Today, Republican Senators criticized Barack Obama’s “timid” stance towards the protests in Iran. The Republicans have not been doing an overly effective job with their own public image by not offering a clear alternative to the Democratic agenda that is marching relentlessly forward. By taking a stand on issues like this and offering alternatives to the pseudo-socialist Democratic proposals, the Republican Party can finally come out of obscurity. Merely by reading all of the content on conservative websites, the Republican leadership can get more in touch with the “street” and refine their message. The times when assuming that the left-leaning-media could not erode the American public’s confidence in the values of Independence, Freedom, and the American Dream are over. The overt bias of the American media in favor of the current president has made independent thought a revolutionary act. Republicans are the new American revolutionaries.

On the issue of foreign policy, the Republicans have an opening… no, in fact, they have a duty to our country to point out how policies of weakness and timidity. The last time we had such a weak president, Iran became a totalitarian theocracy, Angola and Nicaragua were taken over by communists, El Salvador was fighting off commies, and the Soviet Union was invading Afghanistan. It took a Republican president to turn the tides. The current president is quick to point to Reagan as an example of how “talking with the enemy” works, but Obama is missing the entire point of HOW Reagan talked to the Soviets. When Reagan talked to the Evil Empire, he did so while significantly increasing military spending, restarting weapons programs, aiding anti-Soviet and anti-communist forces around the world, trying to deploy the “Star Wars” missile defense system, and deploying missiles to West Germany… peace through strength.

Obama, on the other hand, has unilaterally eased restrictions on communist Cuba, has apologized for American “arrogance” around the world, pledged disarmament (possibly unilateral disarmament), has waffled on missile defense shield plans, granted more rights to suspected terrorists, tried brokering immunity deals with the Taliban, and abandoned pro-democracy groups in Iran and around the world… peace through aiding and comforting the enemy?

So when Obama talks about Reagan engaging in direct diplomacy with our enemies, he is misleading the American public by omitting the part about the fact that diplomacy only works when the enemy respects or fears you, and the Republicans should pounce on these claims. The Republican party can only survive if it is willing to hold Obama accountable: accountable to his own words and accountable to the American people. The Republican party can only challenge the leftists currently in charge by offering an alternative to one-party rule, which means: proposing ideas that honor American principles and proposing ideas that work.

At this moment, when a terror-sponsoring totalitarian regime is being confronted by a people who are tired of having their voices ignored and their opinions steamrolled by the official government slogans, it is necessary to draw a clear line in the sand about where America stands. Reporters and demonstrators are under attack, getting beaten and shot in the street by government-sponsored paramilitary groups, and our own government has not stood firmly behind the victims of Iranian oppression. Republicans and Democrats alike need to search deep in their hearts and decide whether we should comfort the Iranian regime by offering only “cautious” words or if we should loudly and clearly commit ourselves to the spirit of freedom currently under attack in Iran. This is the chance for the party of no-more-socialism to become the party of yes-more-liberty.

-AG