for the contemplated overproduction recommendation is not hedged on global economic health, but instead, an effort to save a personal friend, at a critical election time in the United States! Where is the logic of demanding to OPEC engage in a one-way street traffic of oil overproduction to save the world economy, without a corresponding demand, on the industrialized nations to also extend price-breaks to OPEC and other developing nations, who pay so much for cars, productive machineries, computers, pharmaceuticals etc? Is the world not witness to the refusals companies in the industrialized nations unwillingness to give price-breaks on their AIDS medicines, to prolong the lives of the hapless in the poor-developing world? In pursuit of corporate profits and self-interests? Is the world not witness to the deadlocked efforts to require the industrialized nations to remove their heavy subsidies on agriculture and agricultural farm productions concerns, to enable poor-developing nations compete in a level playing field-fair market, of which the last efforts collapsed in Cancun Mexico round of World Trade? Why should stability of world trade be the concern and burden of Saudi Arabia and OPEC members alone? It is, what it is, the Saudi royal family, the monarchs, who run their country like a personal estate, are trying to help a friend in dire need, to wit, help president Bush re-election. There are two wrongs, illustrated by the Saudi oil price manipulations, first, it will amount to a direct interference in the internal political activities and outcomes in the United States by Saudi Arabia as dictated by the royal family, which is truly undemocratic and sad, and secondly, the Saudi royal family are embarking on these manipulations and money sacrifice in favor of the Bush dynasty, at the expense of Saudi Arabians all, and at the expense of all the citizens of OPEC member countries, who will bear the brunt of cut in budget and social services, social dislocations, just because the Saudi princes are interested in personal favors to their friends in the White House! Imagine then, that Saudi Arabia was a democratic country? A country where national interests dictates actions that are taken by government leaders, that would mean, that the government of Saudi Arabia, would use all at its disposal, to leverage political independence for Palestine, and prevent the bulldozing of symbols and infrastructures of the Palestinian Authority, Saudis could have prevented the forced and continued detention of Yasser Arafat, the continued usurpation of West Bank and Gaza Strip, the torture and humiliation of Palestinians that occurs on a daily basis; Or do like the Americans, give sophisticated weapons and money to one side, the Palestinians, so that, if there must be violence, it will be on equal-footing, gun for gun. Who protects the national and regional interests of the average Arab? It is certainly not the docile Egyptians who are happy collaborators, who sees America as their benefactor, to whom they have recently acted as contract-torturer of prisoners of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; It is surely not Kuwait, another monarchy, that was rescued from extinction by the US with the first Gulf War against Iraq, It is not Iran that is just scrounging-by, since the 444 days hostage crisis which was followed by a needless war engineered between Iraq and Iran, by those who wanted to teach Iran a lesson, as payback for hostages? Jordan has perpetually engaged in balancing acts, between pleasing America and its predominant population of Palestinian origins, Omar, Brunei, are opulently distracted with enough wealth, and both appear to be unmoved by pan Arab causes, Syria has mellowed… So who really pursues Arab national and regional causes, is there any country in the Persian Gulf or the entire Middle East, whose national interests are not determined in Washington? Imagine that Saudi Arabia, were a true government of the people, by the people for the people? The Saudi royals, would not short-change Arabs with their support for the American invasion and occupation of Iraq, an action that clearly betrayed the popular will of the average man on the street in the Arab world, even as the action was facilitated by Saudi Arabia, that ought to be the bulwark and protector of all Arab interests, against all other interests! Imagine how many world problems would be resolved with the democratization of Saudi Arabia? This realizations, is probably why, the Americans and Europeans are not demanding political and economic reforms in the kingdom of Saud and or much of the Arab world?

Chyval  # 10 | 25.06.2009 05:15

=I Love Nigeria;366291>I have a preference for using the same standard for democracy advocacy for all nations I have a preference for addressing human suffering, plight and predicament using a single standard. The United States connived with Britain to overthrow democracy in Iran in 1953... Iran was not a theocracy at that time... and now the chickens have come home to roost. This is the outcome or consequence of foreign policies informed by expediency. Mr. Mir Mousavi is not a democrat! He is a renegade, disgruntled cleric with theocratic credentials There is more suffering in Palestine than in Iran, Palestine has no oil or nuclear ambition. The human condition in Palestine is not being discussed here? WHY? It is not popular or sexy, like Iran protests! When will Mr. Obama and some of you here invade Israel for her complete disregard for the United Nations and the International Community for how she maltreats Palestinians, strangle their economy and usurp their political and economic powers? Mr. Obama told Israel the other day to freeze Jewish settlements or expansions in Palestinian land, Mr. Obama received from Israel, a flat NO! A previously scheduled peace initiative-meeting between US envoy and Israel Prime Minister has been cancelled due to the of the PM over the settlement issue 1. Israeli PM, US Envoy Meeting Scrapped Over Settlement Spat 2. Israel: Settlement Issue Prompted US Meeting Delay - CBS News http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=US+cancel+envoy+trip+to+Israel+because+of+settlement+&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi= Why this gyration and selectivity for ideals of democracy? Democracy for Saudi Arabia, Brunei, Dubai, Egypt and freedom for Palestine! Saudi Arabia, Brunei, Dubai, Egypt are not protesting. When they do, the world will listen!

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