Posted by
Doug McQuiston on Monday, June 15, 2009 10:18:23 PM
Watching the demonstrations in Iran following the staged "re-election" of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, I am encouraged. While it may seem that we here in America are lately running from liberty at an alarming rate, as our government takes over GM and Chrysler, is running the banks, and about to take over our health care, it is hard not to be heartened to see hundreds of thousands of Iranians risking their lives by taking to the streets to demand a fair election. They yearn for the freedoms we cavalierly take for granted.
I am reminded of one of my favorite sayings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. When asked how he could keep demanding equality against such seemingly insurmountable odds, he said "the Arc of History is long, but bends toward Justice."
The mullahs may think they can suppress their citizenry forever, but they are wrong. Thanks to technologies that did not exist a few years ago, like Twitter and blogs, they cannot stop the story from being told. They cannot hide, and they cannot escape the Arc of History.
It is bending against them.