re: #404 Edgesitter

Time for POTUS to call the mullahs and tell them that we will not stand for mass murder. Then deploy tanks and trucks along the borders and stir up a lot of dust. A few flights toward and along the border to reinforce the point.

This would put tremendous pressure on the mullahs and the Iranian army.

I disagree with using military leverage, because unlike public statements, that actually *would* constitute removing the struggle from the hands of the Iranian people. Iran may well turn out to be the best result in this region, because the people will be heavily invested in their own freedom. Of course, it could all go horribly wrong. But while I do not think that our tanks or anybody else’s tanks should line up at the border (and usually I think that this is just fine), we certainly should be issuing unambiguous statements of support for the people of Iran. We have moved past the stage where we should be issuin “freedom and elections” speeches (which we just passed in the House and Senate, with language similar to what several of us here put up within HOURS), and with the regime spilling blood in planned operations, it is time to come out and say what the French (can you believe it?) and Germans (Ach!) already have.