Tomorrow is July 9.
July 9.
Read the Iranian Girl's post today. She ends her post saying:
Tomorrow is July 9...the day that Iranians will show what they really want, & will prove that they're not a kind of people who leave alone the students & the young guys who are spending they life in prisons, just because they wanted freedom for all Iranians. I really hope that they do it well & I myself will try my best to do whatever I can as a young girl, we must also encourage each other; that's very important…Anyway, I know that all people in the world support us spiritually, & pray for all fighters of freedom. I wish that they also show their support by whatever they can do; I'm sure that bloggers & writers from other countries will not forget us.
Oh, I feel that I'm making a will!!! You know, I can not ignore this feeling of anxiety...Ok, let's see what is waiting for Iranians in their destiny.
My heart is with this girl. This high school girl, writing a 'will' on her blog, hoping that someone will hear her. My heart is not just with this girl, but with all the people of Iran who want a better life. Who want some freedom. My heart is with the students, the courageous students, who, as we speak, are planning commemorative protests for tomorrow, knowing that they may be arrested, beaten, killed.
They make me proud to be a member of the human race.
Nothing that happens tomorrow will be in vain. I say that as a blinded optimist, I realize. But the impulse, the impulse to strive for a better life, for dignity, humanity, for some choice in how you live your life, how you worship, how you go about living, is what separates us from the beasts. Such a struggle, even if it is thwarted, can only add light to the world. People of Iran: we here in America watch with baited breath. We are, in every sense of the word, on your side in this struggle.
Know that you are not alone. We, who watch, cannot MAKE that regime fall. Obviously. But their days are numbered, regardless of when it happens. This will not stand. You know it. And they know it too.
You are a strong proud people, with a long and ancient tradition. The mullahs have hijacked your country, and you stand now on the threshold ... demanding that they give it back.
I, too, Iranian Girl, have a feeling of anxiety when I think about tomorrow. I remember all too well the euphoria in 1989, thinking: "Holy crap, those Chinese students in Tienaman Square just might pull this off!" iit was devastating, obviously, to watch them be crushed so brutally. There is much to fear. Leaders are ruthless. Leaders are most ruthless when they are afraid. And your leaders are terrified. As well they should be.
Despots never die of old age. Despots never die in their beds surrounded by loved ones. Despots are dragged, screaming, off their self-appointed thrones. Despots are murdered, assassinated.
It is time for the mullahs to listen to the people of Iran. After all, the rest of the world already is.
Take a moment to read Iranian Girl's post. Send her a note of support. Think about the people of Iran tomorrow. Send some good energy their way (to me, that means praying, but whatever works for you...) The power of the entire world watching cannot be over-estimated.
Okay, Iranian Girl, that's enough for now. God bless you, God bless your country, and I'll be looking to hear from you on July 10.
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