Babak Namdar

The Wall Street Journal ran an article today by Gerald F. Seib, regarding an interview with an “Iran expert”, national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski about what to do about the Islamic Republic and it’s quest for attaining nuclear weapons.

For those who haven’t followed Mr. Brzezinski’s work, he’s responsible for the American “green belt” policy. This policy essentially posited that the spread of communism in the Greater Persian Gulf Region (GPGR) could be quelled and rolled back by using Islam. In other words, Mr. Brzezinski sought to radicalize Islam, so that communism wouldn’t spread.

We can see the outcome of Mr. Brzezinski brilliant policy today, where the whole region has veered towards Islamic fundamentalism.

It was this radicalization that made it possible for a theocracy, the Islamic Republic to be established in Iran (which Carter actually supported for a while).

And now, after the spectacular failure of the Carter administration with regards to Iran and the Islamic Republic, Mr. Brzezinski is again prescribing new methods and policies to deal with the theocracy that occupies Iran.

The former NSC adviser says that “Play the long game, because time, demographics and generational change aren’t on the side of the current regime” — wow really? I wouldn’t have know that the increasingly revolting Iranian youth who compose of over 70% of Iran’s population demanding change, would be winners in the long run, had Mr. Brzezinski not said so.

Iranians worldwide are still paying for Mr. Brzezinski’s short-sighted policies with many having to flee their motherland lest they be executed, tortured or worse. And now the same person who brought upon Iranians the 31-year misery has come back with a new set of recommendations to prolong our misery and fight against the Islamic Republic.

Thanks Mr. Brzezinski, but we got it from here, you’ve already done too much – for the Islamic Republic.

During the 1978 revolution there was one slogan which encompassed the ideals of the revolution:

Esteghlal, Azadi, Jomhourie Eslami which translated means “Independence, Freedom, Islamic Republic”.

Therefore, when Iranians use the same slogan and drop the “Islamic Republic” and instead ask for a “Iranian Republic” or more accurately Republic of Iran, this has carries great significance.

What it means is that, it’s now more clear then ever that what MPG has advocated for all these years is finally reaching the masses and the masses have accepted Marze Por Gohar’s message and nationalistic ideology.

Many years ago, when MPG’s branches outside Iran first became active, we said religion and state must be separated people would give us a blank stare, and occasionally laughing at us.

Reformists reiterated over and over that Iranians like the theocracy, they want religion to dictate how Iranians should live their lives.

Monarchists would mock us saying that if Iranians really had their way they would restore the monarchy.

Many said Iranians are too religious to even be able to comprehend separation of state and religion, insinuating that Iranians inside Iran are basically too dump.

And yet they were wrong.

It should be obvious from the thousands of video, images, interviews and other media that Iranians want a non-religious republican form of government.

In the video below which was taken on July 30, 2009 you can hear Iranians shouting:

Esteghlal, Azadi, Jomhourie Irani which translated means Independence, Freedom, Iranian Republic.

The Islamic Republic obviously now feels uninhibited, thanks for to the American government, in attacking Iranian identity.

The regime has butchered the “Ey Iran” anthem to a pro-regime piece.

But two can play at that game, let’s see how they like an MPG remake of the Islamic Republic’s national anthem.

Interesting that when the regime mocks the Iranian national anthem the Islamic Republic believes in free speech but when cartoons of Mohammad are published the Islamic Republic goes on a rampage.