A week and a half ago, it was 20 years since the June 4 "incident" when the Chinese government sent in the tanks to end protests in Beijing.
Today, the situation in Iran feels vaguely similar as a long oppressed people are protesting a totalitarian government.
There is no way to know what will happen or for sure what is actually happening because the government controls so much of what goes on in Iran.
UPDATE: Foreign media banned from covering protests.
But unlike China in 1989, there is the internet.
Andrew Sullivan links to some YouTube videos of what is happening over there.
Hugh Hewitt devoted his entire 3 hour radio show to bringing on guests who have either some knowledge of Iran or world affairs in general.
As an American of Chinese ancestry, I had hopes for the protests in China in 1989 and do hope that some day in the future those brave souls will be publicly honored as heroes in the streets of Beijing.
My mind tells me that totalitarian governments don't give up power easily and that a brutal suppression could be already taking place or will take place in a matter of days. But then again, who would have thought the Berlin Wall would ever come down? Or that the Iron Curtain would be lifted?
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