"I think that the democratic process — free speech, the ability of
people to peacefully dissent — all those are universal values and need
to be respected. And whenever I see violence perpetrated on people who
are peacefully dissenting, and whenever the American people see that, I
think they're rightfully troubled.." —Barack Obama, on Tehran demonstrations.
I would point out that several Palestinians have been killed in nonviolent protests of the confiscatory/illegal Israeli wall, and California's Tristan Anderson grievously injured; and that Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall were murdered during nonviolent protests of Israeli house demolitions in occupied Gaza in 2003. Not a peep. Though Corrie's death seems to have played an important part in Washington Congressman Brian Baird's two visits to Gaza.
