Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Iran Spasms
While cruising around the internet, we took a look at this video from Iran posted to commentator Andrew Sullivan's blog (at Atlantic Monthly) via Youtube. We've not offered a lot of thoughts on what is going on there, as the situation is fluid; the tendency is to want to see profound change and miss the nuances. Others can put it in far better perspective. But it is truly amazing to see a crowd of Mousavi (reform) supporters confronting security forces and appearing to win in the confrontation (or rather, not get themselves all killed). Opposition forces have been killed over the weekend, including leader Mousavi's son. The Iranian government suggests that he was killed in a drive by (as though this were L.A. circa 1990's)
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