It's not that I enjoy quoting Joe Lieberman(clown-CT), especially being a CT resident, and If you look back at my diary history - like most of us - I have not been a fan of him for quite some time. Nonetheless, it is worth taking the time to diary the statment put out by Sen. Lieberman on the Iranian peoples struggle for competent representative government.
It was yesterday in the comment section of Setrak's Recommended Diary on Iran that I suggested this:
Not support, but [show] solidarity in having competent, representative govt'.
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And to expand on that I'm not talking about interfering with what's going on over there but showing my solidarity, as a lone american millenial, to the iranian millenials who are being governed by an oppresive regime.
Nothing more then showing support from one human to another.
So it seemed somewhat fitting that my Senator, whether I wish he was my senator or not, released the statement that I'll be posting below the fold.
Just so happens the statment was released to The Weekly Standard
Over the last six months, we have witnessed free and fair elections in Iraq and Lebanon, in which millions of people peacefully went to the polls, and in both cases, the Iranian-backed forces of extremism were decisively rejected at the ballot box.
"Unfortunately, on Friday, the Iranian people were denied this right, enjoyed by Iraqis and Lebanese and so many other peoples throughout the world, to determine the future of their country for themselves. Instead, through intimidation, violence, manipulation, and outright fraud, the Iranian regime has once again made a mockery of democracy, and confirmed its repressive and dictatorial character.
"We as Americans have a responsibility to stand in solidarity with people when they are denied their rights by repressive regimes. When elections are stolen, our government should protest. When peaceful demonstrators are beaten and silenced, we have a duty to raise our voices on their behalf. We must tell the Iranian people that we are on their side.
"For this reason, I would hope that President Obama and members of both parties in Congress will speak out, loudly and clearly, about what is happening in Iran right now, and unambiguously express their solidarity with the brave Iranians who went to the polls in the hope of change and who are now looking to the outside world for strength and support.
[emphasis added by diarist]
It needs to be said that there is a big difference between an elected Senator of the United States, or the POTUS, saying something like this and a blogger, meaning me, whose sole interest lies with the wellbeing of other humans, even half a world away. Whereas I understand the history behind Anerica interfering with the Iranian government I also understand that this is not what I'm suggesting should be done again in the least.
It was not the American people who oppressed the Iranians with a puppet government, but the American Government. Just as it is now the Iranian people fighting against their corrupt government for persuing policy their citizenry don't agree with. To me, the similarities between the Iranian peoples struggle and ours is many.
For this reason I am proudly showing my support for solidarity with the Iranian peoples fight against an oppressive, corrupt government, which no longer even pretends to reflect their electoral will.
From one citizen of the world, to those in Iran...I wish you all the best on your journey to the change you deem necessary