Paging Obama, Paging President Obama

By Semperpapa

The organizers of an Egypt-supporting demonstration in Iran were told by the theocracy that the would not be allowed to descend in the streets and exercise their will.

As the events in Egypt developed in the last three weeks culminating in the departure of president Mubarak, the Teheran government had hailed the courage of the Egyptian protesters, even comparing the uprising in that country as a replay of the 1979 Iranian Islamic revolution.

But as members of opposition factions in Iran asked to be allowed to hold demonstrations in the streets of Iran, the Ahmedinejad’s government detached itself from the events and issued a clear refusal.

The Iranian people have taken to the streets anyway, defying the government’s ruling and were faced with a repressive response from authorities.

Dozen of demonstrators were arrested, while the leader of the opposition, Mirhossein Mousavi was held under house arrest since he had requested the permission for the demonstration.

It is apparently a sign of fear that the leadership in Teheran, while sending clear messages of support to the demonstrators in Egypt, would be so adamant to prevent their own people from even congregate. The hope for Iran, and the message they sent to the radical Islam forces in Cairo, is that the North African country would seek the same path that Iran took in 1979, rejecting any contact with the United States, turning into an Islamic, Sharia law controlled country and seeking the destruction of Israel.

So the ayatollas and the Ahmadinejad guy in Iran are nervous.

What is the White House doing?

So far, the only response comes from a spokesman, Tommy Vietor, who declared:

"For all of its empty talk about Egypt, the government of Iran should allow the Iranian people the same universal right to peacefully assemble and demonstrate in Tehran that the people are exercising in Cairo."

And Sec. of State also chimed in with a call to Teheran to allow its people to express their dissent.

Should the actions of defiance of the people of Iran be an inspiring sight for Obama, just as the people in Egypt were?
I would think that considering that the government of Iran is a sworn enemy of our country, the president should soon hit the airwaves in support of the people of Iran. But for some reason I am not too hopeful, after all Obama remained silent in 2009.

I guess paging Obama does not always work.

Just my thoughts!