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Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J
Thing is though the authorities will crush it and as they fear it they blame the west. Its ironic that what they fear is exactly what got them into power in the first place.
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Don't know if the "authorities" will crush this one. From what I read and see in the media there is no monolithic "authorities" in Iran right now. I think that in this situation, what happened at the end of the Soviet Union is probably an appropriate model to look at. There is disunity and disagreement amongst the leading clerics .... there is no one strong unified voice other than that which is speaking in the protests.