The problem with a massacre is that it will kill thousands of friends and relatives of members of the Army, Revolutionary Guard and police. Once that happens, things stand a good chance of descending into a complete bloodbath.
Before that happens, the Army and Guard may decide that the only solution is to get rid of key members of the ruling elite in order to appease the rebels.
11 posted on 06/18/2009 5:39:53 PM PDT by PapaBear3625
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money -- Thatcher)