http://www.democracyandsociety.com/blog/2009/11/05/protests-in-iran/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protests-in-iran Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:09:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.democracyandsociety.com/blog/2009/11/05/protests-in-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Jack Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:24:54 +0000 http://www.democracyandsociety.com/blog/?p=461#comment-172 I thought Obama said he would work with governments that "unclenched their fists." This has not happened in Iran. It's not clear to me, moreover, what effective means Obama has of helping the activists. Sanctions will not work in a world filled with autocrats who won't go along - some of whom, moreover, rule middle and great powers. These facts together lead me to predict more of the same; the Green Movement will have to fight its own revolution. I thought Obama said he would work with governments that “unclenched their fists.” This has not happened in Iran. It’s not clear to me, moreover, what effective means Obama has of helping the activists. Sanctions will not work in a world filled with autocrats who won’t go along – some of whom, moreover, rule middle and great powers. These facts together lead me to predict more of the same; the Green Movement will have to fight its own revolution.

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