It's impossible to learn so much about something and not have anything to say about it. I even went so far as to set my Twitter time zone and location to Tehran (but I will not change my profile picture to green because to me that color is another symbol of the oppression and tyranny of the Islamic regime).
What follows are my own tweets and Facebook updates in more-or-less chronological order. I figure this blog is about the closest thing I have to a journal, so I might as well record these thoughts.
Via Twitter:
Marveling at these beautiful skies.
Iran does not belong to the Mullahs. It is time for the people to take back the country!
Moussavi is also the Ayatollah's man, and his ascendance would be a weak moral victory for the people of Iran (but still a victory).
The world is finally witnessing the brutality of the Islamic regime. The cost of this enlightenment: enduring oppression and suffering.
The official US response to the Iranian revolt? Flaccid at best. (Good thing America doesn't belong to its government either.)Freedom through truth! Censors and tyrants cannot defeat the intelligence and cunning resolve of the revolt. Truth will triumph!
The Mullahs in Iran are enemies of equality and cultural plurality, and Obama is too gutless to say it.
Via Facebook (actually posted prior to the tweets):
So the Ayatollah's got the final say in just about everything. Meanwhile, our own chief executive offers a flaccid at best condemnation of the Iranian government's response to the protesters, while rationalizing that the US president should not meddle in Iranian affairs. Too bad the feeling isn't mutual, as El Supremo and his lap dog, thug-in-chief Ahmedinutjob, have no reservations about "meddling" in anyone's affairs (particularly their own citizens and neighbors and especially Iraq and Afghanistan).
The consolation is that maintaining the status quo in the face of such overt domestic displeasure and resistance may call enough attention to the dire situation in Iran that the global community will finally take notice. (Really, Moussavi is the Ayatollah's man, too, despite his oft-touted "reformer" label - a win-win for El Supremo when it comes right down to it. Moussavi's ascendance would be a weak moral victory for the people of Iran.)
Unfortunately, this belated global enlightenment will be purchased with the continued suffering and oppression of the Iranian people.
Via Twitter:
Free Iran. No alternatives.
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