Sunday, January 03, 2010
What to say?
Certainly some of the gutsiest people in the world today are those taking the streets in Iran to protest President Wackypants and his band of rabid loons, who are perfectly capable of stage-managing mass calls for the execution of those asking Iran to truly join the world at large. Iran's government - who, by the way, have gone so far nuts they forced out a national soccer official for accidentally wishing the Israeli soccer federation a happy new year - have no interest in seriously listening to anything the protestors have to say. According to them, there is no legitimate dissent in their country, there is only what the West is drumming up because they fear the awesomeness that is President Wackypants.
The protesters, led by the guy that quite possibly most Iranians wanted to be their President, are under no illusions about what it is they're facing. There is, of course, an argument to be made that the West can best help by keeping their big yaps shut, but I don't agree. Everyone knows the West stands, at least nominally, with the protestors. The question is do we stand with them enough to make it inconvenient for the government to go Tiananmen Square on the protestors, or are we more interested in Iran pretending to cooperate with us on their nuclear program?
If someone wanted to make a stirring statement of support for Iran's protestors, I'm not sure this could be improved upon...
The protesters, led by the guy that quite possibly most Iranians wanted to be their President, are under no illusions about what it is they're facing. There is, of course, an argument to be made that the West can best help by keeping their big yaps shut, but I don't agree. Everyone knows the West stands, at least nominally, with the protestors. The question is do we stand with them enough to make it inconvenient for the government to go Tiananmen Square on the protestors, or are we more interested in Iran pretending to cooperate with us on their nuclear program?
If someone wanted to make a stirring statement of support for Iran's protestors, I'm not sure this could be improved upon...
Iran's protestors..."are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the revolution, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow - and they will win."It's not an original quote, but I trust the author of the original would appreciate it being reused in a good cause.
