Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Iran: Revolutions Don't Wait for Calendar Dates

Revolutions don't wait for calendar dates. Many times, they happen over seemingly unimportant things. An attempt by the Romanian government to evict a dissident Hungarian Reformed pastor led to fall of Ceausescu’s regime. Probably few Romanians knew about the existence of the pastor before he became part of that nation's history. The Islamic revolution started from an article in the daily Ettela’at. It is time for students, workers, and people across the country to rise up in a coordinated fashion. The mullahs will find it increasingly difficult to continue their rule. The mullahs know it and are therefore scared to death. That's one of the reasons why they are literally begging to talk to the Americans. The idiots think that the Americans are planting the seeds of the revolt or that talking to the Americans will demoralize the people. They are wrong. The mullahs’ rule has expired because the mullahs don't belong to this age. They belong to an age when stoning, mutilation, and blinding were considered the norm. The tolerance of the Army to obey "shoot and kill" orders is limited as demonstrated in Qazvin's unrest in 1995. Therefore, the regime has to rely on its thugs (i.e., IRGC and Basij), but the effectiveness of that force is limited too. A coordinated move will bring down the regime. What is the opposition doing these days?