Lessons Learned From the 140-Character Rebellion

At the time of the Shah, we had the mainstream media acting as the mouth piece for the "people". The Communists would send their dates for strikes, and the BBC would announce them. It was beautifull­y orchestrat­ed, and it castrated the largest power in the Middle East. The main stream media never did again, and that is why the Ayatollahs are still around.



So the Iranian Bloggers got going, and the main stream media still ignored them. The Iranian Bloggers are second largest in the world, after the English speaking ones. Why? Frustratio­n that is why. When the Ayatollahs locked up all the media in Hilton Hotel in Tehran, the Iranian Twitters started, and Twitter became a world phenomenon­. CNN set up a Twitter room to keep in touch with events in Iran. Why? Because they wouldn't dare report anything that would change the regime.



The Ayatollah are good for the military industrial complex of the US and the funding of the US military. The Ayatollahs are loved by the oil companies. Quo Bene? US and their production facilities in China, as it gets almost free fuel from Islamic regime.



If the US wants to change the regime, all it has to do is to ask Charlie Rose, Christiann­e Amanpour, Ali A Darteini and a host of others to ask chic questions, like "what would the Ayatollahs do if there was a general strike?" But they don't.
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