As protestors took to the streets in Tehran, our president did--what? Anything?(The photo above is from Getty Images on the BBC website).
Peter Ferarra of The American Spectator discusses "Obama's Iran Blunder":
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/06/17/obamas-iran-blunder
Meanwhile Danielle Pletka and Ali Alfoneh of the New York Times discuss how Iran's current government came into being:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/opinion/17pletka.html?_r=1
Most of us like-minded folks aren't holding our collective breaths over the possibility of real reforms occuring in Iran. Twenty years ago, it looked like China was on the verge of a such a revolution. Back then the student protesters gathered Tianamen Square hoped for real reforms too--until the tanks rolled in.
Tianamen Square Protests of 1989:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989
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