Comments on: High Ranking Iranian Cleric: Protesters Should Be Executed

By: ebbi britt

ebbi britt — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:12:15 +0000

can not agree more with this article. its a credit to the publishers. this is by far the nearest to the truth about the situation in iran and usa president where he decided to sit on the fence for the time being which i am sure will not be appreciated by those being beaten and murdered by the thugs in tehran streets and other cities.
this is the time to stand behind the iranians and support them full heartedly if the world wants to rid itself of this fascist regime that apparently has its own brown and black shirts.
history will judge western leaders.

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:25:08 +0000

I agree Michael, his only comments in the last statement were a direct response to Ahmadnijad, and because of the tact he is taking he looks like the adult in that conversation, McCain and the others on the other hand looks like someone who goes off half cocked, like Ahmadnijad. The truth is that first, there is not much we can do about this situation and second, a positive outcome here would be best if it were home grown. The other thing to remember is that much of the conservative’s power (in Iran) stems from their ability to scapegoat the West. A hostile Western leader (read Bush) provides such regimes with the tension that keeps everything together for them. It was really the only thing that was keeping things together for Ahmadnijad, people in and out of government were pretty dissatisfied with him, there was even talk about impeachment at one point. Without an opponent in the White House for him to rail against, much of his purpose was in question. This was clear to a lot of people, not just Obama. I had had conversations with many people to the effect that Bush and Ahmadnijad needed each other for this purpose. Obama went out of his way to cut these lines of tension that were supporting the conservative position in Iran. In a way, Obama is partly to blame for the current mess in Iran, if they still had Bush in office to kick around, they could talk about external threats rather than have people think about the internal mess and smell weakness on the part of the conservatives. This is the way the conservatives here behave too.

By: Michael Merritt

Michael Merritt — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:35:01 +0000

I don’t recall Obama editorializing on the elections themselves, only the attacks on the protesters. Has he said something new since his last statement? Or maybe I missed that part.

Either way, I wonder what the reaction will be. I think Khatami may be acting as proxy to Khamenei, who likely would face full scale revolution if he said these things himself.