Iran (cue singing of 'Tehran is On Fire' to tune of Sex On Fire)

[Walter Sobchak]

In my initial post, I included Rafsanjani on my list of people that should be executed. Now, it seems that Rafsanjani may be poised to join Mousavi and the protesters, both because of his rivalry with Khamenei as well as his desire to become more powerful.

The Iranian regime is done. They may stop the protests, but the animosity cannot be reversed. Factor in possible covert aid by either the United States or the European Union and the cards are stacked against the Ayatollah.

[Zargabaath]

I think there should be a strong response condeming the actions taken by the government of Iran by trying to creat a blackout in a supposed Republic.

To me this is nothing important, if Mousavi becomes the president it doesn't change Iran. All Mousavi would be is a figure head the real power lies in the clergy, ultimately in the Ayatollah. If the Ayatollah is not changed then these demonstrations don't change much. It would be like placing a new Queen or King in England or Emperor in Japan, they have no power.

Iran should be kicked out of the U.N. A country that is suppresing its people from protesting and a media shutdown is not what the U.N "stands" for. Of course what am I thinking, the U.N is the perfect place for Iran; the U.N allowed the Soviet Union, China, Iraq, North Korea, and African countries committing genocide, child slavery, and female mutilation/circumcision. The U.N is a safe haven for countries like Iran against those who would oppose them.

Take a look at the U.N's handling of North Korea... There is a ship that has long been suspected of breaking U.N sanctions of transporting banned materials, so what does the newly passed U.N resolution say about bording ships that may have contraband... The "inspectors" have to ASK if they can come onboard, do you see the teeth in that resolution, the HARD stance they have on rogue countries that don't follow them. And U.N forces in Africa that are trying to stop the civil war or genocide going on... what are they doing? Sitting around. There are probably more reports of U.N soldiers raping civilians in African then the amount of kills the soldiers got *SARCASM*. But they don't fight, the U.N is the League of Nation, a organization that has no real power, does nothing to enforce their resolutions, a safe haven for countries that violate what it "stands" for and is only relevant due to the support from the liberal wolrd.

The U.N