Most of the bloggers,some well respected ones even, seen to have taken leave of their senses and gone gagga over being part of the “Twitter revolution”.
We now have minute by minute tweets spread as gospel by bloggers who have no idea who the tweeter they are quoting is or how reliable he/she is.

Personally I would like to know if there is any connection between the Rafsanjani guy who was tight with the MEK and his reputed 3 million student activist at his colleges…

(*Rafsanjani family own vast financial empires in Iran, including foreign
trade, vast landholdings and the largest network of private universities in
Iran which are Known as Azad and these have 300 campuses spread all over the country. They not only have large financial resources but also an active cadre of student activists numbering around 3 million.)

…and the protestors who are 99% young students.

They are both so far off. You haven’t posted much here on the elections, this really strikes me as another color revolution. I was out of the country when Georgia attacked the Soviets. All Western media had a noticeable patina. I wonder how many Americans know that Georgia attacked the Soviets.

Think I’m mistaken? I saw Albright, Powell, Baker, Brezenski, Kissinger and Scowcroft all unanimously accede this fact. Yet, I haven’t really heard this correctly reported or repeated here in the USA.

I seldom hear mention that we tried to orchestrate a coup against Venezuela’s Chavez. That we tried to murder him. So, is it so far fetched to wonder if this isn’t an Iran redux ‘53? This was our CIA’s first coup, you don’t believe they’d miss this chance do you?

We know the Bush administration allocated significant resources for this very end. MoonofAlabama.org has the most skeptical take I’ve seen. None of us here know squat about what’s going on there. It’s entirely conceivable that Mousavi has disproportionate support in Tehran, though Ahmendijahd seems like we would play well elsewhere.