Times are a changin'!

Times are a changin'!

The Iranian government is complicated and only thirty years old, but it might be in for a shake up. The Supreme Leader is named Ayatullah Ali Khamenei. He is in trouble because his knee jerk reaction to the election was to endorse it before the votes were counted, if in fact they were counted. This made him vulnerable to the populist uprising we have been seeing for the past week. According to the constitution of Iran, he can be replaced by the same council that elected him. He is not just a preacher, he is a politician as well. I don't think anyone can predict the outcome, but my instincts from the beginning have been this is a sea change in Iranian politics.

Look at the clothing the Iranian protesters are wearing. They look like us. Twitter has been the source of most of the news that is getting past the government suppression. This is an age old conflict in a modern setting. It's between a 17th Century Theocratic Oligarchy and a 21st Century electorate. Peace and Justice is the rallying cry for all working people all over the world. No justice, no peace. If only our people could turn off the TV long enough to realize they are getting raped by our politicians. Our "media" and politicians want Ahmadinejad to win, in fact almost ALL mainstream media sources say he has won. The neocons and their media need the hardliner Iranians like an oncologist needs cancer!