Friday, June 24, 2005

Hard-Liner Wins in Iran

Looks like the Revolutionary-Guard guy won the thing. This might leave Iran in a much worse mess then before. Let's hope this guy doesn't go all out to "destroy the Great Satan" and other such nonsense. Also let's hope W doesn't get froggy and jump Iran in the near future. This was an interesting statement though:

"The real nuclear bomb that Iran has is its unemployed young people," said Ali Pourassad, after casting his vote for Ahmadinejad at a polling station set up in the courtyard of a mosque in the middle-class south of Tehran. "If nothing is done to create jobs for our young people, we will have an explosion on the streets."

Hmm, I wonder if resentment of being unemployed will drive the young Iranians to revolt against the Mad Mullahs? I mean all it sometime takes is some crushing poverty to start the fire of revolution. It happened in France. I wonder if the Mullahs will go hard-line and touch off Tiananmen massacre Middle Eastern branch?

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