Where is the U.S. Support for Hossein Mousavi ?

So why is the President and the Secretary of State so silent on this issue?? Where is Washington’s support for the brave Iranians who have dared to defy the current Islamic fundamentalist regime? Just a soft toned voice saying they are “disturbed”. Now we are hearing reports of the silencing of the opposition voices that are questioning the outcome of this shame of an “election”? Where is the outrage from the left in America who should be recalling images of Kent State back in the ’70′s where protesters were gunned down for doing the very same thing? Where is the American support for the Iranian people to challenge what THEY see as corrupt authority and incumbent power? How soon we forget our history! Obama… do you still plan to sit down with Ahmadinejad without pre-conditions after these still unfolding events? Please tell us!

Iranian Demonstrations

Iran’s pro-reform leader Mir Hossein Mousavi addressed tens of thousands of supporters in the Iranian capital Tehran Mondduring a huge rally to protest the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. There were reports by eyewitnesses that a demonstrator was killed by gunfire from a building used by a pro-government militia.

The protest defied a government ban on demonstrations, but security forces watched quietly.

Mousavi addressed the cheering crowd, waving green flags and banners and shouting slogans against the government.

He says our people are seeking respect and and seeking to defend their votes and their rights.

Mr. Ahmadinejad has faced demonstrations and riots since Saturday, after officials announced his landslide victory. (See slideshow of eyewitness accounts of Tehran protests)

Many in the crowd chanted slogans to decry President Ahmedinejad.

One Mousavi supporter at Monday’s rally complained that the election was ‘stolen’ and the vote was rigged.

He says that he and others are demonstrating to say “no” to Mr. Ahmedinejad. He says we have already said “yes” to Mir Hossein Mousavi, Friday night, but because of corruption, they corrupted our election.

Mr. Ahmadinejad has dismissed the protesters’ claims, saying the election was free and fair. Defeated candidate Mousavi has continued to urge calm in a message on his Internet Web site.

But an Associated Press photographer reported as the rally was ending he saw one person shot and killed and several others who appeared to be seriously wounded in Enghelab Square. Eyewitnesses say the gunfire came from a compound for the Basij religious militia, which is linked to Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard

The country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered an examination into Mousavi’s claims of vote rigging.

Despite restrictions placed on journalists and the blocking of internet web sites and cell phone text messaging in Iran, thousands of Mousavi supporters continue to find ways post hundreds of messages to a support group on the Facebook website.

Dozens of pictures of police brutality were posted, including a young man drenched in blood, and a black-clad riot policeman pounding demonstrators who had fallen to the ground.”

“This is the start of a brand new revolution,” wrote one young man who identified himself as Reza on the Mousavi Web site. “It is not going to stop.” — AP

It would be great to see some support, even if it is only verbal, coming from not only the U.S. but all countries that aspire to a civilized society to get behind the NEW revolution that is taking hold in Iran. Perhaps it might inspire other parts of the Middle East to reject overly radicalized factions like Hamas, Hezboulah and the far right fanatics in the Israeli Lukud party as well. Where is the courage in Washington to help move this along??

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