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Ahmadinejad wins 2009 Iranian election

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Reply 40

g_star_raw_1989

I like Ahmadinejad, I think he's quite chilled out and cool espcially when he's wearing that beige jacket :cool:

Reply 41

uni_Boy

I was hoping for mousavi to win, but there seems to be a conception that democracy is only valid when it results in what people in the west want to see. tough...the idiots voted for him...whats the point in all the violent protests...and then complaining that police are being violent?

As if police here wouldn't be violent if ppl took to the streets, and caused chaos bcoz they dont like the election results.

just my two cents...

Reply 42

Diaz89

i'm really happy about it actually. good on the Iranians for choosing a strong leader

Reply 43

Sam4God

we all know he didn't actually win. they cheated as they always do. sites like facebook and youtube are being filtered in iran right now. and iranians can no longer use mobile phones (for now)

Reply 44

uni_Boy

Sam4God

we all know he didn't actually win.

please do share the evidence you seem to have collected?

like him or not, theres a bunch of ppl who love the guy...u seen his rallys?

Reply 45

Don_Scott

uni_Boy

They don't HAVE democracy in Iran.

They only allow candidates who agree with their Islamofacist agenda.

Reply 46

Diaz89

Don_Scott

They don't HAVE democracy in Iran.

They only allow candidates who agree with their Islamofacist agenda.

notice the oxymoron?

No, I don't.

Don_Scott

They don't HAVE democracy in Iran.

They only allow candidates who agree with their Islamofacist agenda.

true, but you gotta remember the islamic non-democratic principles of the country are what the PEOPLE opted for after the revolution. it's a paradox but the non-democratic ways were chosen democratically.

Reply 49

Don_Scott

They were forced on them by revolutionaries.

It was not a majority who imposed it but a minority.

And it still wouldn't make it justified.

Reply 50

emmie19

Did the bad guy win or the gd guy win? (Don't know Iranian politics) Just asking... does the country have nuclear bombs? Everyone reckons America will invade Iran nxt...

Reply 51

Diaz89

Don_Scott

No, I don't.

I highly doubt any radical Muslim wants the secular state to seize all the possessions of the Islamic clergy or to grant women's suffrage; radical Islam is closer to the complete opposite of fascism than it is to being a form of it.

Reply 52

Don_Scott

Diaz89

http://www.slate.com/id/2176389/

Reply 53

AppleandMangoPie

fix. and of course they'll get away with it. Iranians are looking for change, but unfortunately today is not the day they are going to get it.

Reply 54

uni_Boy

Don_Scott

They were forced on them by revolutionaries.

It was not a majority who imposed it but a minority.

And it still wouldn't make it justified.

revolutionaries were practically the whole country..how else could they overpower what america had imposed. people were spitting their dummy out the cradle, and decided to take the country to a complete opposite extreme...similar to what some want to do now.

Iranians are emotional people who like complaining and demonstrating in the streets...doesnt really matter what its about. They complained about the shah, they complain about hardline leaders, they brought in a reformist, and then complained about him aswell, and theyd complain about western intrusion.

Reply 55

Diaz89

Don_Scott

http://www.slate.com/id/2176389/

skimmed over it, it doesn't deal with the ideology or its link with the religion all it refers to is Arab regimes and their political ambitions.

Reply 56

Neville 'Facking' Bartos

Don_Scott

http://www.slate.com/id/2176389/

That article is talking about Salafism (which I despise) and the discussion here is about (mostly) Shia Iran

Reply 57

Democracy

emmie19

Did the bad guy win or the gd guy win? (Don't know Iranian politics) Just asking... does the country have nuclear bombs? Everyone reckons America will invade Iran nxt...

They were both bad guys.

The worse guy won however.

As for whether they have nuclear bombs, they say they don't but various sources have uncovered evidence that could prove that they do.

Reply 58

quizster

Excuse the possible stupidity, but how much control over the country does the president have? I was always under the impression that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was really the string puller in Iran? Could someone clarify?

Reply 59

Democracy

uni_Boy

Unfortunately history is not as simple or "black or white" as you paint it. The lead up to the Islamic revolution was influenced by many people. The works of Dr Ali Shariati to try and reconcile Shia Islam with social justice and compassion meant that many people thought an Islamic Republic would help bring about a fairer, free society. And Khomeini lied through the teeth when he lead the revolution, he said "a woman will be free to dress as she pleases". He promised free fuel, free public transport, justice and equality for all. However, that was all a guise, once the people voted him in (and who wouldn't after those promises?) he clamped down and murdered his opponents left right and centre.