From Peter Roff at US News & World Report
Former Bush State Department officials Dan Senor and Christian Whiton, writing in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal, suggest five ways Obama could promote freedom in Iran without endangering the protestors or putting U.S. interests further at risk. To summarize, Senor and Whiton says Obama should:
1. Contact former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi to signal his interest in the situation and in Mousavi’s ongoing security.
2. Deliver another taped message to the Iranian people – only this time he should “acknowledge the fundamental reality that the regime lacks the consent of its people to govern” and that this requires him to reach out to the opposition and find out what they want.
3.Direct the U.S. ambassadors in Europe and the Gulf region to meet with local Iranian anti-regime expatriates.
4. Provide additional funding for Radio Farda, an effective Persian-language radio, Internet and satellite property of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
5. Help the reformers and dissidents level the playing field in the battle of ideas.
Why Obama would fumble this historic opportunity?
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This post was written by bobsikes on June 19, 2009
