Iranian opposition facing a choice: Moderation or new, radical course
Washingtonpost / Washingtonpost
10-Feb-2010 (2 comments)

As Iran's opposition movement takes to the streets Thursday,
it does so having made little concrete progress despite eight months of
protests, and it must now choose between the relatively cautious path
set by its leaders and the radical course advocated by some members.

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Opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, who lost to
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the disputed election last June, say
the demonstrations are about staying true to the ideals of the Islamic
republic and fully implementing the nation's constitution. But many
protesters, frustrated by the government's uncompromising stance and
continuing crackdown, are calling for the complete downfall of the
31-year-old system of clerical rule.

This growing fracture within the movement will be put to the test
Thursday. The anti-government demonstration, which will be held
alongside pro-government rallies as millions of Iranians mark the
anniversary of the Islamic revolution, could be the last opportunity for
the opposition to stage a large protest for at least several months.
Some within the movement say the chance to change Iran is slipping away.

"There could be 2 million people demonstrating against the government.
What difference does it really make? The government ... >>>

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AMIR1973

At the end of the day...

by AMIR1973 on Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:32 PM PST

At the end of the day, IRI is a poor country (GDP per capita in range of Gabon and Botswana; overall, economic output in the range of very small US states); ruled by a mullah that was not popularly elected and who has been in power for over 20 years; with a very significant "brain drain" to North America, Europe, Australia, Dubai, etc; with no freedom of speech or assembly, no freedom of or from religion; no one opposed to Velayet-e Faqih allowed to hold public office; a government in power that has killed 20,000 of its own citizens since coming to power and is willing to kill, imprison, hang, rape, censor, and flog many more; women as second- and third-class citizens; one of the highest drug addiction rates in the world...In other words, a very decent place to live and the kind of country that IRI supporters living in the US, Canada, and Europe love from a very long distance. At the end of the day, Iranians have to learn to work with their executioners, jailers, and rapists. It's nice that people living outside Iran keep telling Iranians inside the country to "moderate" their views for a regime that holds very fanatical views of its own.


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At the end of the day

by IranMilitaryForum.net on Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:12 PM PST

of Bahan 22, there is not much choice left for the Greens except to moderate and work with the current regime. The silent majority's voice made the difference!

 

 


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