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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	You're right on most accounts
	Date:	2/12/2010 8:30:04 AM

Hound, you may be right about some actions behind the scenes although I seriously doubt it. Back during the Bush presidency when there was unrest and the potential for overthrow the CIA told the administration and congress that the regime was too strong. They have since admitted they were wrong.

What we need no is courage on the part of the administration to lead. Reagan got huge amounts of grief for his "tear down this wall" quote but as we learned after the fact it was a critical turning point for the Solidarity movement and dissidents in Russia. I think we need to stop worrying about Russia and China and deal with this threat now. Once they become nuclear it will be too late as we have learned with North Korea.

This could in fact easily be another peaceful revolution because I think your comments about the Iranian people are correct. I just don't think if we helped foment mass protests in Iran that the military will obey the religious nutjobs and fire on their own people in huge masses. This is really what broke the backs of the Polish communist party, the overt unwillingness of the military to fire on their fellow citizens. It is also what did in the Czech Republic when they figured the military would not stop East Germans from crossing the Czech border into West Germany. It essentially rendered the Berlin Wall moot and that was the end.