Reasons Why the Islamic Republic Can Crush Uprisings When Others Fail

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Onlyiran
by Onlyiran
31-Jan-2011
 

There have been many comparisons between the Tunisia and Egypt uprisings and why Tunisians succeeded where Iranians failed.  The answer is quite simple:  neither Tunisia, nor Egypt, have the any of the following:

-A highly trained, brutal security force that is handpicked for ideological allegiance, and that whose members are so thoroughly brainwashed that they won’t hesitate in killing a human being for their leader.  Tunisia and Egypt tried (and Egypt is trying) to quash a popular uprising using members of the military who are nothing but conscripts.  That was Shah’s mistake.  And as we saw in Iran back in 1979, the military joining the masses is only a matter of time.

-A highly organized intelligence apparatus whose members, again, are not only opportunistic, they are also thoroughly brainwashed, and won’t hesitate in spying on, and turning in, even close members of their family should they speak ill of the government.

-A brutal regime that ranks number one in executions worldwide on per capita basis.  More than 3500 people have been executed in Iran since Ahamdinejad took power in 2005.  And the numbers are only on the rise.  By contrast, how many people were executed in Tunisia and Egypt in the past 5 years?  Fewer than 50?  The IRI knows how to instill fear in the hearts of its opponents, and so far, it has worked.

-A regime that mixes religion with its system of governance.  And to make it worst, the religion is Shia Islam, which is essentially a martyrdom cult that expects its followers to endure hardship and to follow the clergy—now the heads of the government—without question.  That dynamic, in and of itself, creates a large following among the devout segments of the population.  Tunisia and Egypt, by contrast, were (are) one man dictatorships which invoke no such passion among the population.

-A highly organized, well funded propaganda empire that infuses religion and politics from early on in life, in elementary schools, and carries the brainwashing forward through all stages of life through various mechanisms, such as multiple radio and television stations, internet sites, newspaper.  And most significantly—a highly trained, west residing cadre of pseudo- intellectual propagandists who push its line in foreign journals and internet sites by creating a sense of false victimhood for the brutal regime and putting a civilized mask on it.  This, in turn, takes international support away, to some extent, from the opposition and portrays the regime as a victim of some sort of a conspiracy.  Neither Tunisia nor Egypt come anywhere close in the propaganda arena. 

-A self manufactured list of external enemies that it can always point fingers at, create a false threat of imminent attack and then: 1) silence the opposition, and 2) rally the gullible around the flag.  Neither Tunisia nor Egypt had (have) that element.

In my opinion, those are the reasons why Tunisians succeeded in their uprising, and the Egyptians seems to be on their way for success, and Iranians failed…at least so far.

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by vildemose on Mon Jan 31, 2011 09:25 AM PST

Egypt as is right now is much more democratic than Iran.

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“The Iranians created real fear through using extreme force in streets and detention centers – they much preferred personal combat to water cannon and tear gas,” says Sir Richard Dalton, the former British ambassador to Tehran now at the Chatham House think tank.

 

Differences with Iran crackdown

“The Iranians created real fear through using extreme force in streets and detention centers – they much preferred personal combat to water cannon and tear gas,” says Sir Richard Dalton, the former British ambassador to Tehran now at the Chatham House think tank.

The Iranians “made no concessions – to project strength," notes Sir Richard. Just after midnight Friday, as his ruling party's headquarters burned in Cairo, Mubarak ended four days of silence by giving some concessions: He promised to sack the government, but gave no indication that he was responsible for Egypt’s problems – or would step aside.

The Iranian leadership couched its street fight in very different terms. They “created an ideological wall around the protests using religion, false accusations, the ‘foreign enemies,’ [and] claims of sedition,” says Sir Richard.

Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, opposition figure, and former chief of the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog agency, returned to Egypt Thursday, warning Mubarak that a “barrier of fear” had been broken. Mr. ElBaradei was put under house arrest Friday but planned to join protests on Saturday.

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Cost-of-Progress

OI, Totally Agree

by Cost-of-Progress on Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:08 PM PST

I believe the importance of brainwashing and personal gains should be highly emphasized here. I continue to be disgustingly amazed at the clever tactics this regime has used throughout the decades to strenghten its grip on Iran and her people.  

What is most puzzling (at least it has been for me ever since the islamic take over of 1979) is that the grip that this adopted religion has had on Iranians over centuries. This, in addition to measures that one Iranian (be it a bassiji, a pasdar or a regime official) is willing to take against another Iranian to ensure the continuous reign of terror that this regime is good for.

Granted Egypt is in the same boat as far as forced conversion and  that it too was a non-arab country prior to the islamic invasion, but these are, nevertheless, current Arab nations that are less than enthusiastic about allowing THIER religion to dictate every single aspect of their everyday lives through a theocratic brutal entity as we Iranians have been.

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