PrintNovember 8, 2007
The Mullahs are not 'Conservatives'
Google shows more than 2 million hits for the words "Iran conservative," in reference to the mullah regime. That's a slander against conservatives. The mullahs of Iran are emphatically not conservatives. They are reactionaries. The media call the Iranian mullahs "conservative" because they want to go back to the 7th century. But the mullahs don't admire George Washington or Abraham Lincoln, William F. Buckley or Rush Limbaugh. They hate conservatives, because they know that Ronald Reagan was a much harder nut to crack than Jimmy Carter. Look at these Khomeini words:"We do not worship Iran, we worship Allah; For patriotism is another name for paganism. I say let this land [Iran] burn. I say let this land go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the rest of the world." Does that sound conservative? Or how about this Khomeini fatwa of 1988: "Those who are in prisons throughout the country and remain committed to their support for the...(Read Full Article)
