President Obama Addresses the Iran Situation

President Obama stands up for democracy...sort of. The above montage was inspired by No Pasaran's post,

Islamic nazis are crushing dissent in Iran, and Obama talks about "lively debate"

Neda Soltan, the Face of the Iranian Revolution

Her name was Neda Agha Soltan and she was 27 years old. Stories on the web indicate that she was standing along side her father at a protest rally in Tehran, Iran. A regime police thug hiding on a roof shot her in the heart and she died in about two minutes.

Why shoot a harmless young woman? Perhaps the goal was to create terror among the protestors, to demoralize them and make them give up. The evil Iranian regime had faked a democratic election without any intent of abiding by the vote; it was all for show. President Ahmadinejad, the regime's goon, ran third in the vote but was declared the winner anyway. Then the protests began, resulting in the despots responding with deadly force.

The cowardly vermin who pepetrated this atrocity are beyond disgust. Our hearts go out to the Iranian freedom fighters. May this evil regime soon be consigned to the dustbin of history.

The Iranian Revolution Has Begun: Thousands Battle Police In Tehran

Tonight the hearts of all freedom-loving people are with the people of Iran, who apparently have escalated their mass protests into revolution against the harsh Islamic regime.

The Washington Post tells part of the story here. Roger Cohen posts an on-the-scene report here.

Finally, Right Wing Nuthouse has a stirring post on this history-in-the-making event.

The reports indicate thousands of protestors are confronting police units and even turning them back. Some police units are wavering, finding it repugnant to beat and kill their fellow citizens. In other cases, the protestors have grabbed weapons from the police and used them in fire fights.

The demonstrators were angered and upset by last week's presidential elections which are widely viewed as fraudulent. The elections returned Ahmadinejad to power over his greatest challenger, Hossein Mousavi. Street demonstrations have grown larger and more violent.

The Iranian government has attempted to crush the demonstrations with force, only to see them grow stronger and more determined.

Perhaps President Bush was correct when he asserted that the desire for freedom is universal among the peoples of the earth. One can only hope so.