Among the more moving emails I’ve received these past few days have been from Iranians asking why on earth I seem to care so passionately about what’s happening right now. The premise–that somehow Iranians’ fight for freedom is a parochial issue that the rest of us should not be concerned with– is heart-breaking…Iran is at the very heart of the global struggle between the forces of distorted and politicized religious tyranny and the power of real faith and freedom. This struggle was never ours’ to impose, however good the intentions. It was always there for the people themselves to grasp. And grasp it they now have – with astounding courage, clarity and calm….And so at the white-hot center of the global conflict, this astonishing force has emerged to resist escalation, unwind conflict, get past ideology, insist on change, and demand a better future…
