if the president is really,
really lucky, the iranian nuke thing could take care of itself. if the current regime falls, it's almost impossible to conceive that a more anti-US regime would take power*. and if anyone wants to poo-poo the notion that the current iranian thugocracy could collapse, perhaps they should call the soviets. they were infallible right up until the moment that the entire artifice fell in on itself.
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unless the obamites suicidally want to stick to their guns about favoring the results of rigged elections instead of recognizing an uprising of the virtuous.Protests Flare Up in TehranDUBAI -- On a day usually marked in Iran by solidarity in support of the Palestinians, security services clashed Friday with demonstrators, who have defied weeks of arrests to protest the country's contested June presidential elections.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, meanwhile, ratcheted up anti-Israel rhetoric ahead of his expected visit to New York later this month for the United Nations General Assembly. He called the Holocaust "mythical" and a pretext for the foundation of Israel, according to press reports of his speech marking Quds, or Jerusalem, Day.
[Iran Protests] Reuters
Iranians shouted slogans during a rally marking Quds Day in Tehran.
Mr. Ahmadinejad has questioned the historical validity of the Holocaust on other occasions. But his comments Friday are expected to heighten controversy surrounding his New York visit. They could also raise skepticism over prospects for recently agreed talks between Iran, the U.S. and other Western powers set for Oct. 1.
Iranian democracy advocates and human-rights groups, along with Jewish groups, are already gearing up for demonstrations and rallies next week in the U.S. to protest violence and alleged human-rights abuses related to the elections.
On Friday, tens of thousands of government supporters attended rallies across Iran to mark Quds Day -- a day set aside in Iran to show solidarity with the Palestinian cause. Thousands of supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mr. Ahmadinejad's key rival in the presidential polls, marched separately, wearing the opposition's trademark green wristbands and shawls. They clashed with security forces and pro-government supporters in various locations early in the day, according to several reports by international news services.
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