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| Iran's Hidden Revolution | |
| 2009-06-18 | |
JUST after Iran's rigged elections last week, with hundreds of thousands of protesters taking to the streets, it looked as if a new revolution was in the offing. Five days later, the uprising is little more than a symbolic protest, crushed by the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. Meanwhile, the real revolution has gone unnoticed: the guard has effected a silent coup d'état. The seeds of this coup were planted four years ago with the election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. And while he has since disappointed his public, failing to deliver on promised economic and political reforms, his allies now control the country. In the most dramatic turnabout since the 1979 revolution, Iran has evolved from theocratic state to military dictatorship. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 Where is the state department in this? They've been crying about an Iranian revolution for years, how much involvement have they had thus far? Is propping up twitter all the revolutionary feeling they can muster now? and...did Hillary break her elbow in some losing arm wrestling match to decide Iran's future with the empty suit? I figured she would've taken him. |
| Posted by: za1706 2009-06-18 14:00 |
| #4 "Five days later, the uprising is little more than a symbolic protest, crushed by the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps" One doesnt have to get all creepy Sullivanish to find the above statement, well, premature at best. Michael Ledeen finds it "silly" (I would love to see Sully quote Ledeen against Pletka - I guess its enough Sully is acknowledging Totten as a "good neocon" he probably doesnt have the stomach to note that he and Ledeen agree) |
| Posted by: liberal hawk 2009-06-18 12:26 |
| #3 Um no, grom, the rural Iranians do care and have made it clear they care. Yes, they like their simple country ways, but they also like paved roads, village medical clinics, and clean water. As do most people. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-06-18 09:11 |
| #2 Disenchantment with clerical rule has been growing for years. To the rural poor, they epitomize the corruption that has meant unbuilt schools, unpaved roads and unfulfilled promises of development. Wrong, wrong, wrong. The typical blindered Westerner's view. Rural Iranians don't care about development as long as they can live their lives the way their grandparents did. They don't care if their sons can get jobs in computer companies and buy them bigscreen TVs. |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-06-18 02:38 |
| #1 Steve's right: this is a good article. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2009-06-18 01:42 |