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Show GERD DAILY HERALD - DailySHerald | EDITORIAL BOARD Rona Rahif, President & Publisher Randy Wright, Executive Editor Jim Tynen, Editorial Page Editor CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER No hope, =7B keeperdee caged radicalism, of wichiano et stan ance andliberties it represents. The demonstratorsare fighting on their own, but they await just a word that America is on their dard-bearer and model, but cier and arms supplier. It would do to Islamism what the collapse of the Soviet Union did to communism — leaveit forever spent and discredited. In the region, it would launch side. And whatdo they hear from a second Arab spring. The first the president of the United States? Silence. , worse. Three days in, the president makes clear his policy: continued “dialogue” with their clerical masters. Dialogue with a regime thatis breaking heads, shooting demonstrators, expelling journalists, arresting activists. Engagement with — whichinevitably confers from the forces of repression and reaction, led and funded by Iran. Now,with Hezbollah having elections in Lebanon and with Iraq establishing the institutions legitimacy upon — leaders elected of a young democracy,the fall in a process that begins as a sham of the Islamist dictatorship in (only four handpicked candidates Iran would havean electric and contagious effect. The exception permitted out of 476) and ends in overt rigging. — Iraq and Lebanon — becomes Then,after treating this popular the rule. Democracy becomes the revolution as an inconvenience to the real business of Obama- Khameneinegotiations, the presi- dent speaks favorably of “some initial reaction from the Supreme Leaderthat indicates he under- stands the Iranian people have wave, Syria becomes isolated, Hezbollah and Hamas, patronless, The entire trajectory of the region is reversed. All hangsin the balance. The deep concerns about the election.” whatside is the Obama admin- Leader”? Note the abject solici- istration taking? None. Except for the desire thatthis “vigorous debate” (press secretary Robert Whereto begin? “Supreme tousness with which the American Gibbs's disgraceful euphemism) ona clerical dictator who, even as over election “irr ‘ies” not his minions attack demonstrators, stand in the way of U.S.Iranian offers to examine some returns in engagement on nuclear weapons. Even from the narrow perspecsome electoraldistricts — a farcicalfix that will do nothing to alter tive of the nuclear issue, the administration's geopolitical calculus the fraudulence ofthe election. Moreover,this incipient revolu- is absurd. Thereis zero chance president confers this honorific tion is no longer about the election. Obama totally misses the point. The election allowed the political space and provided the spark for the eruption of antiregimefervor that has been simmering for years and awaiting its moment, But people aren't dying in the street because they want a recount of hanging chads in suburban Isfahan. They want to bring down the tyrannical, misogynist, corrupt theocracy that has imposed itself with the very baton-wielding goons that today attack the demonstrators. This started out about election fraud. But like all revolutions, it has far outgrown its origins. What's at stake now is the very leitimacy of this regime — and the that any such talks will denuclearize Iran. On Monday, President Ahmadinejad declared yet again that the nuclear“file is shut, forever.” The only hope for a resolution of the nuclear ion is re- gime change, which (if the successor regime were as moderate as pre-Khomeini Iran) might either stop the program, or make it manageable and nonthreat That's our fundamental interest. And our fundamental values demand that America stand with demonstrators opposing a regime thatis the antithesis of all we believe. And where is our president? Afraid of “meddling.” Afraid to takesides between the head-break: ing. exporters of terror — and the people in the jure of the entire Middle East This revolution will end either as a Tiananmen (a hot Tiananmen with massive and bloody repres- sion or a cold Tiananmen with a moral tenting in the world. finer mix of brutality and co-op- tation) or as a true revolution that ’ Charles Krauthammer writes for brings down the Islamic Republic. the Washington Post MEDIA VOICES Obama’srealpolitik From the St. Louis PostDispatch, Thursday, June 18: Ronald Reagan was the “Great Communicator,” Barack Obama is the “Great Conciliator.” It may always have been thus. He has done nothing since to ee Now this as domestic realpo'ik unveiled the most massive overhaul of financial regulation since the New Deal. It will be said of Obama what was said then of Franklin D. Roosevelt: He didn't “Obama is always disappointing go far enough. people wh el that be vs too much respect or too much ground to the other side, rather It may also be said, as it was said of FDR,that he aims at the para eg bo erty ¢ Larissa MacFarquhar n'a New Yorker profile in May 2007, 18 months before he was elected president import We want to do it carefully. But we don't want to tilt at windmills.” Say ‘no’ to Nebo The $160-million-dollar bond pro- posed for the Nebo School District may or may not be a good idea. The “facts” presented by the administrators are, however, disingenuous at best and out- right lies on the other end. They have made much of the “fact” thatthere will be no need for a tax increase due to the growth and projected increase in property values. This is despite a 6- to 8-percent drop in property values in Utah County this year alone. The bond will have to be paid whetheror not the projected growth occurs. The last bond was supposed to cover the growth for the next 20 years.It hasn't 20 years so I can only assume that the money was wasted or they aren't very good at project Even if property values sky: . as they are assuming, that still means moreout-of-pocket expense, ‘They havesaid that if the bond doesn't pass that they will have to “do other alternative thing's to deal with the growth.” I say let them. to particularly thank D.S. Thayne Construction, LLC; In Vision, Inc.; Architettura, Inc; Northern Engineer- » Stan King, Springville ing; Dynamic Structures; and Royal Engineering for their incredible dona- Rooting for Iranians tions to our project, particularly Doug ‘Thayne and Val Killian. Thanks also to Wow! Thirty years ago when! was Provo City for facilitating this complia freshmanin high school, if you'd cated project. havetold me that I'd be rooting for We anticipate a building dedication the Iranians I'd have said you were thoughts. You can: Go to www.heraldextra.com and find the “subenit a letter” link “Reader ices.” e-mail ;enderServices:email letters | fax to 344-2985, mal toPO. Be Box gram, Our TEAMSInc., emtatedby nw peated chee So A » So letters can be verified, writers must include their full name, address, and daytime phone || ||| | number, (Street addresses and numbers will not be pub- | | edited for length. | ancredible i make. barcrut cradling some Utah and Girl ee porpune Saree vad programs.It will also used as a disaster shelter for the community in an election. rghitOtcare al be shot, several hundred thousand cooperation with the Mountain Valley igenecdante wed ge Chapter of the American Red Cross, the obvious sham that was being called Provo City and Utah County. We want CNN reported that the protesters Weinvite readers to share their prin hb ape rd ae nuts! And yet, here | am, thoroughly impressed hese democracyJoving people! Whata difference a generation can ciara: How to comment course we will | 717, Provo, UT, 84603 ) » Weprefer shorter letters, 100 to 200 words. Letters may be ve i} || i filled up the streets for five males long! have room for soccer,basketball and Peoscases reearnschnrow | the streets of Washington, D.C, with b Lett Amazing!If there was a protest in other games on the parking and east hundreds of thousands of Americans that measured five miles long, every Weapologize to our neighbors, who have been so gracious during our would be coming next! vehicles off the street — we know the congressman and senator would be putting on a diaper for fear of what ‘Tothe citizens of Iran I say: Well done! You have caught a vision that ee ee construction ‘Wealso hope our 50 new parking stalls will keep our congestion is inconvenient. edge unpublished letters, te se at Daily Herald. the Property * | told them that I could not do this be- cause | i yard sloped down to 9 Linda P. Walton, fundraising are. chair, Provo Seventh-day keep grass growing,let alone mow it Adventist Church lesteed | showed thom a of native Salih set haiowr cian & dane rope stone and bark. I —. ca I say: Wakeup! Our friends in Iran Water-saving in Payson 1,000 with them until it was are literally showing us how it's done! and passed inspection. Now the * Karl Huddleston, Provo _| read the “Saving water, saving are quite grown in and require very a little water. Even the trees are lowChurch expresses thanks 18). | have been trying to share water. eee etand de reripes your Most people believe that we need On behalf of the Provo Seventhpaper would like to send a reporter to eT eee day Adventist Ai Church, I would like to my home in Payson. citizen's solution they will canderstand 8 can be done and be bee. thank the Utah Valley community for eeeeae tiful, its incredible Support of the construc- home, the town of Payson told me to ) Gloria J. Perry, Payson tion of our new gymnasium. We want put in a sprinkler system and a lawn. |
