A Message from Iran
Reprinted with express written permission
By Robert Ringer
It's hard to believe that just thirty years ago Iranians revolted
against the Shah, and an Islamic republic was born. Millions
of Westernized Iranians fled the country, with a million of
them settling in Los Angeles alone.
And a large percentage of the remaining population, particularly
the young, has never quite taken a shine to the Islamic police-
state lifestyle. Isn't it amazing that no matter how repressed
a people may be and for how long a period of time, they still
yearn for freedom?
Of course, the last Iranian revolution was led, or at least
inspired, by that guy who didn't smile a whole lot when
Mike Wallace asked him what he thought about Anwar
Sadat saying he was a lunatic. Poof! Just like that, the
Shah was gone and Islamic fascists rushed in to fill the
power vacuum.
Alvin Toffler describes the result of such revolutions in The Third Wave:
Time and again during the past three hundred years, in one country after
another, rebels and reformers have attempted to storm the walls of power, to
build a new society based on social justice and political equality.
Temporarily, such movements have seized the emotions of millions with promises
of freedom. Revolutionists have even managed, now and then, to topple a regime.
Yet each time the ultimate outcome was the same. Each time the rebels
recreated, under their own flag, a similar structure of sub-elites, elites, and
super elites.
In other words, nothing much changes for the masses, no
matter who controls the reins of power. However, by
creating the illusion of freedom, so-called democratic
governments are more likely to gain the support of their
subjects. Give the masses enough sporting events, reality
TV, and credit-card-created vacations and they can be
enticed into remaining quite docile.
What's especially attractive about the democratic form of
rule from the viewpoint of, say, a president is that it
decreases the chances of his ending up doing the Il Duce
Exit ... you know - shot, kicked, stoned, and hung upside
down by his toes. Now that's what you call a career-
ending indignity.
No one knows how the current revolution in Iran will turn
out, but regardless of what happens, it's inspiring to see
people defying the government. Human beings have
freedom running through their veins. Even progressives
have it. The only catch is that they don't want others to
be free.
As I watch the freedom-hungry Iranians protesting in the
streets, I wonder to myself if those Americans who still
test negative for Kool-Aid feel a tinge of motivation to
take action. Does it inspire them at all to see people
halfway around the globe trying to overthrow a fascist
regime for the second time in thirty years?
Attention Americans: Remember when your brothers and
sisters rose up, behind bodacious Boris Yeltzin, and
overwhelmed the seventy-year-old Soviet Uniondictatorship?
And remember how, shortly after that, your brothers and
sisters rose up and tore down the Berlin Wall?
So long as a government employs the Machiavelli Jackboot
Philosophy of Rule, it's tough for people to try to start a
revolution. Lenin, Stalin, Castro, Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong,
and, of course, the King of Glitz, Saddam, were all tops at
wielding this kind of power. I tell you, that's a cast of
characters who knew how to make would-be revolution-
aries shake in their sandals at the thought of, say, being
disemboweled.
If today's "Supreme Leader," Ali Khamenei, and his sidekick,
Mahmoud the Madman, don't crack down quickly - with
overwhelming force - the new Iranian revolution could get
out of hand. But if they employ the Machiavelli Jackboot
Philosophy of Rule, it could end like Tiananmen Square .
Either way, Americans should take note. A lot of non-Kool-
Aid drinkers must know by now that a fascist dictatorship
is brewing in Washington . In fact, it's been in the making
for more than 100 years. And now that the reincarnation
of Saul Alinsky has pressed the progressive accelerator to
the floor in the Oval Office, the response has been a few
scattered "tea parties" - planned in advance, yet.
As one would expect, the progressives snicker at such feeble
attempts at protest, and White House staffers swear that
the Master of Misdirection hasn't even noticed them. And
maybe he hasn't. After all, he's been busy nationalizing banks
and automakers, preparing to abolish private health care,
and setting in motion green laws to fight non-existent global
warming and take control of virtually every aspect of your life.
There is only one thing that will get the attention of the
current rulers in Washington - millions of people taking to
the streets, protesting twenty-four hours a day, seven days
a week, nationwide. Sorry, but you don't put revolutions on
pause just to watch the NBA finals or spend a weekend at
the beach. No violence necessary - just loud, nonstop
protesting.
And the protesting has to happen soon - or it will be too
late. Once ACORN takes full control, U.S. elections will be
about as fair as the recent presidential election in Iran.
And the resulting police state should be about as much
fun as the one Iranians are risking their lives to get rid of.
Let's be honest: There's not a whole lot of difference
between a progressive fascist and an Islamic fascist.
If it walks like a fascist and talks like a fascist - you know
what mean ... I hope.
Right now, every non-Kool-Aid drinker in America should be
shouting: "Don't start the (peaceful) revolution without me!"
Be there.
Copyright © 2009 Robert J. Ringer
Robert Ringer is the author of three #1 bestselling books, two
of which have been named by The New York Times among
the 15 biggest-selling motivational books of all time. You can
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