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Thread #121502 Message #2655559
Posted By: Ron Davies
13-Jun-09 - 09:52 AM
Thread Name: BS: Election in Iran
Subject: RE: BS: Election in Iran
"....the media make the decision". Now the author of this bon mot wouldn't be possibly implying that President Obama was not elected in a fair election, would he? Not that the poster is bitter about the outcome of the US election, not him. Perish the thought.
And the poster with his "$ystem" can return to his delightfully entertaining--yet slightly inaccurate, to say the least--pontifications on politics and economics.
And as for Mr. Ahmadinejad, this is definitely a contested election, and the state-run agency has released obviously false results, knowing that if Mr. A did not get over 50% there would have to be a runoff.
The youth and other supporters of Mr. Mousavi will not forget this, even if a runoff is not held--and that will restrict Mr. A's freedom of policy for the foreseeable future--if there is not in fact actual continuing unrest in Iran. The thing for the West to do is keep out of this election--and not give Mr. A any chance to say the West was behind Mr. Mousavi with anything but moral encouragement.