Sunday, June 14, 2009

"Yes We Can", Mahmoud Edition

Barack Obama found it “exciting” and Hillary Clinton saw it as “a positive
sign”.
A variety of
useful idiots at home and abroad expressed similar illusions about the
Iranian presidential election on Friday.


Officially put at 85%, voter turnout was the highest in Iran’s history.
Ahmadinejad won with 63%, collecting more votes than any of his
predecessors. The results were arranged to give him a two-thirds majority
among all categories of voters – men, women, young and old, poor and middle
class, and in all of Iran’s 30 provinces. Whoever wrote the script also made
sure that his three rivals, all veterans of the Khomeinist revolution, were
roundly defeated even in their respective home towns.

Ahmadinejad’s election slogan is “Ma mitavanim”
(We can), like Obama’s “Yes we can”. Iran’s leader has been true to his
slogan by showing he can fix the election results to the last detail. But
can he cope with a restive population, a divided establishment and an
economy heading for deep recession?