You know, the Iranians haven’t had a lot of luck these past two centuries. This is just another example of it. Why couldn’t this problem come to a head when America had a an actual American sitting in the White House instead of a post turtle?

Reagan and Bushes 41-43 would know how to handle this to America–and Iran’s–benefit. The post turtle hasn’t a clue

The reason it’s happening now is because the Mullah’s knew they could get away with not only a rigged election but could announce the winner so early as to confirm it was rigged. They knew they could do this with no condemnation from the U.S. and Obama. What they didn’t expect was resistance from their own people who had stood quietly by when confronted with the totalitarian extreme’s of the past. If there had been no uprising from the people of Iran the election and its outcome no matter how contrived would have received no comment for the O. I’m sure this would not have been the case under W. The Mullah’s and all of Islam know O not only doesn’t support freedom but is intent on using whatever tactic is necessary to rigg elections here in the U.S. Did O not comment on Iran elections because he feels guilty about his own aspiration. Hardly. Maybe he just didn’t want attention drawn to his own designs on power. But the similarities are there for anyone who can look.

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Reagan and Bushes 41-43 would know how to handle this to America–and Iran’s–benefit. The post turtle hasn’t a clue.

Derek

No one knows which way they would point. I suspect that the Mullahs have strong suspicions they would point towards them.

If we remember Tiananmen, it took quite a while before the Chinese could get army that would shoot on their own people.

Wretchard describes the meetings of those protesting, and the dynamics that are going on. There are parallel meetings among the powerful. Fear is the driving force.

If you had a regime under attack, and had a group of faithful that would do anything, why arm them only with sticks and blades?

Very interesting, and as wretchard says, the next 48 hours will be crucial.

A few things I note. No one wears masks, or rarely. This is a direct poke in the eye of the regime supported thug groups who refuse to show their faces. I’m quite sure the stories of how the Iraq AlQueda treated people filtered into Iran. These people are hated. These crowds refuse to emulate them, be like them.

The women seem to be a driving force. Yet they are covered. Shrewd, good place to hide rocks or other weapons, maybe. I think it shows a certain maturity and forethought. When a place falls apart, is torn apart like Iran is right now, the danger is that it cannot be put back together. The common thread on all sides is the respect for the faith traditions. The show of respect allows the movement to grow. They cannot directly attack Islam, or the Mullahs for that matter. They attack their manifestations of power. In the end, its the same thing, but these smart women recognize that they need the masses, the crowds.

Quite a few videos show women, older women, bystanders attacked viciously by the regime. From what I understand of the culture, women are not respected personally, and often maltreated. But to maltreat a woman in public is a direct poke in the eye, a matter of honor. This type of attack just doesn’t happen. It wells up from the thought patterns, the rhetoric and core belief of the regime. I think we get a glimpse of why people are standing before armed thugs. It is not the protesters who are radical and dangerous (shame on Obama).

I wonder if there are any Iranians in southern Iraq asking ‘how do you make this democracy thing work anyways?’.

May we live in interesting times.

Derek

Her name was Neda Soltani. She was an employee of Rademan Airways.

To be murdered at such a young age; so beautiful; our future struck down.

I haven’t seen anything so tragic. May she rest in peace.

ADE

Of course, at the time, the Chinese government was not threatening the destruction of one of our allies, was not openly supporting our enemies on a field of battle (Korea was long past) as Iran is now, and they were not supporting international terrorist organizations like Hezbollah and Hamas. Still, I find this history instructive, perhaps President Obama is considering this?