.. but see Lee’s comment and the Committee response.
In fact, the whole thread is worth reading. There was also this great comment by someone called vb working for the UN Working Group for Internet Governance who knows some of the Iranians involved:
It’s a principle of the Internet – if you connect with other people, both of you gain, and both of you start to listen to each other. If you break connections, on the other hand, both of you lose and nothing happens.
That clinched it for me, though I think Lee’s general point about focus, and being able also to focus inwards (on Western countries) with these campaigns holds true.
[Update: BBC article on it here]