Let Iran Decide Its Own Destiny

Will Grigg / Liberty Minute:
Twenty years after the dramatic and heart-rending events in China's Tiananmen Square, a similar drama is playing out in the streets of Tehran as hundreds of thousands protest what they are convinced was a rigged and stolen election. Scores of demonstrators have been assaulted, and more than a dozen killed. While we should applaud and encourage those in Iran seeking freedom, the U.S. government must abstain from direct involvement. Twice in the past six decades -- in 1953 and again in 1978 -- Washington intervened in Iranian political affairs. This is in violation of our Constitution and the highest principles of our Founders.

Posted by Editor at July 1, 2009 06:06 AM