The New Iranian Revolution?
Like many people I have been reading about and watching events unfold in Iran. Some sources say that last Thursday that as many as three-million protestors were on the streets of Teheran. Young anti- government protestors were also present in dozens of other major Iranian cities. To date, some reports estimate that at least 150 people have been murdered by agents of the Iranian state.
Even if the numbers of protestors in Iran is being inflated, the courage of the Iranian people has been proven. One wonders what our central government would do if even a million anti-government protestors marched up and down the major streets of Washington, D.C. for a week?
Any ideas?
Well, maybe it wasn’t Washington DC, but they went ahead with the Iraq war anyway. Do you follow the news?
Iran is interesting – for one thing, the government is corrupt, the president is not even in charge, and yet they are upset that the wrong guy “won” the election. So they are a lot like us.
But there’s more – the US routinely interferes in elections in strategic foreign countries – since the end of World War II, probably before, but that’s not my area. I assume that the CIA has been infiltrating Iran for years now, and instigating discontent. You might think that’s OK, as they are bad and undemocratic, but so are we. There are no winners here.
The bottom line is that Iran was too strong for a frontal attack.
Mark T, I was trying to get replies about how our own government would
react to a million or so protestors marching through Washington, D.C. for a
week. Would we act just like the statist thugs in Iran and attack the protestors?
Yes – remember Generals MacArthur and Patton attacked demonstrators in Washington in 1932. It wasn’t DC, but police attacked demonstrators in Chicago in 1968. And police attacked demonstrators in Seattle in 1999. If your magic exoneration number is one million, then I suppose you have a small point. And do remember that millions of people protested the illegal attack on Iraq in 2003, and our government looked the other way.
You’re trying to make a case for American exceptionalism. Nice try.
Mark, where exactly is Awe’ making a case of American exceptionalism? I don’t see it. You willingness to stuff others’ mouths with words is what is exceptional.
One wonders what our central government would do if even a million anti-government protestors marched up and down the major streets of Washington, D.C. for a week?
I took that to be rhetorical, presuming that we don’t behave in the manner of the nasty post-79 Iranians, as opposed to the pre-79 nice Iranians. If that is wrong, Awe, I stand corrected.
If you are saying that our government is also comprised of thugs, then we are in agreement.
Mark, we are in agreement; for, I think that the entire power of government
would be used to stifle free speech. If the central government felt that its
power was really threaten the streets of Washington would run red. The
reaction we are seeing in Teheran by the government probably pales what
our government would do in a similar situation.
My apologies and thanks Dave for pointing out my word-stuffing.
More votes than voters.
Maybe ACORN got established there in time.
You were thinking I was making this sh*t up weren’t you?
“Iran’s Guardian Council has suggested that the number of votes collected in 50 cities surpass the number of people eligible to cast ballot in those areas.
The council’s Spokesman Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei, who was speaking on the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) Channel 2 on Sunday, made the remarks in response to complaints filed by Mohsen Rezaei — a defeated candidate in the June 12 Presidential election.
“Statistics provided by the candidates, who claim more than 100% of those eligible have cast their ballot in 80-170 cities are not accurate — the incident has happened in only 50 cities,” Kadkhodaei said.
Kadkhodaei further explained that the voter turnout of above 100% in some cities is a normal phenomenon because there is no legal limitation for people to vote for the presidential elections in another city or province to which people often travel or commute.”
Via Gaurdian.
Vote fraud in an election? Get outta here!
Never happens here.