The events in Iran are extraordinary, as is the courage of the Iranian people.

Oftentimes in life, we know that an event was important well after the fact. Ayatollah Komeini went down the stairs of his Air France flight and destroyed Iran. Ninoy Aquino was murdered after he landed back in the Philippines and had no chance to rule. That which we are witnessing in Iran is nothing short of extraordinary. There have been protests in the past, but what we see in broken glimpses is bravery on a scale rarely seen today. Government forces are shooting mostly unarmed protesters, and the latter keep coming. When you have nothing to lose, you also have nowhere else to go.

The example of blindfolded people, each one touching a different part of an elephant and being unable to say what they are touching, seems to apply here. We see grainy videos when Starlink is working. “Hundreds of thousands in Tehran!” “Tabriz is on fire!” “The local commander in Mashhad has been killed.” And pictures of fires, and protesters as far as the eye can see. Just as we can’t wrap our minds around what exactly is going on in Iran, apparently the mullahs and other leaders are also trying to figure out what the real score is. Sure, the IRGC and army have all of the tanks and planes, but the people have the numbers, and even in spite of arrests (badly wounded people being pulled out of hospitals…), murders on the streets, and threats, they keep coming night after night. The people don't seem afraid, and that means doom for the theocracy.  Every person of good spirit is rooting for the Iranian people. Many, including Israeli intelligence and the White House, are beginning to believe that they might actually win.

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