[Marxism] A velvet revolution in Iran?

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Sartesian:
 
But what makes you think those who defend protesters from police, thug  
attack are on the side of the British Foreign Office.

Reply:
 
Well, the fact you're describing them as 'thugs' illustrates exactly the  
point I made in my original remarks. Were the Venezuelan police who  defended 
the Chavez govt against the attempted coup in 2002 thugs?
 
Wouldn't any state threatened with an attempt to overturn an election use  
vigorous means to defend itself and its integrity? Further, wouldn't a state 
in  this situation, which also has the added and real threat of war having 
over its  head, is under sanctions, and in the crosshairs of US imperialism, 
be even more  likely to use force in such a predicament? Indeed, given the 
aforementioned,  surely the wonder isn't how much force has been used and 
how bad the  repression has, but how much hasn't been used and how bad the 
repression hasn't  been.
 
Sartesian

Solidarity in Poland was shot through with right-wing,  clerical, 
pro-capitalist elements. Does that mean you were on the side of  Jaruzelski 
when miners were compelled to work 7 days a week?

Reply:
 
Wee word of advice. Marxists and socialists tend not to line up on the side 
 of right wing, clerical, pro capitalist elements. That's why we normally 
refer  to them as 'the enemy'?