Iran's Cleric-Sanctioned Vote Won't Lead to Change
Con Coughlin, The Wall Street Journal | June 11, 2009
Iranian religious leaders have suppressed efforts by any moderates to gain political power - culling all but four of the original 475 Presidential candidates for the elections. ++ President Ahmadinejad is favored to retain office, meaning social change in Iran is unlikely, even though "the majority of Iranians do not desire to live in a country that is regarded as an international pariah." ++ But no matter who wins the election, President Obama will get "precious little" from his gesture of reconciliation.
Sun, Jun 14th 2009, 02:57
Donald Stadler, Self-employed, Diamond Contributor (1052)
The announced results may hav been a trifle undemocratic, with the Supreme Leader having announced the results in a unseemly rush, and very possibly without actually consulting local election officials beforehand. But I'm certain his assistants will get around to informing them of the count for their local districts within the next few days.....
As for the scenes which CNN and other stooges of Dick Cheney transmitted from Tehran?They looked just like scenes from 1979. No doubt we'll soon be informed that they in fact WERE footage from 1979, and not from the tranquil, happy country Iran is today.....