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Max Boot / Commentary:
The Bright Side of Ahamdinejad's “Win” — On the principle of “the worse the better” for our enemies-and, make no mistake, Iran is our enemy-it is possible to take some small degree of satisfaction from the outcome of Iran's elections. — If the mullahs were really canny, they would have let Mousavi win.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Rovian Islamist — Ahmadinejad's bag of tricks is eerily like that of Karl Rove - the constant use of fear, the exploitation of religion, the demonization of liberals, the deployment of Potemkin symbolism like Sarah Palin: … Think of this regime as Cheney and Rove in a police state setting, and you see what's been going on.
Salon:
Letter from Tehran: The day after — Editor's note: For reasons of personal safety, the author chooses to remain anonymous. — A supporter of Iranian reformist presidential candidate, Mir Hussein Mousavi burns the poster of hard line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as others throw stones toward …
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Martina Stewart / CNN:
Pence: Obama should speak out in favor of Iranian reformers
Pence: Obama should speak out in favor of Iranian reformers
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The Huffington Post
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Biden Questions Vote but Sticks to Policy on Iran
Biden Questions Vote but Sticks to Policy on Iran
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The New Republic
Michael J. Totten:
Insurrection: Day 2 — The great Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski witnessed and wrote about dozens of revolutions in the course of his life. He has, perhaps, seen more revolutions than anyone in the history of the world. He knew, while he lived, revolutions better than anyone.
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Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
Class v. Culture Wars in Iranian Elections: Rejecting Charges of a North Tehran Fallacy — Some comentators have suggested that the reason Western reporters were shocked when Ahmadinejad won was that they are based in opulent North Tehran, whereas the farmers and workers of Iran, the majority, are enthusiastic for Ahmadinejad.
Gateway Pundit:
Regime Unleashed— Gunshots & Beatings In Tehran (Video)
Regime Unleashed— Gunshots & Beatings In Tehran (Video)
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Daniel Terdiman / Webware.com:
‘#CNNFail’: Twitterverse slams network's Iran absence
‘#CNNFail’: Twitterverse slams network's Iran absence
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Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Freed From Guantánamo, Uighur Muslims Bask in Bermuda — AN OCEAN IDYLL Salahidin Abdulahat, left, and Khaleel Mamut swam in the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday in Bermuda. The Uighur Muslims, recently freed from captivity at Guantánamo Bay, have been resettled in Bermuda.
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Michelle Shephard / Toronto Star:
From hell to paradise for ex-Gitmo detainees — Four ethnic Uighurs adjusting to Bermuda, and life on outside — HAMILTON, Bermuda - After almost eight years of captivity, each step of Khelil Mamut's freedom is a little overwhelming. — The ocean, which he could hear only on windy days …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
CNN producer: Iranian students say they're doomed if Obama accepts the Iranian election — Much depends on the meaning of “accepts,” though, doesn't it? I'm sure we'll get some patented Hopenchange drivel tomorrow about “grave concerns,” etc, but if Iran's kids are expecting The One to walk away …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Iranian thugs beat protester to death in broad daylight — There's no official confirmation that he died but that's the word on the street. Best-case scenario is that they “merely” beat him into unconsciousness. Rather than give you just the video of the beating, though …
Dan Williams / Reuters:
Most Israelis could live with a nuclear Iran: poll
Most Israelis could live with a nuclear Iran: poll
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Israel Matzav
tehranbureau:
Ayatollahs Protest Election Fraud — [TEHRAN BUREAU] Mir Hossein Mousavi's, the main reformist rival to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, letter to the important ayatollahs in the holy city of Qom, asking them to protest the fraud and declare it against Islam, has sparked protests by the ayatollahs and clerics as well.
Gateway Pundit:
OUTRAGE!... CBS: “Meet Iran's George W. Bush” (Ahmadinejad!) ... Update: Bush's Message to the Iranian People — CBS compares Iran's Holocaust denier, womens right's abuser, America-hating radical to George W. Bush. — CBS republishes vile New Republic article— Meet Iran's George W. Bush
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Kristina Wong / Political Punch:
Iran: The View from the White House
Iran: The View from the White House
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Can Leon Panetta move the C.I.A. forward without confronting its past? — The Central Intelligence Agency typically fights distant enemies, but on May 21st its leaders were preoccupied with a local opponent. A few miles from the agency's headquarters, which are in Langley, Virginia …
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Will Hutton / Guardian:
Paul Krugman's fear for lost decade — As analysts and media hailed the tentative emergence of green shoots last week, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman caused international shock with a prediction that the world economy would stagnate just as badly, and for just as long, as Japan's did in the 1990s.
Krooney / The Page:
Stimulus Concession — Biden tells “Meet the Press” that “everyone guessed wrong” on the impact of the stimulus, economy was worse off than anyone thought. — Backs away from the estimate that the funds could create or save 3.5 million jobs, instead promises 600,000 by the end of the summer.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHEN IN DOUBT, BLAME OBAMA.... Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R) appeared on ABC's “This Week” this morning — no, I'm not sure why he was invited on either — and was asked about developments in Iran. Naturally, the one-time presidential candidate said President Obama bears responsibility for what's transpired.
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Winds of Change? — Twenty years ago, I wrote a book about the Middle East, and recently I was thinking of updating it with a new introduction. It was going to be very simple — just one page, indeed just one line: “Nothing has changed.” — It took me two days covering the elections in Beirut to realize that I was dead wrong.