Posted on 06/26/2009 6:56:18 AM PDT by wk4bush2004
One of the founders of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, who's also a former deputy prime minister, tells Weekend Edition's Scott Simon that what amounts to a "military coup" has occurred in his country. And he claims authorities know the election was rigged.
(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...
Meanwhile, in Tehran, Authorities Rule Iran Election ‘Healthy’
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/world/middleeast/27iran.html?ref=world
The trick in any dictatorship is to keep competing interest groups at war with eachother, while preventing any single group from getting too strong. If the IRGC actually thought of itself as stronger than the Iranian military, that could be a bad thing for the dictator Khameni. You only want the IRGC “just strong enough” to deter the military from taking matters into its own hands.
Just for the sake of clarity... I wasnt the OP, I was just someone who read the post and assumed the Military was assisting the people, then read the post and found out otherwise.
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and the leaders punished harshly. Some even executed.
I agree with you - I thought the whole luau and it’s timing was in very poor taste. In fact, I was rather disgusted.
I agree with you. The article term “coup” is misleading. None of the leaders were overthrown, just the franchise.
Even if the Rev. Guards did off the mullahs, it’s doubtful they’d be any better.
“amounts to a “military coup” has occurred in his country”.
Then why are the protestors still getting beaten?
If you use the Russian Revolution as a template, this was 1905. It took another 12 years before the Tsar was deposed.
Interesting take. I don't think it will take 12 years, however. Technology has been driving civil society faster than we can adapt. This uprising could not have sustained itself without cell phones capable of transmitting streaming video directly to the internet, and "Twitter". People in the know know what we'll have in 1 or 2 years, beyond that... who knows?
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