Iranian uprising II

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Not kidding.

So, coming home from work, reviewing the days news, I see that my previous post was accurate. We see unarmed people being shot and killed in the streets. Looks like the lady took a GSW high in the chest, and managed to hit the great vessels which appear to have bled (quickly) into the esophagus.

I wonder if it was a gun-free zone.

So, remind me again why Obama, as the leader of the free world cannot make sort of strong, but general statement about tyranny being bad, and freedom being good? If he were to come out and call a spade a spade, then he would leave the IRanian Mullahs with nowhere to go. You tell them that there needs to be redo of the election, and that there needs to be international observers. He should simply say that the US will not be able to effectively negotiate with Iran if there is such serious questions about the leaddership being the reflection of the will of the people. You do that, and then Iran is stuck because they either have to cave in to the reformers, or you have undermined any future hard line position they may try. 

Then again, I guess Obama is a reflection of the United States.

I remember when we not only knew who the badguys were, we were not afraid to tell them they were. 

Obama's relative silence is aqcuiesence. If this revolution fails, he will have had a hand in it. If it succeeds, it will be no thanks to him. What a crappy position to be in. He will either let us be the bogeyman for the hardliners, should they prevail, or a bunch of hippocrites to the reformers should they prevail.

I simply do not buy the argument that if the US were to strongly support the revolution it would somehow quench the fire of revolution. If that were the case, then we should start publicly backing the Mullahs. We must then oppose the revolution in order to support it. Stop and read that last sentence to understand the complete mental gymnastics that one must go through to not support the revolution, and not be aiding the tyrants that run the place.

Hopefully the Iranians will be able to overthrow their tyrants. If they do, it will be costly. "the gutters will scab over in blood" kind of costly.

There's lots more I would like to say on this, and perhaps later I shall.

For right now, all I can say to the uprising is:

Good luck. 

You *are* going to need it.

Respectfully Submitted,
-doc Russia