Icons of Revolution

[Guest Phantom6]

Here is a very powerful video regarding the struggle for freedom in Iran which is ongoing today. The scenes must be similar to what our own fore fathers undoubtedly dealt with in the 1700’s.

CAUTION: You will see the fear and questioning in the eyes of a young woman as she looses her life in this video.

The video, titled "Where is My Trust?", was made by some Iranian ex patriots in Cypress and centers around the murder by a Basiji Militia sniper of a young 23 year old Persian girl by the name of Neda Soltani who was walking with her father. She died in her father’s arms as he tried to calm her saying “Neda! Don’t be afraid, Neda! Don’t go.â€

I would submit that Neda Soltani will be as much of an icon of this struggle as Attucks, Caldwell, Carr, Gray, Maverick and Monk who died at the hands of the British during the Boston Massacre on 5 March 1770 were of our own Revolutionary War.

These people want change and need our prayers and thoughts.

Very powerful, very powerful…..

[Guest canynracer]

Those people need guns.

[Guest bkelm18]

If there ever were a time to take up arms against a tyrannic gov't, now would be the time in Iran.

[Guest canynracer]

More on Nada

Iran death sparks outrage | Video | Reuters.com

[Guest clownsdd]

Very moving film

[BrasilNuts]

Those people need guns.

My thoughts exactly.

[Guest bkelm18]

Probably provides complete and utter truth to the saying: "An armed man is a citizen, and unarmed man is a subject."

[Guest SUNTZU]

The government in Iran is charging a "bullet fee," $3000.00 fee for the bullet before you can claim your relatives body.

Son's Death Has Iranian Family Asking Why - WSJ.com

When Mr. Alipour didn't return home that night, his parents began to worry. All day, they had heard gunshots ringing in the distance. His father, Yousef, first called his fiancée and friends. No one had heard from him.

At the crack of dawn, his father began searching at police stations, then hospitals and then the morgue.

Upon learning of his son's death, the elder Mr. Alipour was told the family had to pay an equivalent of $3,000 as a "bullet fee"—a fee for the bullet used by security forces—before taking the body back, relatives said.

[BrasilNuts]

I bet many of the people crying for uncorrupt elections and justice in Iran are the same people crying for more gun laws and restrictions here.

[mcurrier]

From Gary Bauer yesterday -

Mohammed to Obama: “We need your helpâ€

This morning I received an email from our friends at National Review that contained an excerpt from a CNN interview with one of the thousands of demonstrators in Tehran. This demonstrator, Mohammed, gives his opinion on what he thinks the United States and the rest of the world should do regarding Iran. Consider this exchange and how it contrasts with President Obama’s desire for dialogue and diplomacy based on “mutual respectâ€:

MOHAMMED: “Americans, European Union, international community, this government is definitely not elected by the majority of Iranians. So it’s illegal. Do not recognize it. Stop trading with them. Impose much more sanctions against them. My message, to the international community, especially I’m addressing President Obama directly -- how can a government that doesn’t recognize its people’s rights and represses them brutally and mercilessly have nuclear activities? This government is a huge threat to global peace. Will a wise man give a sharp dagger to an insane person? We need your help international community. Don’t leave us alone.â€

Mohammed gets it. Why is it so hard for our “experts†at the State Department and the White House? Diplomacy and appeasement do not dissuade dictators. President Obama is an impressive orator, but no one -- not even Barack Hussein Obama -- is going to talk a Holocaust-denying madman out of his desire to “wipe Israel off the map.†Words will not stop his work to destroy the “Great Satan,†which is how the Islamic radicals in Iran refer to the United States. The West must confront the reality that Mohammed is warning against. We need a serious plan of action, not just words. And here too Mohammed has a suggestion:

REPORTER: “Mohammed, what do you think the international community should do besides sanctions?â€

MOHAMMED: “This regime is really dependent on importing gasoline. More than 85% of Iran’s gasoline is imported from foreign countries. I think the international communities must sanction exporting gasoline to Iran and that might shut down the government.â€

The president should also rescind his invitation for Iranian diplomats to attend July 4th parties at U.S. embassies around the world. Obama dodged a question today about his “hot dog diplomacy†when asked by Fox News reporter Major Garrett if the Iranian government representatives were still welcome. And President Obama should immediately restore the funding that he cut for pro-democracy efforts in Iran.

[Guest TurboniumOxide]

200,000 loaded M16s dropped from the sky individually on parachutes over Tehran.

Bad Iran, NO GAS FOR YOU!

[mcurrier]

Another from Gary Bauer last evening (6/24/2009) -

Dear Ayatollah, From Your Friend Barack

The Washington Times has learned that President Barack Obama sent a secret letter to Iran’s “supreme leader†Ayatollah Ali Khamenei weeks before the June 12th election. In the letter, Obama reportedly laid out the prospect of a new relationship of cooperation between the United States and Iran. The letter was delivered by a representative of the Swiss embassy to the Iranian foreign ministry.

The existence of this letter helps explain, but does not excuse, Obama’s reluctance in recent days to unambiguously support the protestors who have put their lives on the line for liberty in Iran. Once again they were beaten in the streets of Tehran today.

What exactly did the letter say? Ayatollah Khamenei actually hinted at its contents in a “sermon†Friday. He told a cheering crowd of fanatical thugs that they [the Obama Administration] had written “a letter to us to express their respect for the Islamic Republic and for reestablishment of ties.†If that is an accurate description of the letter, it is disgusting. The Islamic Republic is directly responsible for the deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq. It is responsible for the deaths of its own citizens this very day. The last thing that regime should be getting from our president is a letter declaring our “respect.â€

The president’s Iran policy is in shambles. Every assumption he made has been proven wrong. His desire even now to negotiate with the tyrants in Tehran, while blood drips from their hands, is beyond reprehensible.

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my comments concerning this -

It is OUTRAGEOUS that this little boy pretending to be President is writing secret letters undermining the long held position of the United States of America. And this is not the first time that he has done this. Obama is a disgrace.

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and then also received from Ann Coulter on the same subject just after receiving Gary's update -

Obama to Iran: Let Them Eat Ice Cream - HUMAN EVENTS

She hits the nail on the head (several times!), as usual. Some of the points are hilariously funny, while tragically very true.