Yes, This means Ahmadinejad Won the Election

Quick question: what do confused sectors of the Western radical left and the editorial board of the New York Times agree about? That last June’s Iranian pres­i­den­tial election, which almost certainly was not fraud­u­lent, was fraud­u­lent, that Ahmadine­jad is not the legit­i­mately elected president of Iran, that to analyze or criticize the tactics or ide­olo­gies of […]

Iranian Fantasies

It looks like no one voted for Ahmadine­jad. Stipulate that fact, and every­thing falls into place: Ahmadine­jad has no legit­i­macy. His economic programs were worse than worthless. The coun­try­side despises him. The cities are in rev­o­lu­tion­ary ferment. His populism was  sheer char­la­tanism. His rhetoric, abrasive dem­a­goguery. If no one voted for him, it becomes easy to […]