NO SYMPATHY PROTESTS IN COMFORTABLE WESTERN QUASI-DEMOCRACIES
A million peaceful people at the vanguard? The mullahs are not Stalinist enough to withstand such a force.
Meanwhile, one wonders how shamed some Palestinians are that they resort to extreme violence, except on rare occasion. One wonders how odd it is that the remains of liberal democracy in the West, say in America, have yet to fashion any sympathy protests - folks seem focused on the government response for unclear reasons (McCain, Obama, Clinton, etc.).
Exciting as is the prospect for real change in Iran, the historical odds-on bet is for ... violence down the road, either way it goes. Let's hope that the entrenched political class spares its country that outcome, by making enormous, even face-losing, concessions.
THE MARCH TO WAR WITH THE WEST, WITH EVERYONE, ACTUALLY
You know, it is hard to put a spin on an event so large, so potentially seismic, as this one; but I'd like to think it has something to do with what Eisenhower hoped for so long ago:
—Dwight D. Eisenhower
