Posted on 11/05/2009 2:43:44 AM PST by Scanian
Yesterday marked the 30th anniver sary of the capture by Khomeinist "stu dents" of the US Embassy in Tehran, triggering the 444-day hostage crisis.
The Iranian public seized the chance to reject the regime -- even as the surviving hostage-takers have largely come to regret their actions.
For months, Iran's state-controlled media had tried to build up the day as a "turning point" for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's troubled second term.
The occasion was supposed to highlight Ahmadinejad's "victory over the American Great Satan" and Washington's implicit acceptance of Iran's nuclear project in recent talks in Geneva and Vienna.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
In some cases, senior officials were advised not to appear -- for fear of facing hostile crowds.Like democrats and rinos at a town hall meeting in the USA!
Well, this is good...:)
“The occasion was supposed to highlight Ahmadinejad’s “victory over the American Great Satan””
C’mpn - lets keep things straight, shall we? America is America and Satan is Satan, and I’madinnerjug works for him.
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