'Big Differences' between Egypt and Iran Revolutions

Vali Nasr, Professor of International Politics at the Fletcher School, Tufts University, compares Egypt's 2011 uprising to the 1979 Iranian revolution and 2009 Iranian Green Movement.

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[jimiydoorshamelech]

@amrjosef

Youtube: Arab Spring Prediction

[amrjosef]

He forget to say that the iranian protests was supported by the intire world, while the protests in egypt and the other arabstates was not. USA supported Mubarak until the last minutes.

[mafiahamid]

there is no point of saying that there are big differences between Egypt and Iran Revolutions. everyone knows that

[artbiz45]

why do we have to be approved to write a comment can some one explaine this?

[artbiz45]

what he says is it takes different Blue print to build two different Kentukey Fri Chichen store now on. The reality is that Iran was is and will. Something intresting about this land and its people has always attracted to be attacked, for the wealth that people have created but it was easy to get in but hard to Exit in one piece

[Melnij]

similarities: both countries had a USA sponsored dictator.

[SuperBookmaven]

Worth watching. It is important not to fall into trap of thinking every uprising is the same

[rezman60]

a very informative piece. explains a lot. Thank you.

[cancontrl]

@WTFsgoinonintheworld as opposed to the fantastical version? Want pace ships and aliens...maybe Nostradamus? Im sure you can find that sort of analysis on the history channel.

[WTFsgoinonintheworld]

thank you for the boring textbook version....this guy has to be careful about his analysis so that he doesn't mysteriously get a "stroke" :)