Saturday, June 13, 2009

Iran Election Reaction

My prediction was right that there could be a volatile reaction to the rigged election in Iran. Crowds turned out in droves to protest the declaration that Ahmadinejad was the winner by an overwhelming majority. Fires were set, windows were broken, cars were damaged and the riot police mercilessly beat anyone they caught with their nightsticks. Well, here is another prediction - this unrest is not in the interest of the powers that be, and it will be quickly and efficiently put to rest. Already communications such as various Internet access and certain phone lines have been shut down. A strongly enforced curfew will probably be next, followed by arrests of the supposed leaders. In short order, the ones who are so worked up now will decide that it is just not worth the grief, and that will be the end of it. I sincerely hope that I am wrong, and that the opposition to this regime will continue, even if there is retaliation. Maybe there is a resistance leader there somewhere who who can persuade the people that they don't have to put up with the crap, and eventually can take their country back. One can only hope. The U.S has to be careful not to meddle in the affair. Ater all, they are Muslims and have a hard time grasping the Big Picture.
North Korea is still in the news, with their nutty little dictator threatening anihilation of the rest of the world. My guess is that he has one of his big warheads trained on Seoul, S.K., just in case he gets "provoked". He would have to choose a target that is close, so he has a chance of hitting it. I have an idea that the U.S. military has a plan of action that could take out the million-man army before they got out of their barracks. The thing is that we have to be in hair-trigger mode and ready to act in seconds. The stakes are incredibly high. I'm sure we have it all worked out.

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