Well it looks like the folks at State and the White House have decided to follow the advice of Michael Ledeen, Iranian Dissidents, bloggers in Iran (Oh, and me) and have decided to help the folks in Iran to kick the mullahs out of their roost by providing the moral, political and economic support much like we did with Poland and other parts of the world during the Cold War. Now I wished the administration and State had taken this route sooner due to the continued march towards the bomb but at least we're heading in the right track. As I said before, we're probably more able to get things done by putting some termites into the foundations of the Islamic regime in Iran than if we go in with bombs a dropping (Now Don't throw the option out because it's still plausible especially if the nukes go hot and start firing off their nuclear tipped missiles on certain targets). After reading this article in the Financial Times, I'd say that the Bush administration has decided that they have had played enough games with the regime and now it's time to focus on the people and help them end their 27 year nightmare once and for all. You know the President and State are committed to supporting an internal "regime change" especially after reading this:
The Bush administration on Wednesday set out a tougher policy towards Iran, asking Congress for an extra $75m this year to support opponents of the Islamic regime and fund the first 24-hour official US television station broadcasting in Farsi.Though the regime is making our day much harder with recent events it's a move in the right direction that gets my approval and the folks of Iran. No matter what let's get er' done.
"“The United States will actively confront the policies of this Iranian regime and at the same time we are going to work to support the aspirations of the Iranian people for freedom in their own country," Condoleezza Rice, the secretary of state, told the Senate foreign relations committee hearing.
Ms Rice, who will travel to the Gulf region next week to discuss Iran with its Arab neighbours, did not specifically use the words "“regime change"”. But her testimony revealed a dual policy of isolating Iran on the international front, including sanctions and interdictions of prohibited shipments, while seeking to weaken the clerical regime from within.
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