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  • WSJ: Democracy for Iran The students could use some U.S. encouragement.

    12/08/2004 5:15:06 AM PST · by OESY · 1 replies · 372+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | December 8, 2004 | Editorial
    We keep reading that there are "no good options" for diminishing the threat of Iran's nuclear program. And certainly preemptive military strikes are an imperfect solution at best, though the option has to be kept on the table. But that still doesn't explain why the Bush Administration has been so reluctant to support Iranians who want to overthrow the bomb-building mullahs. Opposition to the Islamic Republic remains alive and well in Iran, despite the best efforts of Supreme Leader Ali Khameini and his loyal ayatollahs to kill it. On Monday the ineffectual Mohammed Khatami, the outgoing "reformist" president, was heckled...