They shout “Allah Akbar” from the rooftops because the regime that oppresses them now used the very same tactic 30 years ago when it seized power.
They are spitting in the theocracy's eye and calling for it's downfall.
Hello Blue State Insurgent,
I am not bigoted. That they want to tear down something awful and unsuccessful is clear. What is not clear is what they WANT TO REPLACE IT WITH.
So I see it as some well deserved mob frenzy, but not as a true liberation movement of democratically minded people. I think a lot of foreigners are “reading” what they like into this rebellion and thinking of it in western terms. We hate the nutjob and so anybody fighting the nutjob is good. I’m okay with that, but I have serious doubts that it’s about democracy or the end of female oppression, not with those people howling Allahu Akbar from the rooftops. I see it as a fiery mix of highly dissatisfied people. Should they be so lucky as to bring down that regime, I’ll bet you that civil war will ensue with today’s allies killing each other off until the next strongman comes along.
Democracy and Islam don’t mix. They’ll go on being nasty to women, developing nukes, hating Israel, lopping off hands and lapidating lovers. As a matter of fact, I find it OMINOUS that chants of freedom and chants of Allahu Akbar are being combined. Should they be successful, I see more Islamic green revolutions rising in which the young will try to get rid of the old in the name of some vague la-di-dah freedom.
Put it this way. There were two great revolutions, the American and the French. The American revolution made the USA, legality, stability, reasonableness. The French revolution led to a reign of terror.
My hackles tell me that an Iranian revolution will lead to terror. I hope for them that they get a more benevolent despot, but - should they be successful - I don’t see democracy being the upshot.
My view is that we westerners don’t know what’s up, because not even the Iranians do. They have facebook and twitter and SMS and satellite dishes... they have the communications, but they don’t have a unifying ideal beyond tearing down the regime. Is their leader REALLY their leader in an ideological sense or just a momentary excuse for all the different groups?
If Mousawi (sp) is their leader, well check out his record. He’s a Nutjob Light. If he’s just an excuse, then - should they bring down the regime, there will be a civil war.