They need the momentum behind them.  They stop even a couple of days, they lose the momentum they need.  They need the momentum of the fraudulent election still burning in people's memories.  They need people to see all the people who were killed and protest their deaths before all those people are forgotten.  Even a couple days time-out would lose this thing for the Iranian people.

by birdboy1 on 06/25/2009 11:08:32 AM EST

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sorry to say this willie. but you live in a fantasy world. the second they stop protests the cause will be close to dead and will take many years to rebuild. why? because the second the protests stop the government can simply imprison the leaders in secret, but far worse then that the dictators will NOW KNOW that all they have to do to quell any riot is use extreme brutality. lastly the kind of re-organization you're talking about would require them to act and behave much like a military force being commanded by someone. they are not that, they are right now at the core simply a huge mob with a common greivance. you stop the protesting the power of numbers dissapates and their impact whittles away. should read up on some history of many nations, no huge protest that backed down to brutality ever succeeded. nearly all massive protests that met brutality had to fight back to win their cause.

by kingbane on 06/25/2009 12:15:01 PM EST

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