Today I want to introduce to you a US non-profit organization which is responsible for exporting democracy from United States to countries with a dictatorship or totalitarian government. Hernando Calvo Ospina describes NED as follows "Iran, Chile, Nicaragua ... From 1950 onwards, the dirty wars caused by CIA have always been under the attention of media and as they were revealed, it became a scandal for United States itself. Ronald Reagan created National Endowment for Democracy (NED) to equip Washington with a similar system without being under severe attention as CIA was. But the aim is the same: Destabilization of the governments who are not considered as USA friends by supporting the opposition groups financially." (Le Monde Diplo, June 2007)
What NED [1]is doing is neither Destabilization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, nor endowment of democracy to Iran. Islamic Republic of Iran is destabilizing itself and opposition groups do not really have their words heard by Iranian people living in Iran because of the lack of free media, vast internet filtration and closed environment. People in Iran do not have a clear opinion or definition of Iranian opposition groups outside Iran, although though TV channel like VOAnews [2]have recently found enthusiasm between Iranian people inside and outside Iran but it still under the pressure as owning satellites is a crime in Iran. VOA tends to satisfy American interests although it insistingly rejects such an accusation.
United States will not really help Iranians achieve democracy. In my opinion, a real democracy in Iran is even worse for United States interests in Iran. In case of a real democracy, in which people can freely elect their president and the economy and social freedoms are prospering, Iranian people do not feel like depending to another superpower as they believe they still can be a superpower as they were in the Persian Empire era. If Iranian people's problems in terms of poverty, social freedom and most importantly, democracy get solved, I am positive Iranians seek helping other nations with their problems and that brings international legitimacy. Eventually, Iran can make a major danger for USA and United States is aware of that. So I am completely pessimist about if USA is going to help Iranians achieve democracy.
To see the Iranians involved in NED fellowship program, please click here [3] and search for the word "Iran". Although I do respect some of the individuals listed and I have met one of them in person and there is no doubt that they all try their best in freeing Iran from the brutal Islamic regime and they are clear in their minds and hearts, i should say that they are being fooled and exploited by NED.
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Links:
[1] http://ned.org/
[2] http://voapnn.com/
[3] http://www.ned.org/forum/past.html