FREEDOM! Freedom For Iran
June 17, 2009 / 3:58 pm • By Dr. Melissa ClouthierAll men are free. Regime leaders know this. This is why they use force to suppress the people. If the people realize they are free….the fight is over.
Freedom for the people of Iran. Freedom for all men.
Yes. I’m idealistic. Yes, I know attaining freedom is not simple. Often, blood is spilled. For the Iranian people, I wish them freedom from tyranny. I wish them peace. I wish them self-determination.
Their brothers over the border in Iraq have it. Sure, it’s messy, but once a person has a taste of freedom…..domination by the government feels like it what it is: slavery.
So, love and prayers and solidarity with the people of Iran. You are not alone. The will of the world is on your side.
More from the Anchoress:
Emily Dickinson wrote:
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune–without the words
And never stops at all…How appropriate then, that the communications tool most responsible for keeping hope alive in shattered Iran is “a thing” called “Twitter,” and that the 140-character dispatches being sent and received by people in desperate straits are called “tweets.”
People are “tweeting” for their lives, and their messages are bold, frightened, determined and unbelievably moving. Students are sending out: “They are trapped in the dorms,” and “I cannot remain; I must participate.” They head off, unsure whether they are headed to a peaceful rally or a massacre, and they are not heard from for 18 hours; and people around the world -strangers- pray and wonder.
Indeed. The Twitter community has rallied where the officials in D.C. have dithered. Some have not been silent, though:
“The cause of American is freedom and in that cause, we must never be silent.” — @RepMikePence
I’ll give the last word to The Anchoress because she is so eloquent in the defense of Iran:
Pray for the people of Iran; pray for good to triumph. Pray for their safety, their fortitude, their energy, their “thing with feathers,” which is hope:
“…hope is not simply a feeling. Hope says, “awake, O Sleeper, arise from death!” Hope is the builder of bridges, the tamer of winds, the harnesser of ideas and possibilities. A poor man with hope is immeasurably richer than a wealthy man without it, because he carries within him the spark that can alight a thousand tomorrows.”
Freedom for the people.
4 Responses to “FREEDOM! Freedom For Iran”
June 18 2009 / 11:39 am
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Ok,
I have to say right now that we should be very cautious about depicting the Iranians as liberal-thinking Westerners who want total freedom. This is a mistake that we make all the time. First of all, Mousavi is just Ahmedinejad-lite: he’s all for nukes, but wants to be quieter about it. The people there are still very big on their religion. Just bear that in mind while you play the violin.
June 19 2009 / 2:57 pm
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I have to say right now that we should be very cautious about depicting the Iranians as liberal-thinking Westerners who want total freedom. This is a mistake that we make all the time.
Perhaps, but…
How many times have we heard that the people under some regime that we were partnered with, or had to deal with “pragmatically”, weren’t “READY” for freedom (as if they were sub-human or something). I really think this is an EXCUSE for preserving status quo.
Could it be possible, that after recent events, there could be some Iranians wondering, “If the Iraqis and Afghans can pull off genuine elections, WHY THE HELL CAN’T WE?!!!”
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June 19 2009 / 3:03 pm
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Just saw, over at Gateway Pundit, an Iranian protester holding a sign that translated into,
“DON’T FORGET WHAT HAPPENED TO SADDAM!!!.
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June 20 2009 / 2:56 pm
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A few days ago, I was pleased to see reports that our State Department requested Twitter to delay a planned outage so the protesters would not have their communications cut.
A commenter on the Strata-Sphere site noted that it was actually Jared Cohen, a Condoleezza Rice appointee in the department, who did this.
As he is NOT an Obama appointee, I sure hope he survives this act.
The story here: The man who saved Iran.
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