"The Iranian people, especially the young, are protesting for the freedom and future they deserve."

[oberliner]

Link to tweet

[democratisphere]

1. Spoken like a real President.

[Soylent Henry]

4. Yes indeed. Meanwhile.....

The Republicans just unveiled their most disgustingly hypocritical propaganda stunt yet

The Islamic Republic of Iran has been rocked by three days of widespread protests that show no sign of dying down. In the largest display of public discontent since the mass demonstrations of 2009 were crushed by security forces, the people of Iran are rallying to protest en masse once again.

Right on cue, American conservatives have been rushing to declare themselves the stalwart defenders of peaceful protest, salivating at the slightest prospect of regime change in Iran and the potential for the United States to engage in yet another destructive and destabilizing war of imperialist conquest on behalf of their masters in the fossil fuel, defense manufacturing, and Israel lobbies.

In a disgusting show of hypocrisy and laughable insincerity, men who have laughed in the faces of protestors literally dying from treatable medical conditions and who have spent their careers legislatively pissing upon the ideals of democratic protest are suddenly falling over themselves to applaud the protestors of Iran, undoubtedly laying the groundwork to justify some kind of intervention and behind-the-scenes meddling should the situation in Iran continue to deteriorate.

Of course, over the past year, Republicans across the country have introduced 18 different laws restricting the rights of American citizens to protest, including six that would excuse drivers for running protestors over with their vehicles – like neo-Nazi James Fields, who ran over and killed Heather Heyer during the protests against the “Unite the Right” hate rally in Charlottesville, NC.

http://washingtonpress.com/2017/12/30/republicans-just-unveiled-disgustingly-hypocritical-propaganda-stunt-yet/

Republicans = Reptilians, and maybe that's an insult to the Reptilians!

[gordianot]

2. If this were happening in the United States Trump would whistle a different tune.

Given that Hillary has a point, our current government has much in common with Iran as long as we stay on the GOP course similar problems could develop here.

[Fred Sanders]

3. I hope America and the West lift sanctions on Iran as they promised and the youth CAN prosper.

[quartz007]

5. The Aryan Irani's do not like Arab hegemony

over Islam.

[L. Coyote]

6. Actually, they are protesting the increasing cost of food.

[oberliner]

7. Actually, no

There is a lot more to these protests than just the increasing cost of food.

[DavidDvorkin]

8. That was just the spark that set this off.