Sure. They'll be handsomely inspired by the fate of Syrian democracy activists who thought, "Enough. The people want the fall of the regime." Then what? Maybe they'll get advice from those same people, who are now leading Syria's democratically-elected government? Oh wait--
They've all been bombed to smithereens, or starved or tortured to death, or they're languishing in refugee camps, or wandering the world in maddened exile. (Well, not the world. I exaggerate. They're not even allowed to darken the doorstep of the United States.)
So I'm just not really sure why anyone thinks Iranians *can* topple the regime and bring democracy and freedom to the region. I was speaking to one of those very Syrian exiles the other evening. He said, "What else could people who lived under a regime like that do?
"So how do you do it?" he said. "It's impossible."
He is now a refugee in Paris. One of the lucky ones. He doesn't feel so lucky.
He is now a refugee in Paris. One of the lucky ones. He doesn't feel so lucky.
We tried everything. We took all the advice about how to protest non-violently. We begged for help. We put up videos showing what they were doing to us. But Assad had all the arms and the chemical weapons and he didn't want the fall of the regime."
