Who Put the‘green’in the Green Revolution?«LewRockwell.com Blog »
Posted By dissent 5 months, 3 weeks ago in NewsWho Put the ‘green’ in the Green Revolution?
The United States, of course.
As in the previous “color revolutions” that seem to tirelessly capture the romantic imagination of US journalists, elites, and the propagandized population, the warm embrace of the US empire is firmly guiding the “spontaneous” Iranian uprising against last week’s election results. While I do not and should not– nor should any other American — care in the slightest who rules a country some seven thousand miles away, when the fingerprints of the US empire show up on these dramatic events overseas it is very much my business.
Several commentators have already dredged from the memory hole press reporting at the time on a presidential “finding” on Iran, which is the formal method for the president to initiate covert actions against another country. Back in 2007 — plenty of lead time for this election — the president met with the Congressional Star Chamber, the “gang of 8″ House and Senate leaders, and was granted the authorization to use some $400 million for among other things, as the Washington Post reported, “activities ranging from spying on Iran’s nuclear program to supporting rebel groups opposed to the country’s ruling clerics….”
Arch neo-conservative Kenneth Timmerman spilled the beans on activities of the other arm of US meddling overseas, the obscenely mis-named National Endowment for Democracy, in a piece written one day before the election, stating curiously that “there’s the talk of a ‘green revolution’ in Tehran.” Interesting. I wonder where that “talk” was coming from. Timmerman did not appear to be writing from Iran.
Timmerman went on to write, with admirable candor and honesty, that:
“The National Endowment for Democracy has spent millions of dollars during the past decade promoting ‘color’ revolutions in places such as Ukraine and Serbia, training political workers in modern communications and organizational techniques.
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we live in a culture of war.
let's make it a culture of peace.
"my country is the world. and my religion is to ...
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Natureboy5 months, 3 weeks ago
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Yep. Look carefully at the current foment in Iran, and you will see "made in U.S.A" stamped on the bottom of it.
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It is thoroughly depressing that so many "progressives" are unable to figure it out. But then, "progressives" aren't the revolution, they just think they are. -
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earthlingerer5 months, 3 weeks ago
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Yup, keep being "Twits". People can easily read them, and know where they came from.
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Then Iranians can just look at it as another western interference that's continued for more than 100 years. They can see that west is still trying to play with them, and it gives them the excuse to crack down hard.
Most of these people would swim the pond to get to Aung San Suu Kyi, and defend their effort as she's punished even more. -
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