At this time of struggle for the Iranians I am reminded of Ernest Hemingway. During the early 20th century he went to other nations to help the people decide how they wanted to be governed. I can understand the pull of Arabs to Iraq to fight americans. I believe in self determination. I don't understand the government that they will chose, but I support them in their struggle. It seems to me (and I may be wrong) the difference between the 1920's and 30's in europe and today in the middle east is that back then the us government stayed out of it. Today the hawks in our government are calling for us to go into iran to protect the protestors. Although that may seem a noble idea, it is the wrong thing to do. When we send our army in, we tend to try to give them american democracy at gun point. Although it may get uglier, they have to do these things themselves. I hope there are those that struggle with them physically and the attention span of the world is long enough to stay focused on them. At night I stand outside and yell to a god I don't believe in because I want to take part in their struggle. I want them and everyone around me to know that I am iranian too.
As a side note- I read an article on the ethics of changing ones place and timezone to Tehran's. There was a good discussion on the side effects of changing them. My thought on the subject was that in the digital age, we are standing up saying "I am Spartacus!"
Today and for the forseeable future, I AM IRANIAN! Allahu Akbar!
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So many implications from this event, on the world and on individuals. I'm trying to figure out where to even start. Allahu Akbar! Marg bar dictator!
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