Posts Tagged ‘democracy’

Earlier this month Iranians took to the streets to protest what they saw as being fraudulent elections perpetrated by the repressive Iranian regime. In response, the regime worked to squash the protests by beating and killing Iranians in the street. America’s president Barack Obama would not stand up and support real democracy in Iran. It [...]

Neda’s very public death has resonated all over the world and as a result it has galvanized the support of millions of people for the Iranian protesters and their fight against their government’s repression and tyranny. If you haven’t seen the video of Neda right after she was shot and lay dying on the street, [...]

And he’s missing an incredible opportunity to dramatically alter the face of the Middle East by making dictators the exception and democracies the rule, but he’s blowing it:
Where to begin? “Supreme Leader”? Note the abject solicitousness with which the American president confers this honorific on a clerical dictator who, even as his minions attack demonstrators, [...]