Iranian Elections

[Lemur]

Are people making too much of this? Barring a complete revolution, whichever candidate wins we're not likely to see any major policy changes from Iran are we?

Impossible to judge. The protesters are demanding far more than a recount at this point. Very hard to squeeze the toothpaste back in the bottle when hundreds of thousands have joined together in public opposition to the regime.

Remember that 50% of Iran's population is under 25. Change may not only be possible, it may be inevitable.

The senior cleric denouncing the results is big. Muy grande.

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National Review's Seth Leibsohn gets it almost perfectly wrong:

'The U.S. Doesn't Want to be Seen As Meddling'

That's the take-away line from President Obama on Iran. That's not going to do it. One can imagine hundreds (if not thousands) of protesters in Iran asking "Where is the U.S.? What does Obama think?"

Really? Is that what the streets full of young Iranians are asking? They're wondering what Obama thinks? Really? Then he concludes with: "This may not be Iran's Tiananmen moment, but it sure is ours." What the **** does that mean?

I've seen some stupid, wrong-headed comments on how the U.S. should behave in this situation, but this takes Best In Show.