They Killed Neda but Not Her Voice

Michelle Malkin ^ | 06/21/2009 | Michelle Malkin

[fiscon1]

Her name was Neda, which means “voice” in Farsi. According to numerous online accounts picked up by media outlets worldwide, she was shot in the streets by Iranian state police while protesting today. This is what repression looks (warning: graphic):

[netmilsmom]

>>Photo of the year.<<

Pitifully, not here.
The Photo of the Year will be the Obama Ice Cream Photo.

:-(

[seatrout]

Mousavi was a hard-core hardliner in the 80s; back when we were actually in a shooting war with Iran over tanker access through the Straits of Hormuz.

[neocon1984]

Buchanan ain't conservative. He's a nasty little anti-Semitic fascist liberals trot out when they need someone to validate their own hatreds.

And he's made a very nice living at it.

[DesertRhino]

“Like I (and Pat Buchanan!!) said before, if Zero gave over the top support for Mousavi, it would suck the life (perhaps literally) out of him and the protestors”

So then you are actually in FAVOR of intenrvetion, and this is just your tactic to assist the resistance! Ohhh i get it now,, earlier you said the founders would have never even cared what happened in Iran. But u really meant that *actually* they would have used strategery of ignoring the resistance, to *help* the resistance,,,

[silverleaf]

Yep, or Bo the water dog eating ice cream treats obama bought for him as Neda bled out. That girl had more courage than obama EVER will understand.

[grey_whiskers]

The poster has made some valid arguments, regardless of what his age or maturity level is.

If there are any, they have been drowned out by his insults of other FReepers and of conservatives in general.

You realize that Mousavi is nothing more than a kinder and gentler Ahmadinejad right.

Even if that were true (which I haven't verified to my satisfaction yet), that doesn't detract from the facts on the ground that Ahmadinejad and his followers are gunning down peaceful protestors to cement in place the results of a probably fraudulent election.

By your logic, we ought to support Obama, since John McCain just said he is doing a good job as President.

Cheers!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Mousavi was a hard-core hardliner in the 80s; back when we were actually in a shooting war with Iran over tanker access through the Straits of Hormuz.

Exactly, and I pointed this out on several other threads. So basically, the Iranians are just protesting to have their chains loosened a bit.

[silverleaf]

I think the world is ready for even a slightly kinder and gentler ahmadinejad. WTH, let’s go with the devil we don’t know.

Besides, once the Iranians get the hang of actually getting who they elect, they can work to get better candidates next time.

[AH_LiveRight]

What is Mujahadeen-e-Khalq?
Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK) is the largest and most militant group opposed to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Also known as the People’s Mujahadeen Organization of Iran, MEK is led by husband and wife Massoud and Maryam Rajavi. MEK was added to the U.S. State Department’s list of foreign terrorist groups in 1997 and to the European Union’s terrorist list in 2002 because its attacks have often killed civilians.

MEK was founded in 1963 by a group of college-educated Iranian leftists—supporters of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq—opposed to the country’s pro-Western ruler, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The group participated in the 1979 Islamic revolution that replaced the shah with a Shiite Islamist regime led by the Ayatollah Khomeini. But MEK’s ideology, a blend of Marxism, feminism, and Islamism, put it at odds with the post-revolutionary government, and its original leadership was soon executed by the Khomeini regime. In 1981, the group was driven from its bases on the Iran-Iraq border and resettled in Paris, where it began supporting Iraq in its eight-year war against Khomeini’s Iran. In 1986, after France recognized the Iranian regime, MEK moved its headquarters to Iraq, which used MEK to harass neighboring Iran. MEK maintained its headquarters in Iraq until the American invasion in 2003 when many members surrendered their weapons. http://www.cfr.org/publication/9158/
MEK is the group organizing this "revolt".

[seatrout]

—So then you are actually in FAVOR of intenrvetion, and this is just your tactic to assist the resistance!—

It would be all well and good for the Iranian people (and perhaps the world at large) if a more humane and forward-looking regime came to power. But it is UP TO THEM (the Iranians); it is not up to the United States. Ignoring the “resistance” might or might not help it, but boisterous support that would lable the “resistance” “Made in the USA” would certainly injure it. Clear now?

[WashStateGirl]

That photo of that black bastard Obama sucking on his white ice cream cone laughing and grinning and having a good time while at the exact same time the media is presenting the bloody pictures of the pawns that he set in motion with his speech in Iranin bleeding and dying as they struggle to come out of their enburkenated nightmares, just makes me really sick. What a demon.

[DesertRhino]

Μολὼν λάβε Wasting your time,, he is a follower of Ron Paul and Pat Buchannon who thinks it was wrong to stop Hitler. The Hebrew phrase will make him disagree with you reflexively.

[seatrout]

Linguistics are not your strong suit, are they? That’s not Hebrew, it’s Greek, and it means “Come and Take Them” (a taunt, I believe, uttered by the Spartan warrior king Leondias to the Persians at Thermopylae).

[DesertRhino]

And you inderstand the Mullahs and their theocracy is every bit as targeted as Ahmandinejad,,, don’t you?

[grey_whiskers]

Ignoring the “resistance” might or might not help it, but boisterous support that would lable the “resistance” “Made in the USA” would certainly injure it. Clear now?

Let me see:

Innocent women being gunned down to die in the streets...check.

Thugs being imported from other countries...check.

People's homes being raided in the middle of the night...check.

Yep, sounds like the resistance is gaining all kinds of legitimacy now that it is not associated with the U.S.

And you might note, that in that part of the world, the U.S. and Israel get blamed for everthing, whether they are involved or not.

Cheers!

[seatrout]

If you are so worried about, why don’t you go there and help out!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

If there are any, they have been drowned out by his insults of other FReepers and of conservatives in general.

Well, insults and name-calling are pretty much the par for course here. You've been here 5 years you should know that already.

Even if that were true (which I haven't verified to my satisfaction yet),

So you didn't know Mousavi was actually the Iranian PM in the 1980s and was probably a bigger bad-ass than Ahmadinejad is now. Pitiful.

that doesn't detract from the facts on the ground that Ahmadinejad and his followers are gunning down peaceful protestors to cement in place the results of a probably fraudulent election.

No, it doesn't. But you have to look at the bigger picture though. The President of Iran is just a figurehead; the Ayatollah holds the real power. Had Mousavi won, he'd still would have called for the destruction of Israel and antagonized the West anyway, albeit with a smiley face.

By your logic, we ought to support Obama, since John McCain just said he is doing a good job as President.

No, I'm saying it's best to let events play out in Iran on its own.

[netmilsmom]

Amen!

[DesertRhino]

I can improve my linguistics, But you’ll still be a PBJ loving, Ron Paul following Jew hater.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

And you inderstand the Mullahs and their theocracy is every bit as targeted as Ahmandinejad,,, don’t you?

They hold the real power in Iran. The President of Iran is just a figurehead. Even if an Iranian version of Reagan would have been elected, I doubt there would be significant changes.