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Old 06-16-2009, 11:25 AM   #46 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Manverue View Post
It doesn't seem like there would be any kind of revolution any time soon. It's not like 1979 where the US could put pressure on the government to limit the force against the protesters :\

But no one can be sure how it would end up I bet it's going to provide interesting news for the next few days.
I actually agree with you that we're not going to see any kind of revolution for a long time (to be fair I was incredibly high when I wrote that) but I do think that ahmedinejad's "election" is something that will serve to help mobilize and motivate the pro democracy movement (if such a movement exists) in iran...

At any rate it was certainly moving to see all of the yong people protesting and standing up for what they believe in a country where doing so can result in severe punishment.
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