Monday, June 15, 2009

That crazy's, sorry I meant Ahmadinejad, win in Iran has been causing a lot of turmoil, within his country and in the U.S. There's been allegations of fixed elections, especially from his main opponent's supporters who have been very worked up over the result. Yet Newsweek here gives a good explanation for why it happened. Sure, a lot of the younger, more educated, urban folk may have been for Mousavi but what about the rest of the society- the rural people, the working class, etc? This is why it's never good to gauge an election by just focusing on a specific sector of society.
As the Newsweek piece says, this may be great news for Israel's leader who can continue to use Ahmadinejad as a significant means to justify an aggressive stance toward Iran and obstruct American attempts to improve relations with Iran.