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> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:05:13 -0700
> Subject: The Courage for Changes
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
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>
> also posted www.modernprogressivekhmer.blogspot.com
>
> Op Ed by Jayakhmer
> June 21, 2009
>
>
> Watching the development in Iran, one could not help but wander why
> the U.S. does not take a stronger action to a situation that started
> as a protest against allegedly fraud elections turned into the
> challenge to the regime.
>
> As of today at least 10 protesters were killed during the courageous
> acts of defiance to the regime that endorses what widely believed to
> be rigged Iranian election of June 12th. The protesters are directly
> challenging the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini who
> approved the questionable elections that declared President Mahmoud
> Amahdinejad as a winner over the opposition leader Mir Hossein
> Mousavi.
>
> Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania told John King of CNN on Sunday
> morning in response to the criticism that the current administration
> does not do enough that President Barack Obama “strikes the right
> balance.” Congress also passed non-binding resolutions “to condemn
> the ongoing violence against the demonstrators by the government of
> Iran, and expressed its support for all Iranian citizens who embrace
> the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties, and the rule of
> law.”
>
> Iranian analyst Afshin Molavi told CNN that President Obama takes the
> right approach, “He needs to be on the record in standing with the
> Iranian people, but that does not mean he should aggressively insert
> himself into the political debate in Iran or aggressively insert
> himself the battle between the regime and the protesters.”
>
> The delicate balance has to be taken because the U. S. has to deal
> with Iranian nuclear capability which continues to be a vexing issue
> that the U.S. will have to resolve to stabilize the region.
>
> The way in which the U.S. handles the situation in Iran puts those who
> inspired by idea of democracy in notice. That includes all of us.
> While Cambodia desperately needs changes, external supports are only
> secondary to the changes from within. The U.S. by its nature has
> worldwide responsibilities for its security and worldwide security
> that largely driven by regional stability.
>
> The changes from within can only happen when the majority of Cambodian
> people feel that the country is heading toward a wrong direction and
> have the courage to express those desires for changes in elections.
>
> >
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