Iran
It's all over the news, you can't help but have heard about it. There is a Revolution beginning in Tehran. Freedom loving Iranians are coming out of their closets and marching into the streets, only to be gunned down by federal hit squads.
I watched a cellphone video of a young woman named Neda Soltani as she lay dying on the street from a govt snipers bullet. Her crime? Being present. Others have died in the past few days over there for the same reasons. The protesters are not political or religious fanatics. They are regular people caught in the middle looking for freedom.
Was the election rigged? Probably, but it doesn't really matter. The point is that people are being executed because they are standing up for basic rights.
They will of course lose their battle. While they cry out to the world begging for help, we'll watch it all on CNN and do nothing. The politicians will draft a strongly worded letter or two and the pundits will shake their fists but in the end, the Iranian people will be on their own and at the mercy of their merciless govt.
I watched a cellphone video of a young woman named Neda Soltani as she lay dying on the street from a govt snipers bullet. Her crime? Being present. Others have died in the past few days over there for the same reasons. The protesters are not political or religious fanatics. They are regular people caught in the middle looking for freedom.
Was the election rigged? Probably, but it doesn't really matter. The point is that people are being executed because they are standing up for basic rights.
They will of course lose their battle. While they cry out to the world begging for help, we'll watch it all on CNN and do nothing. The politicians will draft a strongly worded letter or two and the pundits will shake their fists but in the end, the Iranian people will be on their own and at the mercy of their merciless govt.
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unfortunately true
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