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Iran Burning
By Charlie
Earlier this month, a cartoon was published in Iran. It poked fun at ethnic Azeris, who, following the current MidEast rational action SOP, started burning stuff.
The protests have spread.
Like basketball victories that turn into smash-and-grab riots, other groups in Iran have risen up in "solidarity" with the Azeris -for their own purposes. Meanwhile, in: Azerbaijan:
A peaceful demonstration by Azeris in the Iranian city of Tabriz and the subsequent violent crackdown on the protestors by Iranian law-enforcement agencies has resulted in public outrage in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Politicians, non-governmental organizations, and the general public have condemned the Iranian government for the bloodshed, which they attribute to the chauvinism and brutality of the Tehran regime.
Back in Tehran, the mullahs are- of course- blaming America!
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's supreme leader said Sunday the United States would fail to provoke ethnic strife in the Islamic republic after several days of protests over a cartoon that insulted the country's largest minority.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also said in a speech broadcast by state-run television that "trying to provoke ethnic and religious unrest is the last desperate shot by enemies."
While this is probably not America's fault, it has revealed a glaring weakness in the Iranian regime. Stay tuned.
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Well, if the CIA successfully did that, good job for them. It's amazing that the local editors were sympathetic enough for obviously American propaganda to be published.
Just kidding, even a little cartoon can't spark that much unrest, right? Right? Looks like people are pissed off enough at the current regime that they will risk their lives to protest.
I love this story! There is one problem I've been kicking around for a couple of days... Who do we root for? Who do we boycott?
The Iranians are concerned we will pull an Aghanistan whereby we get our ethnic proxy forces together and take down the regime...now, it would seem to me that this cartoon is definitely ill-timed...
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Maybe Iran is right to blame the USA - maybe the CIA planted the cartoon or paid for it.
Isn't that what they get paid to do?