My great-uncle Bobby who was posted to Tehran in the 1950s in the State Department, was also CIA. He drank too much and liked to brag, when drunk, that WE (meaning My Really Important Great Uncle Bobby Together with the US oil companies) had put the Shah back in power….25 years later? the Islamic Revolution….
Archive for the ‘Green Revolution’ Category
What Can Obama Do to Promote Democracy in Iran?
June 24th, 2009How to Follow Tweets from Iran
June 23rd, 2009Some tweets are legitimate, others are rumors, speculation, or even outright disinformation.
Got Time for Two Secs of Laughter?
June 23rd, 2009Guess who’s on Twitter?
Don’t Be Scared, We’re All in this Together
June 19th, 2009And we are, in fact — you and me and everyone we know — using these fragile tools to carry the light to them, each in our own small way, and this light of truth and reason and it’s what leaks under the locked door the tyrants believed they had tightly sealed.