tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post6023429355047474769..comments2024-02-24T09:14:44.403+00:00Comments on The Poor Mouth: Khamenei orders election inquiryjams o donnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-91465050195441285592009-06-15T22:45:06.675+01:002009-06-15T22:45:06.675+01:00Agreed it's like apples and oranges isn't ...Agreed it's like apples and oranges isn't it. <br /><br />As for the outcome I agree wholeheartedlyjams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1388697851071610352009-06-15T22:20:33.801+01:002009-06-15T22:20:33.801+01:00;)
Well, Jams, it depends on how we define a coup....;)<br />Well, Jams, it depends on how we define a coup.<br />Anyway, I did not intend to nitpick(ing?). And: Of course, comparing one (political) situation with an other, one is always running the risk of comparing apples with pears.<br />Still ... I'd like what right now is happening in Iran to end like what happened in Europe in 1989 rather than what happened on the <i>Place of Heavenly Peace</i>.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-40211912746284904162009-06-15T21:58:32.551+01:002009-06-15T21:58:32.551+01:00Ahmadinejad is Khamenei's placeman but perhaps...Ahmadinejad is Khamenei's placeman but perhaps Khamenei shot himelf in the foot by declaring the election so quickly.<br /><br />The result shown is almost certainly an inept sham.<br /><br />As for Dubya, if he stole it was even more inept.. A few votes in a state governed by his brother and validated on a split decision by Supreme Court judges, many of whom nominated by his father! Hardly the hallmarks of a coup Sean!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-72013315436204187892009-06-15T20:04:16.196+01:002009-06-15T20:04:16.196+01:00The Iranian opposition claims according to their r...The Iranian opposition claims according to their reliable sources within the interior ministry Mousavi got 19 m votes, Ahmadinejad less than 6 m.<br />Given that comes close to the truth it's doubtable that the <i>official result</i> could be prepared without Khamenei's placet.<br />We're living in interesting times.<br />Interesting, too, is that one can hear from so-call US-strategy thinktanks that they'd prefer Ahmahdinejad remaining in power, as (whatever) sanctions would be easier to launch.<br />Same goes obviously with the falcons in Israel.<br />As for electoral fraud in the Western world: Bush had become President without, hm?Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-55892971930331649062009-06-15T18:24:27.346+01:002009-06-15T18:24:27.346+01:00Most governments are self serving but gross electo...Most governments are self serving but gross electoral fraud is not common in the Western worldjams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-83909147928908702112009-06-15T16:19:24.001+01:002009-06-15T16:19:24.001+01:00I think your last statement is true for any govern...I think your last statement is true for any government in the world, of course with certain degree... :)Nevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14695297829881237662noreply@blogger.com