Posted on 02/13/2011 9:53:57 AM PST by NormsRevenge
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's opposition on Sunday renewed its call for a rally in support of protesters in Tunisia and Egypt despite a government warning of repercussions if demonstrations take place, a reformist website reported.
In a statement published on Kaleme.com, the opposition urged its supporters to rally on Monday in central Tehran and accused the government of hypocrisy by voicing support for the Egyptian and Tunisian uprisings while refusing to allow Iranian political activists to stage a peaceful demonstration.
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The question is, will Obamy say that he stands with the people, or punt like last time.
He's playing both sides. He can say he's supporting the protesters, knowing full well that the Iranian government can easily control access to those web pages.
Beautiful. Tagline material. Too bad it looks like gibberish in HTML.
Le Parti du The’.
Ne marchez pas sur moi!
[Dream on - as if Russia & China would allow one part of that.]
Yeah, like they didn’t allow two wars against Iraq.
Yeah, like they didn’t allow two wars against Iraq.
They didnt agree to that either - It wasn’t a diplomatic meeting of the world leaders such as that which you speak of here. - we just went and kicked ass.
In fact basically the whole world didn’t have any say & was against us, but you think they will all come together on a sanctions war that Russia & China will not agree to and that they can bypass with ease? LOL
Do you have any idea how much that war bolstered the influence of Russia & China in Iran?
Iran is armed with major weaps from those two countries, even silkworm missiles & Russian AA defenses.
How will you feel when they get their nuclear weapons?
The second Gulf War included a coalition of 41 countries though the U.S. carried most of the load with many coalition members acting in humanitarian roles. Russia and China were primary suppliers of arms to Saddam. Since his removal the U.S. has mostly filled that void though the Iraqis may buy some fighter planes from China.
After the rise of the theocracy in Iran and the end of U.S. relations Iran was stuck with a military equipped mostly with U.S. weapons. The Iran-Iraq war accelerated the deterioration of these weapons and Iran had to rely on third parties for replacements and spare parts. They had little choice in turning to the Soviets and Chinese.
You just made my point. Thank you
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