Brave people deserve brave leadership, and so the besieged people of Tehran deserve to have their leaders share in their risks and sacrifices.
I know that Mr. Mousavi is under house arrest but if the few thousand people manage to get through the armed militias and police maybe he can try harder to join them.
Such a brave act would force the government's hand into arresting him, which would add another spark to this revolution.
Mr. Mousavi may turn out to be like Mr. Gorbachev, a catalyst for change but not destined to be the leader in the new age. Either way he needs to act and leave the rest up to the Iranian people. I hope he gets it that this is no longer about a desputed election--it's about regime change.
I'm sorry for the death of your sister's brother in law and for the pain you and your family have endured through years of separation.
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Kristie
Thanks Kristie. He's in the ICU as of yesterday but they think he's brain dead. This thing is touching many of us but I have a feeling that it must the begenning of the end. After 30 years I think we'll allowed to hope a little.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear about your family member. A friend's uncle and another friend were hit with the batons several times, but not badly injured. Some of the videos and eyewitness reports coming out are horrendous.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you could organize or get a list of support of other Dr's & maybe lawyers and send it to your congressperson and take it to the White house to ask them to help.
Here are some ideas the U.S. could be doing, aside from the audio/cd's/dvd's and sat. phones ...
"First, America should massively fund resistance groups in an effort to separate the Iranian people from the oppressive Iranian regime. We can help push that change by funding resistance leaders and working behind the scenes to equip them and support them in every way. If we allow them to be crushed, the ramifications will echo for decades. People will no longer see us as leaders and moral advocates for freedom, but rather as timid, complacent, French-like Westerners who enjoy our own freedoms while quaintly dismissing the hopes and yearnings of the oppressed.
Secondly, America should labor hard with public diplomacy in the United Nations and other venues to bring shame to a government that beats, crushes, and terrorizes its own people. President Obama should not shy away from the microphone, or the teleprompter. Now is the time to use the immense public image he has created. There will likely be no other time like this for decades to come. Iran, and much more, hangs in the balance. The opportunity has come early in his Presidency. Will he act and speak with courage or will he be coy and cool? The latter will bring the crushing defeat of a people who have risen up, cried out, and looked to us for assistance. The former can push the momentum over the top and usher in regime change. Whether a new regime will entirely embrace Western values is questionable, but a new regime, backed by the people, will certainly offer a better partner for America and the West to thwart jihadism and its concomitant nuclear threats.
Third, America should continue in every way possible its broadcasting into Iran. Bombarding the Iranian people with messages of hope, freedom, and encouragement, whether by television, satellite, radio, internet, or other media, will only serve to empower the people desperately seeking sustenance for their movement.
Finally, President Obama and his team should implement the most strategic economic sanctions possible to bring the current theocratic regime to its knees. Funding resistance, and de-funding the present regime, can accelerate the dismantling of a regime intent on destroying Israel and America, and install an opportunity for new values into the Iranian society."