Roger Simon has had a request made to him by the bloggers over at Free Iran: there are going to be protests next week* against the current theocracy ruling Iran, and they’d like some, well, support. As Roger notes, this isn’t a request for military assistance: what they want, and quite frankly need, is some indication that the rest of the world gives a damn. I’ve always thought that the Iranian regime is the best Middle Eastern candidate for being tossed out by a Velvet Revolution, and I hope to God that they succeed. I think that they might – not next week, to be sure, but before too many more years pass.
On the other hand, I’ve confidently – and incorrectly – predicted The Day on at least five different occasions, so my ability to forecast accurately on this topic may be open to question.
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*The 18th of Tir; five year anniversary of student demonstrations in Iran that ended badly, to be bloodless and detached about it.