Comments on: 20 Years Later, Echoes of Tiananmen Square are Heard in Tehran http://danielkeeney.com/20-years-later-echoes-of-tiananmen-square-are-heard-in-tehran/ The future of the public relations agency Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:27:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Calvin http://danielkeeney.com/20-years-later-echoes-of-tiananmen-square-are-heard-in-tehran/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Calvin Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:47:27 +0000 http://dankeeney.schipulwp.com/?p=11#comment-7 I suspect that Tiananmen and Tehran are happening because too many young people are following Gandhi's example of peaceful protest. But my understanding is that Gandhi only succeeded because the British were losing a lot of money on their empire and were looking for any excuse to pull out. If Gandhi had launched his protests a decade earlier (or the French) had been in charge of India, we would most likely have seen the slaughter of tens of thousands of Indians. Malaysia/Malaya was another case of the British finding a face-saving way to leave. Ditto Russia (Soviet Union). Russia was going bankrupt holding the Soviet Union ogether. <br /><br />However, when we look at most of the recent successful revolutions, most of them were violent - Indonesia, Vietnam, North Korea, Palestine, South Africa. There was either outright war (sponsored by 3rd parties), guerilla warfare, terrorism or a combination of all three.<br />Well, I may be wrong. My background was a computer systems analyst, not political analyst after all. I suspect that Tiananmen and Tehran are happening because too many young people are following Gandhi’s example of peaceful protest. But my understanding is that Gandhi only succeeded because the British were losing a lot of money on their empire and were looking for any excuse to pull out. If Gandhi had launched his protests a decade earlier (or the French) had been in charge of India, we would most likely have seen the slaughter of tens of thousands of Indians. Malaysia/Malaya was another case of the British finding a face-saving way to leave. Ditto Russia (Soviet Union). Russia was going bankrupt holding the Soviet Union ogether.

However, when we look at most of the recent successful revolutions, most of them were violent – Indonesia, Vietnam, North Korea, Palestine, South Africa. There was either outright war (sponsored by 3rd parties), guerilla warfare, terrorism or a combination of all three.
Well, I may be wrong. My background was a computer systems analyst, not political analyst after all.

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