True Revolutionaries
By Linda Chavez
June 26, 2009
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Muravchik makes the case that the U.S. should not remain a bystander in promoting democracy in the Middle East and that there is much we can do, directly and indirectly, including "raising holy hell when (democrats) are persecuted. Too often our government has swallowed its words for fear of irritating the powers that be," he warns. Imagine how it must feel to those who are risking their lives now in Iran that the leader of the oldest democracy in the world has been so timid in his support of their efforts.
If President Obama wishes to be the true leader of the Free World, he must be willing to act like one. Iran's democrats deserve better than President Obama has given.
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Linda Chavez is the author of "An Unlikely Conservative: The Transformation of an Ex-Liberal."
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