| I don't have an objection to Khatami being here. I think we missed an opportunity. We had the opportunity to confront the man and we didn't take it. We should have had the Protest Warriors gang out on the sidewalks in front of every venue; nice and polite with their great signs and organization. We should have had people speaking up to every local reporter (forget the MSM, they're so deep in the pockets of the Mad Mullahs™ that they're covered with lint). Tell the local reporters what we think. Tell the local radio talk shows. Put some heat on Khatami at every stop, every venue, and force him onto the defensive. Make him angry and have him lash out. And let louts like Robert Fisk see that. Make him cover it and write his stupid blabber. Let the Brits read the Independent and see that there are people with stones in the US who stand up to thugs and dictators. Perhaps that will inspire a few more to make a stand. One of our great virtues is that we're an open society. Sometimes that's also a weakness, but not this time. Show both Mr. Fisk and Mr. Khatami what a loud, boisterous, true democracy looks like. Let Khatami see that young American women in summer dress will raise their voices to him. Let people needle him with persistent questioning. Make it an embarrassment for him, for CAIR, for Fisk, and the MSM. |
...Addressing 15,000 American Muslims at the weekend, Mr Khatami also made a clear assault on the influence of Israel's political lobby in the US. "We are unfortunately witnessing the emergence of policies that seek to confiscate public opinion in order to exploit all the grandeur of the nation and country of the United States ... policies that are the outcome of a point of view, that despite having no status in the US public arena as far as numbers are concerned, uses decisive lobby groups and influential centres to utilise the entirety of America's power and wealth to promote its own interest and to implant policies outside US borders that have no resemblance to the spirit of Anglo-American civilisation and the aspirations of its Founding Fathers or its constitution, causing crisis after crisis in our world."When he spoke of "the vast and all-encompassing presence of powers who express concern for the world but implement policies aimed at devouring the world," there was a sense of shock among his audience. They had not expected such an epic denunciation of US hegemony from a divine known for his compassion rather than his anger.
"Any popular or democratic change or transformation that is outside the realm of their influence is not acceptable," he said, "for they find it far more convenient to deal with non-nationalistic and non-popular trends and regimes rather than popular ones, who naturally tend to care about the welfare and the physical interests of their people."
Thus did Mr Khatami dispose of America's cry for "democracy" in the "new" Middle East.
Needless to say, his words were given scarcely a few seconds on America's major news channels. Mr Khatami's wisdom is not wanted in Washington.
| No, and we could have opened a few eyes in Washington with a vigorous response to Mr. Khatami. |