The Iranian people have been in the streets for decades. The big moments are crystallized in media memory -- 1979, 1999, 2009, and now. There are people in the streets in Iran this week, as they were last week. They do not want an Islamic Republic of Iran. They want Iran.
In 2009, it was declared all across the international media that these people -- young, old, men, women -- are part of an organized movement called the Green Movement. "Iran's Green Revolution" flashed across cable news networks and front pages worldwide.
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They want a government of the people, for the people, and by the people. When the Green Leaders win the power they have sought for years -- and they will eventually win -- they will not be off the hook, because the people want real change, not another game of musical chairs.
Real change -- what the Iranians want, what the world wants.
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