{"id":8958,"date":"2009-06-16T19:32:06","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T00:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=8958"},"modified":"2009-06-16T19:32:06","modified_gmt":"2009-06-17T00:32:06","slug":"flynt-leverett-and-hillary-mann-leverett-ahmadinejad-won-get-over-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=8958","title":{"rendered":"Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett: Ahmadinejad won. Get over it"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
\n15 June 2009<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the wake of Friday\u2019s election, some \u201cIran experts\u201d \u2014 perhaps feeling burned by their misreading of contemporary political dynamics in the Islamic Republic \u2014 argue that we are witnessing a \u201cconservative coup d\u2019\u00e9tat,\u201d aimed at a complete takeover of the Iranian state.<\/p>\n

But one could more plausibly suggest that if a \u201ccoup\u201d is being attempted, it has been mounted by the losers in Friday\u2019s election. It was Mousavi, after all, who declared victory on Friday even before Iran\u2019s polls closed. And three days before the election, Mousavi supporter Rafsanjani published a letter criticizing the leader\u2019s failure to rein in Ahmadinejad\u2019s resort to \u201csuch ugly and sin-infected phenomena as insults, lies and false allegations.\u201d Many Iranians took this letter as an indication that the Mousavi camp was concerned their candidate had fallen behind in the campaign\u2019s closing days. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Related<\/em>:
\nIran Writes: Mousavi: The Triumph of Ordinariness<\/a> (17 May 2009)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Worse than friendly endorsements are those statements which his supporters express here and there to make up for lack of any outstanding feature in Mousavi’s record, like, \u201cHe is the only one who can save the country,\u201d without thinking why the country should be in such a condition that only Mousavi can save it. Or when they emphasis on his war time management record, without thinking that somewhere people can find out that his record was not so brilliant.<\/p>\n

In the absence of any meaningful way to answer hundreds of questions raised by citizens about his candidacy, Mousavi’s supporters tend to silence the public and invite them to \u201cbe quiet and just vote, we will settle it after the election,\u201d or even appeal to intimidation when they consider a question as being \u201cunappreciative\u201d or \u201cruining the candidates.\u201d They suffice it to emphasis his only alleged asset, his management skills.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, what is not achieved so far is the enthusiasm and excitement expected in presidential elections.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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