President Bush to Iranians: We Are With You

I've just finished listening to the State of the Union Address by President Bush and there were two obvious themes; social security reform and the exportation of democracy to the Middle East, specifically Iran. This from Reuters:

"Bush called Iran the "world's primary state sponsor of terror" and reiterated his accusations that the country is striving to develop nuclear weapons, a charge denied by Iran. He also promised to "stand with" the Iranian people in their quest for liberty, a veiled jab at the republic's ruling clerics."

Well, now it's up to the people of Iran. If they decide to revolt then I believe we will support the revolution on the ground just as we supported the Mujahideen in Afghanistan against the Soviets. I believe we will stand with the Iranian people and repent for having betrayed the Kurds and other Iraqi's after the Gulf War.

Before the Iraq war the Kurdish leaders held out much distrust for the United States, which they said had "betrayed" Iraqi Kurds at crucial moments in the past, especially during the Iraqi onslaught against the Kurdish uprising in 1991.

If the United States assists in the toppling of the Mullah's side by side with the Iranian people then I believe that will go a long a way in repairing our image throughout the Middle East as being capricious and uninterested in the well-being of Arabs/Muslims/Persians.

In addition, the President's address nearly startled me when he said, "The government of Saudi Arabia can demonstrate its leadership in the region by expanding the role of its people in determining their future. And the great and proud nation of Egypt, which showed the way toward peace in the Middle East, can now show the way toward democracy in the Middle East,"

I think liberals are somewhat correct when they point to Saudi Arabia or Egypt and say that it is hypocritical to export democracy to Iraq but we should leave those two countries to their own tyrannical devices. If he'serious with these assertions then the administration is going a long way in unifying his policy throughout the region. One never knows and we shall see just how serious he is. One must also wonder if "Bandar Bush" called the White House immediate after hearing what was said, with a gun pointed at his head.

And to Syria, in the words of Bill Goldberg, "YOU'RE NEXT!"