| Mr Khan said: I still don't really see the motivation for them to have rigged that election. It would have been easier for Khamenei to simply stump for Ahmadinejad and just sort of force him back into power.
What you're seeing is similar to Tiananmen square, but on a more mild scale. A brief, violent, but ultimately impotent protest that will see the country slowly go in that direction over the next couple of years. |
Maybe they rigged it because Musavi won? There's no need to rig an election unless your fearful that another candidate may not win. In this case, they probably saw the actual numbers that Musavi won, and decided to report that Ahmadinejad won instead, so that he could be elected. If Musavi would have won, and Khamenei decided to choose Ahmadinejad instead, then the people would have realized their 'Democracy' was a sham (which it obviously is).
Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but Tianament was focused on one area in one town. From my understanding, this is all over the country.
I can hope for an end to the bloody fighting, and hope that they decide to have a real election with real results. Otherwise, maybe they'll take up arms and pull a fight against the guards off.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
