Comments on: Iran’s Criminal Regime http://blog.z-word.com/2009/06/irans-criminal-regime/ Commentary about Zionism, anti-Zionism, antisemitism and the conflict in the Middle East Wed, 23 May 2012 09:22:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC1.1 By: ganselmi http://blog.z-word.com/2009/06/irans-criminal-regime/#comment-5477 ganselmi Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:59:13 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1326#comment-5477 Petra, That pretty much describes how I feel. I'm so proud of what folks in Iran are doing. That said, when it comes to friends and family, I'm fearful too. (Perhaps more so than the people participating directly in the uprising.) These basiji savages and the imported thugs from Lebanon and PT are incredibly ruthless. This isn't going to be easy. Petra,

That pretty much describes how I feel. I’m so proud of what folks in Iran are doing. That said, when it comes to friends and family, I’m fearful too. (Perhaps more so than the people participating directly in the uprising.) These basiji savages and the imported thugs from Lebanon and PT are incredibly ruthless. This isn’t going to be easy.

]]> By: Petra http://blog.z-word.com/2009/06/irans-criminal-regime/#comment-5475 Petra Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:43:50 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1326#comment-5475 ganselmi, I talked today to my Iranian friends, who luckily live outside of Iran, though they still have plenty of family and friends there. I was just amazed at how stoic they were -- it was something they had expected, and indeed hoped for, for a long, long time. They have no illusion that many Iranians will pay with their lives, but they are just so sure that this is the beginning of the end of the mullah regime. Frankly, as so often in the past, I'm afraid they are too optimistic. But I hope I'm wrong. ganselmi, I talked today to my Iranian friends, who luckily live outside of Iran, though they still have plenty of family and friends there. I was just amazed at how stoic they were — it was something they had expected, and indeed hoped for, for a long, long time. They have no illusion that many Iranians will pay with their lives, but they are just so sure that this is the beginning of the end of the mullah regime. Frankly, as so often in the past, I’m afraid they are too optimistic. But I hope I’m wrong.

]]> By: ganselmi http://blog.z-word.com/2009/06/irans-criminal-regime/#comment-5467 ganselmi Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:16:48 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1326#comment-5467 The second video is also an affirmation of people power. (The young people chase after a bunch of basijis who try to hide in a side street. "Tu kuche, tu kuche!" [in the alley, in the alley!] they yell to each other, and in the ensuing struggle, they even manage to grab hold of one of their helmets. The whole situation is getting ugly and bloody. I'm really worried about friends and family. But at the same time, I've never seen the regime so vulnerable. The second video is also an affirmation of people power. (The young people chase after a bunch of basijis who try to hide in a side street. “Tu kuche, tu kuche!” [in the alley, in the alley!] they yell to each other, and in the ensuing struggle, they even manage to grab hold of one of their helmets.

The whole situation is getting ugly and bloody. I’m really worried about friends and family. But at the same time, I’ve never seen the regime so vulnerable.

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