America Does Not Bear the Burden for Islamic Culpability

Submitted by M. Tovey (United States), Jul 25, 2011 at 16:38

And that is what the progressive mentality, entrenched with the coalition that such similar politics embraces worldwide, is exactly what you are supposed to conclude. Having many Iranian associations over the years has led to a different perspective in many instances, up to and leading to the more insidious circumstance that the unrest is exactly what the clergy there are using to maintain a political hold on power that more rightly belong to the citizenry.

America lost the influence many allude to during the Islamic revolution; that in spite of 'sanctions,' the Iranian regime has had more dealings with other countries willing to share their resources to give the Islamically led government exactly what they need to achieve their goal: ummah in the name of the revolution. America spent more money trying to restrict the buildup of America made munitions and apparatus that forced the Iranians to seek their own course of action. So, maybe we can thank President Carter for allowing that to begin its full emergence, but the Iranian leadership is forging its own destiny.

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