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Iranians Revolt. Why Now?
Powerline ^ | December 29,2017 | John Hinderaker

Posted on 12/30/2017 3:50:40 AM PST by Hojczyk

We certainly should, and the Trump administration has. Via InstaPundit, this is the strong statement released by the State Department’s spokeswoman:

We remember 2009, when Barack Obama, hell-bent on a fanciful alliance with the mullahs, shamefully betrayed the Iranians who rose up, expecting to be supported by us. The Trump administration’s response is of course a welcome contrast. But one wonders: why are Iranians rebelling now? Certainly they have economic grievances, but are these really new? What has happened, recently, to explain the current uprising?

I wonder whether the Iranian rebellion has been incited, at least in part, by a conviction that there finally is an administration in Washington prepared to support them, at least morally and perhaps materially. Why would Iranians think that? No doubt they have paid close attention to President Trump’s willingness to stand up to their oppressors. And perhaps Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital sent a signal that there has been a changing of the guard in Washington.

This is pure speculation, but maybe the fact that we now have a president who is pro-United States and pro-freedom, instead of anti-United States and pro-mullahs/Muslim Brotherhood, etc., has inspired Iranians to march for liberation. It will be interesting to see how events play out in the days to come.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; Israel; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: europeanunion; germany; iran; israel; jerusalem; letshavejerusalem; unitedkingdom; waronterror
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To: Candor7

Should be “the Muslim former CIA director Brennen”,
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But good post however, overall.


21 posted on 12/30/2017 6:08:28 AM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: Hojczyk

Where is McCain?


22 posted on 12/30/2017 6:13:28 AM PST by Bogie
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To: Bogie

Ah yes...McCain’s out of the picture now.


23 posted on 12/30/2017 6:28:12 AM PST by polymuser (Its terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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To: Rapscallion

And maybe even the mullahs are subject to Strauss and Howe’s Fourth Turning.

I don’t know if they found some basic truth or not, but I believe they are right that the world in ten years or so will be completely different than it has been for the last eighty years.


24 posted on 12/30/2017 6:44:15 AM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: polymuser

Alas, no more photos of the brothers.


25 posted on 12/30/2017 6:56:38 AM PST by Bogie
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To: Hojczyk

Make Persia great again.


26 posted on 12/30/2017 2:27:37 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: Hojczyk

It’s another US state department color revolution. I’m typically opposed to this type of US meddling, but frankly, screw Iran. These type of moments take time to build and the 2009 one failed because Obama shut it down once it got going.


27 posted on 12/30/2017 2:35:45 PM PST by JohnyBoy (The GOP Senate is intentionally trying to lose the majority.)
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To: Hojczyk
[P]rotests against high unemployment, a stagnant economy with inflationary prices and expensive overseas military interventions are spreading unpredictably fast in several cities in Iran….

Evidently, those pallets of cash the Muslim Traitor shipped to Iran have not trickled down.

28 posted on 12/30/2017 2:54:03 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

Make Persia, Persia again. Kick out the Mullahs, return to your roots, before Islam invaded and imposed the Mullahs on your.


29 posted on 12/30/2017 5:03:53 PM PST by Yulee
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To: Hojczyk

Credit to Trump.
But it’s Trump’s actions to China that is making the difference in Iran.
Iran is very important to China.


30 posted on 12/30/2017 5:14:54 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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