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...both. I want President Obama and Secretary Clinton to read it, but I also think that at the end of the day, leaders don't tend to truly lead on issues where our values are concerned; they respond to public pressure and public demand. If one could raise the salience of Congo, for example, on the national agenda, then that impels leaders to lead...
...award-winning journalist Christiane Amanpour will address the Class of 2010 on Class Day, the Senior Class Committee announced in an e-mail this afternoon...
...outmaneuvering the opposition, says Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council, "the government has shown it is capable of learning, and the opposition has to do the same. Going out into the street can't be its only tactic." (Where was the opposition during the Revolution Day rallies in Iran...
What most in the opposition agree on is that the massive crackdown on Revolution Day was at least a tactical victory for the government. While the opposition had in the past been able to mount at least symbolic challenges to the regime on state-sanctioned holidays like Jerusalem Day and religious events such as Ashura, despite the superior power of state security forces, this time the government was much more successful at preempting activism. In the run-up to Feb. 11, the government arrested scores of would-be activists and organizers, scared off many more by promising swift retribution...
...day itself, the regime broke up the smallest of gatherings before larger ones could form. Paramilitary Basiji prevented opposition leaders like former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi from attending the demonstrations; they attacked him and arrested and beat his son, according to Karroubi's family. "Their expectation of our capability was more realistic than our own," read a posting on the opposition's main website, rahesabz.com. "The people who prevented us from coming out have now had eight months of practice. Now we have to discuss other tactics and put all our minds together...