Saturday Open Thread | 75 comments (75 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Well, that's Iran fucked either way. Even if the regime win this battle their legitimacy is shot.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sat Jun 20th, 2009 at 12:18:08 PM EST
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Yup. Khameni must have been out of his mind to make that seech yesterday, it left no wiggle room whatsoever.

That's the problem with theocracy. the people in charge have got so used to justifying their every whim by saying "it is god's will" that they forget that political power in a supposed democracy has to at least pretend that it reflects the people's will.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Jun 20th, 2009 at 12:22:46 PM EST
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Re: An Ugly Day (none / 1)

Khamenei's actions over the last couple days are starting to have the smell of desperation.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sat Jun 20th, 2009 at 12:24:28 PM EST
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