Much has already been said about the Iranian election; I suspect very little I would have to say would not be an echo of something said elsewhere. But one thing strikes me: the amount of people from within Iran using English to communicate to the outside world — not just in blogs or via Twitter, but on paper signs held up for cameramen. "Where is my vote!?" one such sign cried out. They are, I guess, all too certain that real change cannot come from within alone there, and that it must be aided by outside pressure (albeit that of statesmanship and policy, and not tanks 'n missiles).
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They've also been crying things like, "Help us, Obama!" I think that solidifies the notion that they're looking for external support, especially after Supreme Leader Khamenei supported Ahmadinejad's re-election as the result of divine will. (Who would attribute an election result to a divine will and not the will of the people who supposedly elected him? Maybe I'm too suspicious of that, since he is the country's highest religious authority.)
What I love is the way the Web has helped to connect and mobilize people around the globe to address this issue. Even Germany, Iran's biggest trading partner, finally cried fowl and started asking questions yesterday. In ages past, it could take years, even decades, to rally people and address social issues that didn't directly impact them; now it can be managed in days.
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