D.J. McGuire over at the China e-Lobby makes his point:
The Khomeinist mullahs who have imprisoned the Iranian people for over a quarter of a century appear to be very close to becoming a nuclear power. This has forced many around the world to finally take notice of the regime, and ponder what should come next. Some have supported a negotiated solution of some kind, while others have advocated a limited military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities. Neither is acceptable. Iran must be liberated.
First Iraq. Next Iran. Syria. Venezuela. North Korea. Cuba. The People’s Republic of China. Not only is there a theme of co-operation, there is a theme of anti-American sentiment that goes far beyond sentiment – it is systematic policy.
Iran must be liberated, proving to be part of a seven-headed Hydra that must be attacked one by one. The more we deprive Communist China of its friends, the more likely those living under oppressive regimes will be able to live freely and perhaps even liberate themselves.
Self-determination is the name of the game, and in a free-market society it is the cost of participation and the legacy American power must bequeath to the world. Those societies that refuse to democratize do so at their own peril, and under the ever-watchful eye of the United States.