I went to the demonstation in Washington today. I'm sorry there were not more non-Iranians to show their support. I was there, but I was one of only 20 or 30 non-Iranians. I'll post other's reactions at www.monkeyclaus.org
- By: Lawrence Krubner on July 10, 2003

Please know that millions of Americans are thinking of you today. Here are the comments of Michael Totten, one of our most articulate bloggers. We do indeed wish you Godspeed. Wednesday, July 09, 2003 12:27 AM A Letter to the People of Iran An open letter to the people of Iran. I remember the revolution of 1979. The Shah was deposed, the Ayatollahs seized power, and students in the streets of Tehran shouted “Death to America!” Our embassy staff were kidnapped, and we Americans were terrified. I was nine years old. Most of you in Iran who might read this were not even born. You know better than anyone what the tyranny of Islamofascism is like; reactionary, murderous, warmongering, and terrorist. But not for two more decades, on a clear September morning, did we in America know what it meant for us. We saw Palestinians cheer at the fall of our Twin Towers. Yet people in your country lit candles and mourned our dead in solidarity. Last year many of you celebrated America’s birthday, the Fourth of July, by lighting fires in the streets of Tehran. The regime may look strong from where you sit today, and the opposition is disorganized. But from over here, where we can look without fear, it is very obviously weak. As soon as your revolution reaches the tipping point, it will not be physically possible for the regime to survive. Surveys show that 90 percent of you want reform or revolution. Even some in the military may take your side against the regime. The mullahs import Arabs as thugs because they can’t find or can’t trust Iranians. That is the beginning of the end. Iran is not Iraq. You can fight the agents of the regime, you can jail them, you can put them on trial, and you can execute them. When the regime is toppled you will have to face the age-old question that always confronts revolutionaries. What do you do with the king? Or in this case, the mullahs and their supporters? This will be a critical moment. How moral, how mature, and how liberal Iran will become depends in large part on the very first things you do when the mullahs are gone. During the Russian Revolution Tsar Nicholas and his wife were riddled with bullets in front of their children. Nicholas’ oldest son, himself still a child, became Russia’s last and youngest Tsar before he too was killed in cold blood by the Communists. The deed was committed at night without any witnesses. The dead were left alone to rot. And so the stage was set for what the new Russia would become as soon as the new regime was implanted. Here is the key to making a stable democracy: the losers have to know that they will be safe. Those on the losing side of a liberal revolution or on the losing side of a democratic election have to understand in advance that they will not be killed. They must know their views will be respected. They must believe in their bones that their rights will be protected by the victorious majority. Otherwise, you’re looking at civil war. Today is July 9th, the anniversary of the dorm attacks and the uprising in 1999. This may be the day of your maximum power so far. You can push the regime over the edge if you gather force and momentum enough. If it doesn’t happen today it will happen tomorrow or soon enough after. That regime is not going to be there forever. And it is unlikely to slowly reform over time. Authoritarian regimes don’t bend. They break. Your government is evil, and we all know it. But it is such a great insult for you to be labeled a part of an axis of evil. I know. We Americans know. We know that your civilization is ancient, cosmopolitan, sophisticated, and wise. We know that the people of Iran are not our enemy. These are dark days. But do you know that your future is a bright one? It is easy for me to be optimistic, I know. I am safe and far away. But I have studied pre-Revolutionary Poland and Czechoslovakia. Your country today has more in common with them than with anywhere else. Look to those countries for guidance, inspiration, and hope. I wish you Godspeed against the regime. We all do. May you live out the rest of your days with the blessings of liberty.
- By: Howard Jaeckel on July 9, 2003

Don't give up the fight for democracy. The majority of Americans supports you and prays for your success. Go with God.
- By: Ray on July 9, 2003

Hey hoder so is all free sites that have been using blogspot or persian blog and etc are blocked like my blog???
- By: Ehsan on July 9, 2003