Iran

Jun 15, 2009 11:52

Are y'all watching this?

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Yep t0rque June 15 2009, 16:58:17 UTC
Contrary to Fraterrisus's comment, I've been consistently surprised by developments.

My biggest surprises:
1) Ahmedinejad clearly didn't study his Daley, and didn't know how to properly steal an election.
2) The size and magnitude of the protests to his assertion of victory
3) The mullahs congratulating Ahmedinejad while the protests continued, clearly overestimating their authority
4) The possibility that Khameini's latest statement asking for a careful examination will actually reverse the course of the election

And of course, the worry that this is all just an outright military coup.

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Re: Yep kcatalyst June 15 2009, 17:08:40 UTC
I can't imagine that they're planning on actually investigating properly. But then, they probably weren't planning on pissing off this many people so badly either.

Just saw that 119 faculty members resigned as Tehran University, protesting the assaults on students there.

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Re: Yep t0rque June 15 2009, 17:27:14 UTC
I think you've hit the nail on the head: the fact that the Ahmedinejad faction has been so strikingly taken by surprise repeatedly.

I kind of wonder what the historical model here is--is this the French Revolution? The rise of Mussolini? Pinochet/Peron?

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Re: Yep harimad June 15 2009, 17:29:29 UTC
The one they're afraid of is the Shah.

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Re: Yep t0rque June 15 2009, 17:30:19 UTC
I was using the French Revolution as a proxy for that.

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