From Obama to Trump: How U.S. Resolve Has Shifted the Balance of Power in Iran - الوطن العربي
Our Middle Eastern allies usually are abandoned by the Democrat Party in the U.S.; In this case, Democrats hero worship of Obama led them to promote a man totally unprepared in the area of international relations and Foreign Policy. TD
"The contrast between Washington’s response to Iran’s unrest in 2009 and today could not be clearer, and it explains why Donald Trump’s position now appears structurally stronger, both in deterrence and in moral clarity.
"When Iranians poured into the streets after the disputed 2009 election, demanding accountability and dignity, the Obama administration chose caution. President Obama spoke of being “deeply troubled” by the violence, affirmed universal values, but ultimately emphasized non-interference. The intent was understandable: to avoid legitimizing Tehran’s claim that protests were foreign-engineered. Yet the effect was demoralizing. Many Iranians felt abandoned at a moment when the regime was uncertain, divided, and vulnerable. The Green Movement was crushed, and the Islamic Republic learned an important lesson: mass repression would carry limited international cost. This post, written in Arabic, reads from right to left, thus the original version is in that form.
"Former US president Barack Obama chose not to support the 2009 Iranian Green Protest Movement because he hoped to reach a deal with Iran on its nuclear weapons that he signed six years later, Deputy Minister Michael Oren (Kulanu) said on Monday.
"Obama’s failure to help Iranian protesters has been criticized since then by Israeli officials, led by Jewish Agency chairman and former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky, who has called it the biggest failure to help human rights in modern history.
"Oren, who was the ambassador to the US at the time, said Obama initially claimed he would not support the protesters because the CIA helped overthrow nationalist Iranian prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953 and that he wanted to show the Iranian people that he respected their sovereignty. Oren said the Obama administration had told Israelis behind the scenes that the protesters themselves did not want an American endorsement because it could discredit them in the eyes of the Iranian people.
"“In retrospect, those explanations are less credible,” Oren told The Jerusalem Post. “ . . .
"President Donald Trump has signaled in recent days that the U.S. is poised to take action against the Iranian government for its violent crackdown on widespread protests in the country, which has left more than 500 people dead and thousands jailed.
"In response, Iranian officials have privately suggested that the two countries work things out through diplomacy, though publicly, Tehran has warned it’s “prepared for war,” according to the country’s foreign minister.
"Relations between the Trump administration and Iran have been icy since the disintegration of nuclear negotiations and the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities in June. But the current unrest in the country has the potential to tip that dynamic into a more active conflict.
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