There election was defiantly fixed. The only question is how fixed it was.
I am not 100% convinced Ahmadinajd would have lost a fair vote.
The youth of Iran may be choosing one devil for another. It is impossible to say what will happen if the country falls in to the control of the US again. Isreal will be happy though.
By the well known neo-con Ken Timmerman on 11 June (before the election)
"The National Endowment for Democracy has spent millions of dollars during the past decade promoting “color” revolutions in places such as Ukraine and Serbia, training political workers in modern communications and organizational techniques.
Some of that money appears to have made it into the hands of pro-Mousavi groups, who have ties to non-governmental organizations outside Iran that the National Endowment for Democracy funds."
Now I wonder what "organizations outside Iran" he could be talking about??
The NED is US government funded. Anybody that believes that Obama is not as bad as Bush should go and take a closer look at Iran, drone attacks in Pakistan and the appointment of the special ops specialist Gen McChrystal in Afghanistan. Change you can believe in!!!
I think Obama's silence on Iran has been deafening. As has the silence of the major world democracies./quote]
I am not a fan of Obama , but I think he is doing the correct thing here.
The people who the opposition need to win over think of America as the great evil, and would never want to be on the same side as America.
I think Obama's silence on Iran has been deafening. As has the silence of the major world democracies./quote]
I am not a fan of Obama , but I think he is doing the correct thing here.
The people who the opposition need to win over think of America as the great evil, and would never want to be on the same side as America.
This is why a coordinated approach is needed with all the major democracies in the world calling for a fair and transparent democracy in Iran. If everyone says the same thing, then the USA cannot be signalled out by the Mullahs. Though, I'm not so sure the ordinary folks in Iran hate America - in dictatorships, you need to be careful to distinguish the official viewpoint of the despots with that of the people - they are rarely the same. Just because the mullahs spout out death to American, it doesnt mean the people have this point of view. I agree that a heavy handed intervention by the US would not be welcome as it would be seen as interference, but the option of help should be left open if the Iranian people want it.
What a load of left wing clap trap.
If there was a General Election here tomorrow, I'd back Brian Cowen to, at least, get a majority from the people of Offaly.
VOR, do you think it is a bad idea for democracies to encourage freedom and democracy to take root in countries that are dictatorial and oppress their own people?
I see the “color” revolutions that the USA (and others) have encouraged over the last few years as nothing but positive. Do you think they should mind their own business?
A country needs to develop at its own pace. We seem to believe in the West that we have a God given right to influence the direction of a nation. Iran will become free again through the actions of its people. Outside influences will not work for the betterment of the people. It is only 4 years since there was a liberal, Khatami, in charge so I am sure it will happen again.
No but they can comment on it (which is more than the US is doing on Iran at the moment).Should the EU have gone in to Florida when Bush got elected? Perhaps we should have tried to overthrow the government of Mexico in 2006? That election was a sham also.
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