Obama's hard choice after Iran's latest protests
CSM / Monitor's Editorial Board
18-Nov-2009
With nuclear talks faltering, the US may be better off openly siding with the regime's democratic opponents.

Thousands of young people took to the streets in many cities, using the 30th anniversary of the United States Embassy takeover to keep their "green movement" alive. (Many marchers were hit with orange-colored paintballs by police, who likely didn't want to openly kill the many women in the crowds.)

But in a new phenomenon, demonstrators chanted to Mr. Obama: "Either you're with them [the ruling Muslim clerics], or with us."

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