These kids are not Che Guevaras, and this is not foco revolution where hit and run is a viable tactic. I am not Kapuscinski and thus I am not as good at being romantic about all of this. All we can do as responsible individuals is parse between the extreme hearsay and rumors on all sides. None of that takes away the accomplishments of the Iranian demonstrations over the past weeks, which have made a major shift in Iranian history akin to 1906, 1953, and 1979, nor does it take away from the tragedy of lost life.
