Iranian Propaganda

Apparently, Condi Rice hopes to turn Iranian citizens against their government through radio and TV ads, for which she requested $75 million. This was in protest to the practices of their government. The money is officially labeled under “spreading democracy in Iran,” but it’s also called propaganda. And we all know what happen to the last nation we tried to “spread democracy” to. This is the beginning of America crumbling its relations in another critical area. We could embrace the alienated nations in the world, and bring them to a controllable distance. By this I mean one where the president would not be compelled to run on a “Death to America” platform, and would instead be grateful for the services we provide them (assuming we use the money for a benevolent cause). Unfortunately, we yield no authority for democracy in the world anymore, when we have domestic spying and indefinite holding in Guantanamo Bay, and worldwide torture.

Even Republicans are speaking out against the terrible policies of this administration in the Middle East: "I don't see, Madame Secretary, how things are getting better. I think things are getting worse. I think they're getting worse in Iraq. I think they're getting worse in Iran," Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., told Rice as she appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.