[SolidWood]

These are not soldiers, but Pasdaran and Basij paramilitaries. We need to keep them apart.

[elhombrelibre]

Maybe the Army can safe the country from the theocracy and its goons.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

These are not soldiers, but Pasdaran and Basij paramilitaries. We need to keep them apart.

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.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Thanks for making the distinction.

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.

[RoadTest]

Tian·an·men Square redo. Communist bastards!

[Psalm 73]

"These are not soldiers, but Pasdaran and Basij paramilitaries."

Then the Iranian regular Army units need to chime in on the side of the people - they are all conscripts, they need to help their own.

[meyer]

These are not soldiers, but Pasdaran and Basij paramilitaries.

Sounds like Iran's rendition of ACORN. Coming to a city near you.