I hate to agree, but ...
Twenty years ago, I was a naive 20-year-old spellbound by the reports coming out of Tienanmen Square. With that many people protesting, something good HAD to come out of it, no?
And then the tanks rolled in, the "People's Army" made a couple thousand of their own countrymen disappear, and everyone else faded back into the shadows. I hope this has a different outcome, but the wrong side still has the weaponry.
Another link: http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/15/tehran_two/