"To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing,
if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"
-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803

Getting the Message

by Lee

This is from Iran’s official news agency.

As President George W. Bush has also warned the Islamic republic to stop meddling in Iraqi affairs, an influential French daily says Iranian officials are worried by the “obvious pro-Americanism sentiments” of “ the Iranian people”.

Iranian officials are worried. Worried of the American presence next to their doors, on the East as well as to the West, worried of the invasion of Iraq “with so little popular resistance”, worried of the fast fall of the Baghdad regime, worried of the sidelining of the UN, worried of the total disillusion of the Iranian people that, since the beginning of the Iraqi crisis, has resulted in a fierce pro-Americanism of the population… but, especially, worried of the vox populi, that asks for “a change of the regime with the help of the American marines”, the daily “Le Monde” wrote.

This demand is taken enough seriously in the political circles so that the resumption of the relations with America—a 24 years-old taboo—had moved forward on the political agenda in Tehran. These relations had been broken on the eve of the establishment of the Islamic Republic and the hostage taking of 55 American diplomats in 1979.

Simply delicious, isn’t it?  As James Woolsey said recently to Hosni Mubarak, “We want you nervous. We want you to realize now, for the fourth time in a hundred years, this country and its allies are on the march and that we are on the side of those whom you most fear: We’re on the side of your own people.” Well, it looks like Iran is getting the message, aren’t they? 

It’s amazing the results you can get with a little show of force, isn’t it?  Or perhaps we should have spent another 20 or 30 years pursuing the Jimmy Carter/Bill Clinton/United Nations plan of appeasement and surrender.

(Link via Instapundit, who got it here.)

Update: As a reader points out, this is not from Iran’s official news agency.  That’s what I get for blogging at 1:30 in the morning.

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