Tuesday, June 16, 2009

WYSWYG - Iran's Election

It is curious that American people nowadays sometimes seem to be far more "U.S. centric" than in the past. Some people have gone too far to attribute the results of the election in Lebanon to Mr Obama's speech, and the same people are now screaming at the "stolen election" in Iran.

So many people seem to have difficulty in appreciating the facts that there should be so many things for Iranian voters to worry about, other than things Americans worry about, and that the conflict with the U.S. or other countries could be of little importance for them.

Palestinian people could vote for Hamas, even if it might entail a war with Israel. Iranian people could vote for Mr Ahmadinejad, even if the world is very unhappy with it. (Of course, there might have been fraud, but the results you do not like do not necessarily prove that there was one, nor does it mean the results would have been different).

One more note: Mr Ahmadinejad is reported to have won 62.6 percent of the vote in this election. In 2005, he won 61.69% of the vote when he fought against Mr Rafsanjani (in the runoff).

What you see is What you get.

The Iranian People Speak