Iran Election Result

[goldorak]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Lurchi,

the man is a rival for power for Ahmadinejadh - simply that's why he needs to run now.

In the 80s he was responsible for the execution of thousands of people, as I have said several times now. And that guy today you describe as "a step into the right direction" - and then wonder why I find that queer.

Anyhow, the president is not so important in Iran anyway, so I am maybe stupid when wasting so much time on the issue. No matter how this unrest ends in Iran - for the West the most likely consequence will be that nothing of interest for us changes anyway.

The West as always has misconceptions about the nature of these violent uprisings. It misinterpretated the Tiananmen protest and it is misinterpreting the Iran protest. People in Iran are protesting not for a democratic president, but for an election that has been presumably "stolen" by Ahmadinejad. Nothing more, nothing less.