Change in Iran, however, is inevitable. Protests have shaken the regime in 1999, 2001, 2009, and today. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s ill-health mean the Revolutionary Guard will soon have no one around which to rally.
Trump’s stance gives hope to an Iranian majority that longs for freedom
WASHINGTON, DC—The Trump Administration’s non-strategic role in the Middle East: In 2009, as Iranians took to the street, they chanted, “Obama, Obama, either you’re with us or against us,” but President Obama remained silent.
Eight years later, as Iranians again took to the streets, President Trump tweeted up a storm. “Oppressive regimes cannot endure forever,” he tweeted. “The great Iranian people have been repressed for many years... TIME FOR CHANGE!” Whose strategy was right?
The answer is clear: Trump’s. The United States should never apologize for standing up for freedom and liberty. True, the protests were neither caused by nor about America but that does not mean Washington should be silent.