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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
oh quite the opposite, the regime in Iran is pumping up the revolutions across the region sort of like how Castro pumped up Sovietish movements in Africa. The Iranians are playing their card smart, they are coopting the revolutions as their own and taking all the credit at home for such things, effectively silencing internal opposition with the same heavy handed tactics used by the dictators that are being opposed and deposed in Tunisia, Algeria, Yemen, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Oman etc etc etc
However, Iran is playing the field too, they send a lot of money and guns to those countries to stir shit up, and much like Americans, they play both sides of the field to hedge their bets
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yeah, i meant the words of "support" were indicative of the hypocrisy, given the regime in Iran will only support democratic movements of an Islamic bent.
Its been great these last 3 weeks or so, my cousin is married to an Egyptian doctor (who of course has done well out of the Mubarak period) and they are on the side of the democracy movement too, these last few weeks have honestly made my heart swell up, these people are an inspiration. I hope it spreads, even if im not that optimistic