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VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Reflections On The Revolution In Egypt. ?And does the West invariably keep si?

By Glenn Reynolds

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Reflections On The Revolution In Egypt. “And does the West invariably keep silent about Iran (cf. spring/summer 2009) because in some strange way, in Western eyes, its virulent anti-Americanism lends a veneer of authenticity, of genuineness, even as we confess that the theocracy has lost popular support ? while we assume that Mubarak?s alliance de facto made him more suspect in our eyes? (Would CNN be euphoric at news that the streets of Havana are in uproar?)” Yes on the first, no on the second. For certain values of “we,” anyway. Any other questions?

And Hanson’s point about the gradual — and dishonest — turn of the Iranian revolution from something that looked middle-class and liberal to something that was, as always intended by Khomeini and his followers, theocratic and dictatorial is very apt.

Related: Michael Barone: The risk that 2/11/11 will end up like Iran’s 2/11/79.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on February 13, 2011 (boomark / email).