Posted on 06/15/2009 10:55:53 AM PDT by pabianice
This is an apparent escalation in violence resulting from protesting the theft of the election. Apparently, Ahmadinejad is claiming that he won in every city, every district, and every street, even those in his opponent's neighborhood, with something like 85% of the vote. (Makes me think of Chicago).
These are not soldiers, but Pasdaran and Basij paramilitaries. We need to keep them apart.
Chavez and Mayor Daley are jealous.
And our President sent congratulations on winning the Chicago way.
One wonders if he had ACORN over there working for him ... I don’t think this is going to quiet down for quite sometime, and if they are shooting into the crowd it could be a big mistake for those currently in power.
Didn’t he take credit for the spirited debate?
Maybe the Army can safe the country from the theocracy and its goons.
Nutjob might be overplaying his hand. The Mullahs may take him out, and impose emergency rule, which would not be good for anyone.
Ping.
I really hope so.
Or maybe not. In the best of all possible worlds, we see a little red on red action, followed by a true democratic reform. When I was in school, in the days of the Shah, there were scores of Iranian grad students around and they were almost universally a$$holes. Either communists or anti-Shah nationists or hedonist. Almost no Islamists, though. That crowd didn't go to university in the days of the Shah. Some of the women dressed very "western" and some wore the veil. The westernized ones were mostly stone foxes. Strange people.
Obama can take credit for a spirited and robust massacre.
I hope they do.
Ping.
Pasdaran, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and Basij, a volunteer militia established by revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini.
This reminds me. In the early days of the Islamic Republic the ayatollahs organized street thugs to deal with opponents. I believe Hezbollah evolved from street thugs.
Ummm.. I wonder. Was Obama thinking of that when he spoke of the contributions that type of Islam has made to America? His ACORN evolved from street rabble and who knows what other gangs lurk ready to administer Obama justice to opponents. Sorry.. I couldn't resist and only partly kidding.
As soon as the gunfire is returned, we’ll have to begin referring to this as the Iranian Civil War.
Well, you didn’t think that Ak-man-demi-god was developing all those WMD to nuke Israel just to go away did you?
Tian·an·men Square redo. Communist bastards!
I disagree. The bad guys among the armed forces are the Revoltionary Guards, the Basij miltia and the Hezbullah (plus the Secret Police).
The regular Army (Artesh) is strong, but was neglected by the regime in favor of the fancied Revolutionary Guards.
The Artesh consists of normal conscripts and career officers, many of them from the Shah era. Same goes for the normal Police.
There is resentment in the Army against the Guards and Co. and the Army is reluctant to fight their own compratiots unlike the fanatical Guards.
Iran needs an armed force to maintain stability and most importantly the opposition needs a source of armed strength versus the thugs. This can under the current circumstances only come from the regular Army and Police.
The childs of the islamic regime (Guards and miltias) need to be eliminated, disarmed and defeated.
A functional Country will need an Army and Police, as we have seen in Iraq.
We aren’t going to intervene in any form in Iran. It’s up to the people and their strength has to come from within, which can only mean the Army.
“Obama can take credit for a spirited and robust massacre.”
POST OF THE DAY!!
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