tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post2533251716709399028..comments2024-03-26T09:25:02.198-04:00Comments on Hey Jenny Slater.: Praying for Tank Commander.Astronaut Mike Dexterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01498197770701096363noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-83783861555433409692009-06-17T15:15:50.133-04:002009-06-17T15:15:50.133-04:00First, prayers are definitely in order.
I don&#...First, prayers are definitely in order. <br /><br />I don't think anyone has a complete grip on what is at work, let alone the dynamics of how it might develop. I personally think attempts to analyze (Is Tank Guy most important or is it Tank Commander?) are pretty iffy. Ex: Who knew that Twitter would play a role in what is happening now? I have no doubt that if it wanted to do so, the Ayatollah could invoke enough carnage to put a complete stop to it, but that is almost surely self-defeating. I heard one commentator suggesting that the Ayatollah might abdicate, but that seems so impossible it is easy to dismiss. The President himself is almost irrelevant except as a fulcrum from which power can be leveraged. One thing we Americans know how to do better than the Iranis: if you are going to steal an election, at least make it close, and give it some credibility. If they had announced the same victor with closer results and waited a little longer to make the announcement (so that it might have been at least possible to count the ballots), I doubt any of this would happen. So, is Election Announcing Guy even more powerful than Tank Commander?Ollllddudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00893625383056639105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-10036765108662842112009-06-17T10:14:51.193-04:002009-06-17T10:14:51.193-04:00If a Theocracy uses force against its own people, ...If a Theocracy uses force against its own people, wouldn't it immediately lose credibility with every non-extremist Muslim in the Middle East?<br /><br />I just can't see this thing settling down and going away. It will be interesting to see if Mahmoud Ahmadinejad even returns the country.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738834115626082664noreply@blogger.com