Even though CNN has ignored it, there is a viable political protest going on in Iran. The people there are protesting what increasingly seems to be a flawed and rigged election. The will of the people has definitely not been listened to.
Aside from the violence, wouldn't it have been great to see Americans protest a stolen election? You know, perhaps in 2000 or 2004? Just saying. The Iranians had a FIVE MILE LONG protest march through Tehran today. We sat on our asses and let Bush steal two elections.
And you wonder why the world laughs at us.
The first part of today's Here and Now covers the protests. The BBC has, as usual, provided excellent coverage.
The Boston Globe uses images to tell the story.
As does Time Magazine.
Time also addressed the argument for why the vote was rigged.
News is increasingly being more and more censored in Iraq. The BBC complains that it's Persian service is being jammed and cell signals are pretty much a no-no. What internet that remains is being utilized by various Twitter feeds. Here is one and Andrew Sullivan has a list of others.
The irony here is that even an alternative to Ahmedinejad would still be anti-West and fairly conservative. There is no liberal democratic movement on the ballot. That said, even given a choice, the people's voice should be respected.
And to think we could have voted for a small-minded man whose only regional policy was "Bomb, Bomb, Iran".
Still want to hate on Obama jerks?
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