Posted on 06/14/2009 7:21:55 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Reverberations as Door Slams on Hope of Change
By BILL KELLER
TEHRAN It is impossible to know for sure how much the ostensible re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad represents the preference of an essentially conservative Iranian public and how much, as opposition voters passionately believe, it is the imposed verdict of a fundamentally authoritarian regime.
But for those who dreamed of a gentler Iran, Saturday was a day of smoldering anger, crushed hopes and punctured illusions, from the streets of Tehran to the policy centers of Western capitals.
Iranians who hoped for a bit more freedom, a better managed economy and a less reviled image in the world wavered between protest and despair on Saturday.
On the streets around Fatemi Square, near the headquarters of the leading opposition candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi, riot police officers dressed in RoboCop gear roared down the sidewalks on motorcycles to disperse and intimidate the clots of pedestrians who had gathered to share rumors and dismay.
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Reagan backed his words up with strength.......Obama does not back his words up with anything.
I honestly believe that Obama thinks he is confronting them. We know it is doing nothing more than enabling the terrorists.
He got all bent out of shape. That showed his weak spot.
Why don't our guys hit that weak spot.
I Remember his shouting:
Just words, just speeches
Very true. Which illustrates the difference between words and B.S.
Wonder why.
If you are right (I certainly am not saying you are wrong) it is another of those instances of being sincere, earnest and wrong simultaneously.
Not a good grouping of characteristics for a Cub Scout leader, let alone the ostensible head of a country.
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