Matthew Cassel on the difference between Iran and Tunisia

I cite with his permission: "There is a big difference between Iran 09 and Tunisia 11 that is being left out of the discussion. Iran's "green" demonstrations were massive, but they were countered by equally massive demonstrations organized by government supporters immediately after the elections. Then, as opposition demonstrations decreased in size, albeit under tight government repression, demonstrations in support of the government maintained their numbers. This was clear during Ashura in December/January 2009 (see images here: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/three_days_in_iran.html), and then again in February 2010 on the anniversary of the revolution. It was almost as if there were two uprisings in Iran, one against Ahmadinejad and one for. This signifies a deeply divided nation, rather than one unequivocally opposed to its regime like Tunisia. Despite him supposedly receiving 90% of the vote in the last elections, I don't remember seeing a single person demonstrate in support of Ben Ali over the last month in Tunisia. Which is why what happened in Tunisia will be known simply as the Tunisian revolution without needing a catchy nickname to help people remember it."