SMCCDI-Reflections on "Presidents' Day" in America

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Reflections on "Presidents' Day" in America

SMCCDI (Public Statement)
February 17, 2003

The people of the United States of America are celebrating
the anniversary of their country's "Presidents' Day". This
celebration occurs for the people of a young country, yet
the oldest remaining western democracy in the world, under
circumstances which, according to the recent statements of
the presidency of this country about our country, Iran, the
shaky regime of the Islamic Republic has been faced with an
unprecedented crisis in the international diplomatic arena
and every day we are witness to various reactions, not only
from the incompetent president of our own country, but also
from all the authorities of both factions of the regime.
Reactions that indicate the fear of all the illegitimate
rulers of our country from the unfolding events in regards
to the regional balance on the one hand, and the reaching
to the end of the heroic Iranian nation's patience on the
other hand. Without doubt, the statements of last January
28th by the presidency of the United States of America,
which stated the true aspirations of the Iranian nation
pursuant to the annual briefing of his government's
accomplishments and the unfolding political outlook of his
country, was once again a point of hope for many Iranians
as it indicated the gradual shift of American policy
compared to previous governments in regards to issues
pertaining to our country.

President George W. Bush, who during his speech last year
in the same annual ceremony known as The State of the
Union, had correctly identified the Islamic Republic as one
of three members of the Axis of Evil, and a few months
later, meaning the day after the glorious demonstrations
for the third anniversary of the student uprising of July 9
(18 Tir), has many times mentioned the rightful aspirations
of the Iranian nation and the illegitimate nature of the
religious regime and once again, in this year's speech,
much more transparently, pointed out our fellow countrymen
and countrywomen's basic desire for establishing a
desirable government and mentioned that in Iran the
freedom-lovers face the prospect of death and terror on a
daily basis. Then, the executive chief of the world's only
superpower in continuing this speech, which identifies his
countries forthcoming policies, stated his country's open
support for the freedom-lover's in Iran.

It should be noted that although the liberation of our
country should be accomplished by the capable hands of the
Iranians themselves without any foreign troops being
involved, even so, the statements of Mr. Bush give precious
hope that the quarter-century seclusion of the Iranian
nation, which was due to the absence of listeners to our
justice-demanding voices-- as in this material world the
possibility of plundering the wealth of our country had
made so many in this world blind to our plight-- is at an
end.

Without doubt, the roots of President Bush's support,
meaning this representative of the majority of the
honorable American nation, can be found in the sudden
awakening of that country's people towards the daily rising
threat of religious fundamentalism and terrorism in the
aftermath of September 11 on the one hand, and on the other
hand along the deep beliefs rising from the rational and
humane thoughts of the Founding Fathers of the United
States of America and famous thinkers such as John Locke
who with their humane beliefs that apply to the whole
world, as the founding principals of the new state, nearly
three centuries ago founded an unequaled country. A country
whose foundation and the spirit of its law even today
continues, not only for Americans, but also for many of the
oppressed people of the world, to be a model of an open and
democratic system.

Yes, men such as Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin
Franklin in reaction to the vicious cruelty and opportunism
of the rulers of the time of the European countries rose up
against them to create a country that considers itself the
torchbearer and supporter of humane values and shelter for
the world's freedom-lovers. Therefore, it is not without
reason that this newly founded country, in a very short
time, has become an unequaled country and a gathering place
for many of the world's freedom-lovers, especially, for
two-million of our fellow country-men and country-women who
are residing there and have attained the best of living
standards: A standard of freedom and life that the
illegitimate rulers of our country, with the support of the
already mentioned European opportunists, withhold from our
people: European governments and rulers who out of fear of
there placement in the new world order by America on the
one hand and out of fear of losing their illegitimate
benefits in countries such as Iran on the other hand, not
only have risen to opposition with their decades-long ally
and have forgotten the efforts of the US for liberating
them from the yoke of Nazism and, later, Bolshevism and
then the inheritance of the Marshall Plan which raised them
from rubble, but also in their effort to throw stones along
the path of their ally of yesterday and her war against
terrorism, are willing to trod over the rest of their own
values to support regimes such as the Islamic Republic in
order to continue looting the nations of such countries.

Yes, President Bush, the president of the oldest remaining
Western democracy in the world, despite the opportunistic
support of European governments for the religious regime,
has stated that the American nation is the friend and
supporter of the Iranian nation in their struggle to attain
liberty; and the Iranian nation, without doubt, despite the
existing atmosphere of pressure and suppression, have
demonstrated many times that the American nation, not only
in the Middle East, but possibly in the world, has no
better friend than the Iranian nation. Therefore, it is
hoped that all the decision makers in the United States
abstain from any kind of short-term tactical conciliation
towards the other two members of the Axis of Evil.

Along this line, on behalf of the Third Force of Iran,
while honoring Presidents' Day in America, the Student
Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran once
again states that in tomorrow's liberated Iran, meaning in
a democratic and secular Iran whose rulers have been
selected by majority vote, and not by the hostage-takers
and their terrorist-nurturing masters, the official
relations of the two countries of Iran and America will
reflect the amicable desires of these two nations and not
the desires of a minority of unelected officials who have
converted Iran into a religious dictatorship for a
quarter-century.

February 17 2003 (28 Bahman 1381)

The "Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy
in Iran" (SMCCDI)

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