not that I'm skeptical or anything

[waider]

So suddenly there are "popular uprisings against the government" in Iran. Coincidental, eh? It's pretty much common knowledge that Kostunica's overthrow of Milosevic was hugely but covertly supported from interested parties outside the country. How much of what's going on in Iran is being generated internally, and how much is Balkans, Episode II?

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It's not very "sudden", it's been going on since before Katami came to power, which has been more than two years now if my memory serves. He rode that wave of popular dissent into the PM office.

But nevertheless, what difference does it make? Shouldn't we be happy that we're now seeing people strive from democracy publicly? Should Milosevic NOT have been deposed if it wasn't willed by the people?

[waider.livejournal.com]

Indeed, you're right about Katami's victory (in 1997). My mistake. His opposition contends that he's not such a big reformer which would certainly suggest a solid local reason for protests by people who, in the common parlance, have "tasted freedom".

The reason I comment on the Milosevic incident is because of how it came about. Your comment is a classic example of the "if you're not for us, you're against us" mentality. I'm not by any means saying that he shouldn't have been deposed, but I am expressing concern that he was in part deposed by forces outside the country who then almost immediately forced Kostunica's government to break their own laws in the handover of Milosevic to the War Crimes Tribunal. It's not the will of the people if it's being pressured from outside the country they live in.