Comments on: WHERE IS MY VOTE?

By: DJ

DJ — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:42:21 +0000

I had always planned to cover the Iran story today. And as it unfolds there's more coming. Glad to have you as a regular supporter/contributor Truthiz!- DJ

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:31:05 +0000

IMO, what makes the current Iranian “revolt” so extraordinary and Powerful is the fact that Opposition was NOT instigated from outside; it arose from within.Now the world sees that the Iranian people are NOT a monolithic” backwards” people. They are diverse in their views; Many of them educated and progressive in their desire for substantive “Change” in their country_at least on domestic issues. Note: CNN’s Octavia Nasr and Christian Amanpour have reported that there’s actually NOT that much difference between Mousavi and Ahmadenjad when it comes to foreign policy.Sullivan points out that the revolt was _“launched ostensibly to restore the hopes of the original revolution, rather than destroy it. This is what many neocons still don't seem to understand, which is presumably why so many seem to be outright hoping for the coup to succeed:I think it’s critical to understand the context in which this threat arises. The protesters are not calling for an end to the concept of an Islamic state — far from it, in fact. Just because elements of the opposition are seen as friendlier to the West, it doesn’t translate into a monolithic “Westernizing” force. And that is why it is potentially so dangerous to the stability of the status quo.” The challenge for Pres “O” is to walk that fine line between “realism” and idealism”, without getting sucked in by either the "reformers" or the "rulers". The Iranian leadership is desperate for a distraction! They would love to somehow paint Obama as the “bad-guy” in all this mess they, themselves created.But Obama is NOT George W. Bush.

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:53:17 +0000

@DJ-Thanks for doing a post on this very important event!An Iranian born in 1984 has a new dispatch at Tehran Bureau:"My generation is tired of being disillusioned. We refuse to accept the status quo and we have risen up in defiance. I am not sure how long it will take for the totalitarians to crush our resistance. For now though, we’re holding up just fine. We’re holding up fine even though our brothers at Basij and the police are murdering their dear fellow Iranians. We’re holding up even though you bash us with clubs and batons and try to suffocate us with your tear gas.A nation stands tall refusing to succumb that easily."Hat-Tip: Andrew Sullivan

By: Neal

Neal — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:59:16 +0000

The situation in Iran is already out of control. A recount will not resolve it. What that country needs is a total do over of the election with outside observers to make things right, but still that is a risk. Democracy is alive in Iran.