Major strides may have been made in weakening what many realize is the real power structure. Perhaps then in a weakened state any mass public action would have a better shot at success, or at least more tools to pressure Iran as opposed to the US being in such a weak position.

Obama & CO. failed to do the right thing then, he failed to do the right thing now. For all his 300 FP advisors there’s a frightening amount of idiotic strategy & policy flowing from this guy.

A Mousavi victory, however, would have made the nature of the regime easier to deny. Clarity is the one unquestionable benefit of the outcome.

Taranto, Best of the Web Today

The head[case] ayatollahs rigged the entire election from the start… to prevent any real reformers from even getting on the initial ballots… so why is this farce even being taken seriously as an “election”?

It is a two way struggle of one group of religious despots over another.

Sam Giancanna’s boys versus Santos Trafficante’s boys, in beards and robes.

5 for Mahmoud…. 6 for Mahmoud… 7 for Mahmoud…

Even if this goes nowhere, the cracks in the RG, the fact that the mullahs have arrested 16 RG vets, these are signs which indicate that if not now, perhaps there could be changes in the future. The Iranian people as a whole, as reflected by Limerick’s Charlie Rose poll data, indicate the people are not happy with the current state of the country. Those are big numbers. Numbers I wish we would see here! Somehow I do not think this is going to come to a complete skreetching halt. The majority of the faces I saw were young, and they gave the impression they are fairly dedicated to this cause. For those of us who were young during Reagan’s campaign, just remember how passionate we were to get Reagan elected. And also toss in how passionate we were to get Rush heard on college campuses, and the growth of College Republican groups.

The Reagan comparison is different in ideology of course, but the passion we had was what I saw in the faces of these young Iranians. I for one hope they do not give up, and Mousavi I think in some ways is much like our choices in the Presidential election. He was not the best, but he sure was better overall than the other guy! He would do until we could get a real “Maverick” in place!

Guess we can look forward to hanging Chadorah‘s?

The term legal appears not to have any standing or meaning.

MSGTAS on June 16, 2009 at 10:02 AM

Given that our government disregards our laws, why should we expect more from any other country?

the Guardian Council has announced a ballot recount

and once the recount is complete, the Guardian Council will find that ahmadinejad won, not by 65% but by 79%…

Or they could count the votes cast at the Westin hotel in L.A. that’s also fair game.

Everything is fair and that is all that matters. The term legal appears not to have any standing or meaning.

ahh, so it’s their hobby, i see.

sesquipedalian on June 16, 2009 at 9:25 AM

A little shit like you would think that.

Count ONLY the “Democratic” votes, until we win!

No wonder the Anti-American/Democratic Traitor Left and Obama (PBUH) LOVE these guys…

A man being beaten in Iran- the women are seen trying to intervene. If it were a woman being beaten in Iran would the men come to her aid?

I still don’t believe Mousavi will be an improvement. He led their secret police that was modeled after the KGB. Who else do we know who was KGB who at first looked appealing to our leaders and to journalists, oh, yeah, Putin.

What if part of this was conspired by the Mullahs, Mousavi and Ahmadinejad to rile the anger of the students against the West? The youth were softening towards us. I don’t think that will be the case with O’s silence and weak response. They will be repressed and their anger will be redirected towards US. Hope the State Department has told Immigration that new immigrants from Iran need to be carefully screened.

I do think thought that if was conspired that they misjudged the intense reaction of the people and that Mousavi is now taking advantage of that- which IMO is more dangerous. He is a wolf in sheeps clothing.

Something tells me we ‘aint in Kansas anymore.

JiangxiDad on June 16, 2009 at 9:48 AM

Heh….and we’re being guided by strawmen and brainless mindbots and heartless cowards. Hey, that fits perfectly. Now, who is the man behind the curtain?

not that our news organizations will show it, but the rest of the world might catch on.

kelley in virginia on June 16, 2009 at 9:48 AM

And that the foreign press will be more willing and able to see Obama as the empty suit, out-of-his-depth neophyte that he is.

To be sure.

genso on June 16, 2009 at 9:44 AM

However, what good for the goose is good for the gander. He’s wildly successful because he governs for the benefit of specific groups only. Two can play at that game. Something tells me we ‘aint in Kansas anymore.

i just want Iran exposed for what it is. not that our news organizations will show it, but the rest of the world might catch on.

JiangxiDad on June 16, 2009 at 9:43 AM

To be sure.

genso on June 16, 2009 at 9:39 AM

That’s what the people who elected Barry want- a comeuppance. I think he’s wildly successful, and delivers what he promises. If I was a supporter of his, I’d be very satisfied.

JiangxiDad on June 16, 2009 at 9:31 AM

And little by little, as our government fades on the world stage, we lose our voice and become more like the pawns massed in the streets of Tehran.