[Grampa Dave]

Okay coffee kick in:

Should be: This is why I hope that before we take out Iraq, that we take out the Islamakazis Mullahs in Iran and their fascist Islamakazi brothers in Syria.

[eno_]

If by "we" you mean the CIA, that is exactly what is happening.

[surely_you_jest]

The flavor of this report reminds me of the reports of the demonstrations in Iran before the Shah was deposed.

I have long been in favor of taking down Iran prior to Iraq. It is, however, beginning to look like the Iranians may take their own country back, perhaps with a little covert help.

Either way, it sure would be interesting to see the only remaining Muslim theocracy extant go down.

[Dems_R_Losers]

I agree with Grampa Dave. The US media apparently still think the mullahs are the "authentic" government of Iran because they overthrew the horrible Shah (i.e. the evil US puppet Shah). The depredations of this "authentic" government don't fit the preordained US media storyline: The Shah was bad, they threw out the Shah, therefore they must be good. A popular revolution against this "authentic" government, especially by people who openly proclaim their admiration for and desire to be more like the United States, simply does not fit into the US media's storyline. Very similar indeed to the failure to report on the killing fields in Cambodia by the "authentic" Commmunists who overthrew the "bad US puppet" regime.

Add to this the other US media storyline that extremist Islam is an unstoppable movement. It's important for the media to uphold this storyline because it makes the US war on terrorism ultimately futile, so eventually the media can start the drumbeat for and end to the "unwinnable war," less defense spending, negotiations with the terrorists, etc. If the Iranian people overthrow the Islamist government and institute a more Western-style democracy, then it becomes clear that the war on Islamism is winnable.