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