Prayers up for the Persian people...Ping
Much has been said about 'the people' of Iran admiring the West and wishing to embrace a more liberal society. Problem is that a lot of the protesters we see in Iran are revolting in favor of 'Islamic Republic Lite'.
There will still be all those mullahs in charge of the country, even if they have to put on a masquerade of 'hope and change' should the current regime be torn down. I don't think change will happen over there, except for maybe changing the butler Ahmadinejad.
We'll find out who the next lunatic takes the reins there, all the while him being adored by the Western liberal media as a 'moderate voice'. Feh.
Without any means for the people to fight back against them, the current regime can stay in power by steamrolling the protesters with tanks.
SNIPPET from post no. 1:
"And the unrest is rolling across the country, with violence reported in Tehran, Isfahan, and at least ifve other cities."
A Look at Iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
“...that members of the security forces have been forced to surrender to crowds.”
Doesn’t mean the govt is going to go under. I remember seeing pictures of entire units of South Korean riot control troops being surrounded and surrendering to rioters.
"Faster, please."
If this regime does not implode sometime (early) this year, we are all screwed.
Thanks for the post, sonofstrangelove - and "pray hard".
Need to stand back and watch. Foreign (meaning US) interference will only give the Iranian establishment more ammo to galvanize their fence sitting supporters and rally people to the governments cause (if the opposition is seen to be nothing more than US puppets they lose legitimacy, so by helping, we actually hurt).
If a coup is successful it might decrease the flow of arms into south Afghanistan and choke off the Taliban (benificial side effect, I’m learning/watching alot about Afghanistan atm).
The army is the real force to watch. Government monopoly of violence is one of the strongest reasons for the theocracy staying in power, take that away and the people can choose another leader. Hopefully better than the last one.
Prayers up for the Persian people... 5.56mm