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The Iran crisis moves closer to home
UK Spectator ^ | 6/23/09 | Melanie Phillips

Posted on 06/23/2009 5:34:18 PM PDT by advance_copy

There is chatter in some quarters that the Iranian ‘green revolution' may be petering out. Well, it depends whom you’re reading.

The Iran expert Michael Ledeen says he has no idea what’s going to happen. But there are signs that the regime is preparing for an all-out assault; and that they are panicking and the ayatollahs are at odds amongst themselves; and that, most interestingly of all, this:

...that there are cracks in the regime’s edifice, ranging from declarations of small groups of Revolutionary Guards calling on their brothers to defect to “the people,” to a phenomenon that is just beginning to be discussed here and there, mostly on the Net but originally in an Arab newspaper.

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What a disgrace that this man is leader of the free world; and at such a point in history. If he had put America stoutly behind the protesters and championed them against the regime, by now they might have toppled it. There are signs today that even the fawning American media is appalled.

(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhoiran; iran; obama; revolutionaryguard
Fascinating analysis. This article has links to in depth reporting on a par above anything from our "state-run" media, which are falling over themselves in their efforts to excuse Mr. Obama's failure to act.
1 posted on 06/23/2009 5:34:18 PM PDT by advance_copy
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To: advance_copy

Excellent article. Very Freeper-esque. :-)


2 posted on 06/23/2009 5:45:13 PM PDT by joejm65
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To: advance_copy

I’m incredibly disappointed that I have to get my news from sources outside the US. If the American media didn’t have its lips fastened so tightly on Obammy’s fundament maybe they could produce some news instead of propaganda & drivel.


3 posted on 06/23/2009 6:17:38 PM PDT by ChoobacKY
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To: advance_copy
Iranian exiles in the U.S. are receiving calls from back home asking why President Obama has ‘given Khamenei the green light’ to crack down on the election protesters.

Why? Because he's a treasonous piece of Shiite!

4 posted on 06/23/2009 7:22:57 PM PDT by Nateman (If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)
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To: joejm65

She’s good...and always spot on in her analysis.


5 posted on 06/23/2009 9:04:18 PM PDT by I got the rope
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