Relics Of Communism
By Oliver North
June 19, 2009
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He described the Soviet Union to be an "evil empire" and declared that the U.S. would build a 600-ship Navy and start work on a defense system to protect the American people from attack by Soviet ballistic missiles. In 1983, he sent the U.S. Marines, U.S. Army Rangers and the 82nd Airborne Division to Grenada to prevent American medical students on the island from being taken hostage.
Because his plain, unequivocal talk educated and inspired the American people, their representatives in Congress voted overwhelmingly to give him what was needed to get the job done. Allies and adversaries knew what the United States stood for and what to expect. Sadly, that's no longer the case, and that's why Marie asked her question in St. Petersburg.
In the aftermath of last week's fatally flawed elections in Iran, President Barack Obama responded by saying, "I can't state definitively one way or another what happened with respect to the election." That was hardly a resounding statement of support for freedom. No wonder Marie asked why America isn't supporting freedom for the people of Iran. The Iranian people undoubtedly are wondering the same thing. And Barack Obama's message to them is that "it's not productive, given the history of U.S.-Iranian relations, to be seen as meddling."
It's a good thing for people in this part of the world that Ronald Reagan never thought of U.S. efforts to help people escape tyranny as "meddling."
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Oliver North is the host of "War Stories" on Fox News Channel, the founder and honorary chairman of Freedom Alliance, and the author of "American Heroes."
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