I "Hope" There Is No More "Change"

Why does Obama think he can negotiate with the Iranian regime? This is a regime who backs Hezbollah - a terrorist organization bent on destroying Israel, calls for the destruction of Israel on a routine basis, engages in the mass-murder of its citizen, and now it comes to light arranges for the rape of young women who are sentenced to death.

The Jerusalem Post has an interview with a member of the Basiji - the regime's street gang disguised as the "people's militia," who fell out of favor with his superiors because he released to teen age protesters. For those who have not been following events in Iran, the Basiji's job is to enforce the dictates of the Supreme Leader, also known as the crazy cleric, and have been at the forefront of the atrocities being committed.

The interview with the Basiji is wide ranging, gut wrenching - and a must read. However, the most damning part of the interview is:

The Basiji member...spoke soon after his release by the Iranian authorities from detention. He had been held for the "crime" of having set free two Iranian teenagers - a 13-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl - who had been arrested during the disturbances that have followed the disputed June presidential elections.

Asked about his own role in the brutal crackdowns on the protesters, whether he had beaten demonstrators and whether he regretted his actions, he answered evasively...

"I did not attack any of the rioters - and even if I had, it is my duty to follow orders," he began. "I don't have any regrets," he went on, "except for when I worked as a prison guard during my adolescence..."

He said...that, at 18, "I was given the 'honor' to temporarily marry young girls before they were sentenced to death."

In the Islamic Republic it is illegal to execute a young woman, regardless of her crime, if she is a virgin, he explained. Therefore a "wedding" ceremony is conducted the night before the execution: The young girl is forced to have sexual intercourse with a prison guard - essentially raped by her "husband."

"I regret that, even though the marriages were legal," he said.

Why the regret, if the marriages were "legal?"

"Because," he went on, "I could tell that the girls were more afraid of their 'wedding' night than of the execution that awaited them in the morning. And they would always fight back, so we would have to put sleeping pills in their food. By morning the girls would have an empty expression; it seemed like they were ready or wanted to die.

"I remember hearing them cry and scream after [the rape] was over," he said. "I will never forget how this one girl clawed at her own face and neck with her finger nails afterwards. She had deep scratches all over her.

In six short months Obama has aligned the U.S. with dictators like Chavez, Castro, and Noriega against the congress and supreme court of Honduras. He has sat by watching North Korea continue developing not only their nuclear weapons, but also their delivery systems. He, caused a rift in U.S.-Israeli and U.S.-U.K. relations. And he insists on wanting to "negotiate" with the Iranian regime - a regime that not only engages in the mass murder of its citizens, but also organizes the rape of women so they can be executed.

Good going President Obama and gang, thanks to you, the U.S. has morphed from exporting democracy to "negotiating" with murders and rapists while supporting dictators. Please explain to me how being on the wrong side of history improves our standing in the world?

I "hope" I don't see anymore "change."

H/T to Atlas Shrugs