And Iran . . . I hope Bush has a plan to deal with them. And I hope it’s an unorthodox plan, designed to throw the mullahs for a loop.
I suspect that plan started like this:
“[I]t is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.”
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We will persistently clarify the choice before every ruler and every nation: the moral choice between oppression, which is always wrong, and freedom, which is eternally right.
….Today, America speaks anew to the peoples of the world: All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know the United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors. When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you.
When Bush said this, we may not have noticed — but the world changed. We may not have seen it — but the mullahs trembled.
