Don't Repeat 1953 - Iran Elections
Let us face it, President Ahmedinejad won his second term yesterday, despite the claims of voter fraud. A simple arithmetic of votes, rural plus urban poor plus others, will show that Ahmedinejad is the ultimate winner.
US in all probability had a clandestine program to stop the Iran's nuclear program, which was revealed in an Seymour Hersh's article in 2008. This report was not refuted, so I, presume this time around western powers might have used money and strategic assets to have different outcome.
The western media went on a overdrive as the election approached, magnified any opposition activity and predicted Ahmedinejad's downfall. A guest on a NPR talk show said yesterday we will be having a new president in two weeks, so much for journalist objectivity. All western journalists violated the first rule of research don't search for a pattern that suits the desired result.
With current street demonstrations I hope nobody is trying to repeat coup of 1953. The coup brought in Shah. Shah was pathetic leader for a civilization that produced Cyrus the Great
The effects of the coup were summarized by none other than former Secy. of State Madeleine Albright
"In 1953 the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's popular Prime Minister, Mohammed Massadegh. The Eisenhower Administration believed its actions were justified for strategic reasons; but the coup was clearly a setback for Iran's political development. And it is easy to see now why many Iranians continue to resent this intervention by America in their internal affairs"
Shah's (mis) rule led to a strong resentment towards US and eventually to the 1979 revolution, which led to the current form of Government in Iran. It is easy to live in a fool's paradise thinking that because bulk of Iran population was not alive in 1979 they will automatically tend towards US. It is easy to believe iPods and internet will make the youth look toward US for intellectual vigor. This thought of small section of youth living in cities will disappear in front of huge Friday prayer crowds chanting death to America.
Whatever the policy is adopted by Obama administration, it should not assume that Iran is a pushover. Administration should think twice before spilling blood in streets of Iranian cites.
I was surprised by Secy. Clinton's statement that US is not recognizing the Iranian election result because of electoral fraud. This surprising because western media was everywhere and reporting what they saw rather what they wanted to see.
Ma'am Secy. Clinton if anybody sees an election in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County no country will recognize the election of an US president. With minority voting suppression, difficulties in registering and difficulties in getting absentee ballots, US elections doesn't set any standards.
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Its a shame that the US administration won't recognize the re-election of Ahmedinajad. Even though he is distastefull, he seems to have won fair and square.
Even if mr. Ahmedinajad should have won 'fairly', it doesn't give him the right to use brutality and violence against civilians.
Even if he were elected democratically, he's a tyrant who is not playing by democratic rules. And as such was not even an acceptable candidate to start with (reminds me of some german guy....).
Anyway, are you sure that fear, and keeping the people dumb didn't play a decisive role in these 'democratic' elections?