AP News alert FROM IRAN: AP photographer sees pro-government militia fire at opposition protesters, killing at least 1.
And if this is true:
@StopAhmadi (via AoSHQ)
The Basiji police that killed 4 ppl in Tehran got killed by the ppl! eye for an eye! #iranelection
…we’re now at the cusp of something. If the crowds start thinking that the militia are going to shoot at them anyway – well, they stop being ‘crowds,’ and become the Mob.
No, that is not good. The whole point of having a Velvet Revolution
Moe Lane
PS: Jules Crittenden has put together a roundup of some of the reactions to the Iranian situation in general.
PPS: Via @magnolia_tree (her website, btw), these pictures. Whoa.
Crossposted to Moe Lane.
Aaron Gardner
Moe Lane
Steve Maley
KnightsofMalta
Dan Spencer
Dan McLaughlin
This is why the U.S. didn't give legitamcy to Iran's mulahs before Zero-nt
DONTREADONME (Diary) Monday, June 15th at 1:56PM EST (link)Opportunity missed...
smitch61 Monday, June 15th at 2:02PM EST (link)The president should have stated we stand with the people of Iran who want democracy and freedom…… opportunity missed.
Why Would He Do That?! He Doesn't Believe In It Himself!!
IJB Monday, June 15th at 3:57PM EST (link)Despite Obama & The Dems mouthing pretty words about democracy and “every vote counting”, they don’t believe a word of it.
The reason Obama & co. don’t speak up is because they *don’t* want Iran to become more like The U.S. – they want to make The U.S. into something more resembling *Iran* (or Cuba, or [shudder] possibly even North Korea or Burma).
Those are some powerful pictures...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Monday, June 15th at 2:40PM EST (link)especially the ones you have to actually click on to see.
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
“We’d be much better off if We The People had desired small government enough to keep it.” acat
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streiff (Diary) Monday, June 15th at 3:49PM EST (link)all I can say is that I don’t see a downside to Iranians killing Iranians. We’re living in a dream world if we think Ahmadinejad is going to give up power. The best we can hope for is that there are plenty of injuries and lots of long memories.
“What keeps me here is the reek of beer, the ladies and the craic”
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IJB Monday, June 15th at 3:59PM EST (link)Besides, on some level, I *like* “The Mob” – it leads to heedless killing, and that’s exactly what a regime like Iran’s deserves to suffer…
(And, bottom line – you can never rule out the possibility that Ahmadinejad & the Mullahs actually get toppled from power in a situation like this…)
Sadly, there may be no other way
DamnCat Monday, June 15th at 4:32PM EST (link)I just don’t see Ahmadinejad and his goon squads giving up without a fight – I believe they are plenty willing to kill their own countrymen to preserve their own power. Unless the army comes out against him only the people can fight back.
“A riot is an ugly thing and I think it is just about time that we had one.”
– Inspector Kemp -
Unfortunately,
Wayne (Diary) Monday, June 15th at 4:53PM EST (link)I doubt the Army would go against the Revolutionary Guards. And, after watching video from Iran, the police, militia and the Rev. Guards would have no trouble at all, firing on their fellow citizens whenever and wherever they were told to do so.
“Hell, these are Marines. Men like them held Guadalcanal, and took Iwo Jima, Baghdad ain’t s–t”. Maj. Gen. John F. Kelly, USMC, Deputy CG, First MEF
Khamenei is allowing them to protest though
mom2oneson (Diary) Monday, June 15th at 5:56PM EST (link)Khomeini’s tomb is a really big deal there, graves are a big deal in Islam too. M said a really powerful thing when he threatened that sit in.. It’s like saying we will sit in on well I don’t even know what would be just as sacred here. Whatever happens he will certainly be applauded as a leader. I disagree with his beliefs about America obviously and I’m not saying he is an ok person but I think it’s beautiful the way he threatened with civil demonstration the way he did.
Khomeini's tomb
mom2oneson (Diary) Monday, June 15th at 6:07PM EST (link)Just wanted to add that even the area where it’s located is a big deal too, it’s called Gnome but it’s more like an h sound not g. I don’t know what to compare it to here though. I’m just trying to show how significant his threat to sit in there was.
Dictators share notes
red4ever (Diary) Monday, June 15th at 4:53PM EST (link)Monica Crowley made the point on her radio show. The iranian dictators learned from the Chinese dictators that you fire on the demonstrators early and often to stop the democracy movement cold.
I want to believe that the people who are demonstrating want freedom, not just an exchange of fundamentalist dictators. As believers in democracy, we owe it to them to support them. Even if our own administration does not.
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.
Dante
I wonder how the left is going to blame Limbaugh for this
Jack_Savage (Diary) Monday, June 15th at 5:33PM EST (link)I mean, the climate of hate and all…
Moe thank you for all the links and updates :) nt
mom2oneson (Diary) Monday, June 15th at 5:58PM EST (link)