Or maybe they just used Mousavi to draw out the reformers so they who know who to arrest/eliminate.
I'm reading that Ahmaedinjad stealing the election is great news for neo-cons and AIPAC who want to bomb the of Iran.
The imperialistic US military and its mercenaries buddies ain't ever getting out of M/E or West Asia as long as hydrocarbons are to be had.
I canceled my cable a year ago...
...I do miss the Food Network.Hey; Is Something Going On?
So, I'm trying to find out something about what's going on in Iran, and on CNN I can watch a rerun of Larry King interviewing several gentlemen without shirtsleeves who apparently assemble choppers. On Fox Mike Huckabee is trying to explain why Jesus hates credit card relief. MSNBC is rerunning something about a prison in New Mexico. CNBC is evaluating whether college students should be able to afford Chanel tote bags.
Media fail.
Yeah but he's going to get the youth vote...he's cool.
Judas goat. Could be.
"so they who know who to arrest/eliminate"
Ahmaedinjad refuses to guarantee Mousavi's safety.
"I have doubts, but withhold comment"
Counterintuitively in the WaPo, Ken Ballen and Patrick Doherty say the Iran election was legit.
More fraud skepticism in Newsweek.
What happened to all those charming, articulate young men and women in North Tehran, interviewed again and again on Western television? They were so enthusiastic about Ahmadinejad's main opponent, former prime minister Mir Hossein Mousavi. They were excited about the prospect of more freedoms. They thought Ahmadinejad was a failure and an embarrassment, and they really seemed to like us Americans. Indeed, they seemed almost to be like us Americans. Didn't they speak for the real Iran?
Actually, no. It appears that the working classes and the rural poor—the people who do not much look or act or talk like us—voted overwhelmingly for the scruffy, scrappy president who looks and acts and talks more or less like them. And while Mousavi and his supporters are protesting and even scuffling with police, they are just as likely to be overwhelmed in the streets as they were at the polls.
Since the "results" were first announced, that struck me as a pretty realistic explanation. I certainly had hoped that Mr. Mousavi could mount a serious challenge and would defeat Mr. Ahmadinejad, but if voter turnout across the country was 75%, it seemed likely to me that there was a solid chance that the non-elite, non-reform-minded portion of the electorate in Iran was voting for the in bent or even against the challenger.
This "investigation" ordered by the Supreme Leader is just a tool being implemented to quell the protests. Nothing will come of it.
The bright spot is that the youth of Iran are exponentially more pro-West than their parents and many don't view us as the "Great Satan" they were told we are.
yeah, nothing screams "well ordered election" like cutting off communications and placing the losing candidate under house arrest.
EDIT: nevermind on the "house arrest" part, more like "surveillance"
Via my contacts at the Farsi-speaking BBC, a telephone plea:
I AM UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE TO ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THE SHAM ELECTION. THEY HAVE CUT ME OFF FROM ANY COMMUNICATION WITH PEOPLE AND AM UNDER SURVEILLANCE. I ASK THE PEOPLE TO STAY IN THE STREETS BUT AVOID VIOLENCE
Last edited by PixelPusher; 06-15-2009 at 01:20 PM.
Why were so many expecting golden nuggets out of dog .
just a shameful display of demagogy. that dude ahmadinejad even had the balls to say that all the post-election protests were proof that iran is a free country
At a news conference on Sunday, Ahmadinejad sought to allay fears about a media crackdown and said: "Don't worry about freedom in Iran. Newspapers come and go and reappear. Don't worry about it."
^ and that's the guy neocons are "relieved" to have won.
Come on Persians stand up and revolt!
Everyone loses no matter who wins. Iran is a theocracy and the guardian council can bar anyone or anything for pretty much any random interpretation they have of islamic law. Imagine a bunch of christian bishops trying to interpret biblical law onto us. They could do anything since the book is filled with double-meanings and uncertain wording. Same dealio in Iran. There is no freedom there.
Pixel Pusher was rooting for Iraq not having free elections.
Pixel Pusher was rooting for the Oklahoma City bombings, boy o boy! EVeryone knows Rush limbaugh incited Timothy MCveigh.
Cry Havoc was appalled at america having an opposition party.
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