In this video, two men sentenced to hang are actually rescued by a mob who are then shot at by the regime police.
Live blogging of Iranian action here. Lots and lots of amazing videos. This should be on the top of all the MSM news, but the crotch bomber provides good cover.
#20 Just like Fido’s hero is the same as the old boss. They they like this one better.
#3 Many governments have ruled without public support. As Mao said, “All power comes out of the barrel of a gun.” I think Thomas Pain said, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” Each can win.
At the moment the mullahs do appear to be riding the tiger. The question to be answered is can they master it or will it devour them.
Highly repressive governments have weak economies with wretched masses however the mullahs are rich with oil money.
The Revolutionaries seem to be more interested in domestic affairs and less interested in spreading terror. For this reason I think we should place no roadblocks in their path and if we can give them some assistance I see no harm in doing so.
They elected a democratic government in 1953, and the U.S. overthrew it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat) Don’t know if those accented characters will come thru… google “Iran 1953″.
Hopefully our government won’t interfere again. Even if they have the nerve to try to control their own oil production.
#23 Narrow minded hack. Bush was democratically elected and you’re still crying foul. Yet you defend “democratically” elected dictators? Hypocrite!
#24 Wow, little pedro, an attempt to express a coherent thought. Good for you! You want to give some evidence that Mosaddeq was a dictator? Or have you exhausted your capacity for critical thinking today? Here’s a little snippet from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
US support and funding continued after the coup, with the CIA training the Shah’s secret police, SAVAK. Originally, the Eisenhower Administration considered Operation Ajax a “successful secret war”, but, given its blowback, that assessment is no longer generally held, because of the coup’s “haunting and terrible legacy”. The coup d’état was “a critical event in post-war world history” that replaced Iran’s native, and secular parliamentary democracy with an authoritarian monarchy. The coup is widely believed to have significantly contributed to the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which deposed the Shah and replaced the pro-Western monarchy with the anti-Western Islamic Republic of Iran.
Go ahead and explain how a “secular parliamentary democracy” is worse than an “authoritarian monarchy”. Take your time.
#25 You asking for someone else to have critical thinking? You wanna know when I’ll reply you with critical thinking? The day you show some, that’s when.
Sheeple.
deowll, tacit support is what I’m talking about. This is very difficult to control because tacit support can swing wildly, and an avalanche of support can shift from one side to the other. He who controls the information, controls the tacit support. The Iranian peoples’ opinion of the information they consume will decide this civil war.
You can’t rule with a gun unless: 1) you’re prepared to shoot everybody, 2) your people aren’t willing to make new demands (see tacit approval).
#26 That’s OK, rest up and try again tomorrow. You did good today.