I WISH THEM SUCCESS:

As July 8 approaches, Iranians all over the world are preparing to display — as they do each year during this week — their hatred for the mullahs dominating Iran. This year, the annual demonstrations mark the fifth anniversary of the brutal university massacres of 1999. That was the year President Khatami showed his true colors, abandoning both his promised reforms and the people who voted for him. What started out as a reaction to the utter brutality of the fossilized establishment by young Iranian students has turned into a freedom movement the world should acknowledge and encourage. And yet, no Western politico has embraced the annual protest, a sign of a people’s love for freedom, human rights, and democracy, within the confines of a tyrannical, dangerous regime.

Maybe not, but I’m embracing it. I wish them success, until the mullarchy is ended. May it be soon.