Many people in the Middle East were telling Americans that all Muslims want Islamic government. That’s what Egyptians, Saudis, Qataris, Pakistanis and of course al Jazeera told westerners. They were claiming that all the bad things have beginning and end in the US and that democracy is non-muslim, western idea alien to muslims.
The showcase of Islamic rule,was Islamic Iran. Its president, according to many in the ME, was a prime example of Muslim ruler. He was pious. He was good Muslim. He ruled according to sharia. He helped Hamas and Hizbullah. He claimed that America is bad and demokracy is alien to Islam. He told everybody that Iran would get atomic bomb which it will use against zionist entity (aka Israel).
And of course many Americans believed this stuff.
Now comes elections. Falsified elections. And all these drivel spew by al Jazeera & Co., is not convincing any more.
Iranians do not want democracy – wrong
Iranians look at Ahmadinejad as an example of a good ruler – wrong
Iranians love Islamic government – wrong
Iranians want to bomb Israel – wrong
Iranians hate Americans and westerners overall – wrong.
So people are confused, Middle Easterners are confused, some Europeans and Americans are confused, Obama is confused. All their cherished truths suddenly became moot.
You know what I think?
Many people when they have traumatic experience just freeze and do nothing. I think Obama is in shock – so many cherished truths are dead – and that is THE explanation why he can’t decide to do anything regarding Iran.
