Republicans and Democrats should pay attention to the Iranian voice
Ken Blackwell, a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, wrote an article for American Thinker in which he presents his thoughts regarding the run-up to the U.S. elections and the 9th July event in Paris.
He said
that the two main parties in the election have obvious differences and
“the vast majority of their constituents all found it very difficult to
identify common ground on anything in this political climate”. However,
he pointed out that one thing is certain – the desire of all parties to
confront the threat of Islamic extremism.
Blackwell claims
that the “well-publicized discord over issues like the growth of the
Islamic State, the response to home-grown terrorism, and attempts to
stabilize the Middle East” are proof that both parties are working
towards finding a solution.
Even
though the republicans and democrats have differing stances, Blackwell
says that they “absolutely can find common ground on this area of
policy” and some even have. He gives the example of the Republican and
Democratic policymakers who will participate in the 9th July rally in Paris.
This
major event will see both sides standing side-by-side to fight against
Islamic terrorism. Blackwell explains that the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the democratic Iranian opposition, organised
the event which will include a bipartisan American delegation as well as
delegations from the EU and various other parts of the world.
Blackwell
believes that the fight against Islamic terrorism and extremism is a
global issue – it cannot be done by one single political party or by one
nation alone. He claims: “Success will depend strongly upon the
principle of coalition building.” He says that the next president of the
U.S. “will need help from both inside and outside his or her own
administration to do all that will be necessary to undermine
fundamentalism – like standing up to the egregious conduct of the
Iranian regime, fighting the Islamic State, facilitating the removal of
embattled regional dictators like Bashar al-Assad, and making sure that
the peoples of that region have strong, recognizable alternatives to the
extremist groups currently vying for dominance”.
Blackwell
also says that the Republican and Democratic parties could “learn a
thing or two from the NCRI’s rally”, mentioning in particular their
leader, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi. He describes her as “a devout and profoundly
anti-fundamentalist Muslim woman leader” with “a clear understanding of
Islamic extremism”. He adds that she has “maintained that moderate
democratic Islam is the antidote to the violent conduct of extremists
under the cloak of Islam”.
“Clearly,
the NCRI knows a thing or two about bringing people together in common
cause. Last year’s rally drew 100,000 people from across the world. Now,
as then, the rally will include not just Iranians but also
representatives of the moderate Syrian opposition and other
anti-Islamist movements.”
Blackwell
draws attention to the NCRI’s ten-point plan which includes the
establishment of true democracy in the Middle East and the separation of
religion and state. It also includes ending institutional misogyny and
the “promotion of other principles that hold equally obvious appeal for
all Americans, and indeed for all civilized peoples of the world”
#Iran #freeIran#
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