According to Congress.org<\/a>, U.S. Senator John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, has just introduced S.3008, a bill that “establishes a government program to support a transition to a freely elected and open democracy in Iran.”<\/p>\n

My reaction is to chuckle at the irony, and to feel shocked and awed at the hypocrisy and cynicism of this proposal.\u00a0\u00a0Does Cornyn really believe\u00a0that an American-imposed program can accomplish that goal?\u00a0I fear that\u00a0Cornyn’s\u00a0transition “program” is actually code for\u00a0military action to depose the current government in Iran.\u00a0 That’s our tried-and-true way of “supporting change” in countries we don’t like. And the attitude reflected by this bill sounds eerily like the run-up to “regime change” that we heard before we invaded Iraq.<\/p>\n

And even if I’m way off base with that notion, I can’t imagine how\u00a0the U.S. could show Iran how to run a democracy.\u00a0\u00a0 With the tsunami of money pouring into American election campaigns–and with more to come as a result of the recent, \u00a0floodgate-opening Supreme Court decision <\/a>allowing virtually unlimited corporate spending in elections–we’re having enough trouble maintaining\u00a0 “freely elected” and “open” democracy here at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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