Mousavi’s supporters plan to release thousands of balloons on Friday with the message: “Neda you will always remain in our hearts”, in memory of the young woman killed last week who has become an icon of the demonstrations.
I bet you the balloons will be green too, and that the BBC will reports “millions” of them along with reports of “Basiji thugs” assaulting anyone suspected of possessing a balloon….
In the meantime, the anti-Iranian hysteria in the Western corporate media and, alas, the Left leaning free media is reaching a paroxysm, and rumor, no matter how idiotic, is reported as a fact.
Well considering that many Iranian artists and filmmakers are supporters of Moosavi or a part of the ‘reformist’ camp, they would certainly know how to make these rallies Hollywood-like….
I wonder how many of them are aware that they are playing a role in a much larger Imperialist Zionist picture that has grave consequences which go well beyond their borders…? I suppose that if you are only looking after your immediate personal and family material interests in this life, it wouldn’t matter even if you knew…
@Mari: I suspect that there is a mix of very different kind of people among the protesters. Some, no doubt, are really fed up with Ahmadinehad for a wide array of reasons. Some are probably just your typical Middle-Eastern “wannabe Americans” teens, some are Guccis, some are just folks who enjoy rioting, some are disgusted with corruption, some probably resent the application of Islamic laws, etc. etc. etc.
Now, ALL of them are clearly what Lenin called “useful idiots” who are manipulated by Rafsanjani’s Guccis and the USraelians, and many probably understand that. But they probably see all the bad aspects of Ahmadinejad’s (or Khamenei’s) rule as their immediate problem and think that they could deal with any other, external, threat *better* if Mousavi (or Montazeri) were in power.
Of course, that is naive to the extreme. If they realized that their stupid riots are just the first phase of a war which will end up with the population of Iran being bombed by the Empire they would think twice.
There is a MASSIVE anti-Iranian strategic psyop campaign under way. It is definitely the biggest one since the war in Bosnia and, like the campaign in Bosnia, it is a preparation for a US (and possibly Israeli) attack on the object of the campaign.
The Serbs in Bosnia were naive and, frankly, arrogant. They did not see it coming, and when it came, it was too late. The many Iranians are now making exactly the same mistake.
Hmmm, I think I might actually write up an article about this…
Cheers!