Cuando las elecciones no son elecciones. La farsa iraní.

Leo en “A Daily Briefing on Iran“:

Ask yourself two simple questions. Does the president of Iran hold any real power? Has any “candidate” (of which there are eight) been chosen by anyone other than the supreme leader and his cronies?

No, and no. Whoever is “elected” (and you can be sure that the outcome is already known, millions of “officially cast” ballots having been manufactured weeks ago, to ensure the right guy wins and that enough votes will have been cast) will be an instrument of the mullahcracy. The sole “issue” in the farce is how best to convince George W. Bush that it would be wrong for the United States to press on with support for the forces of freedom in Iran, because that would “force” the mullahs to crack down (which they are doing already). The slogan for the post-electoral period will be “give reform a chance.” And you can be sure that the useful idiots among us, from the Amanpour woman at CNN to the Haass man at the Council on Foreign Relations, have already prepared their sermons and their slogans, ranging from “hopes for a new relationship” to “a rare opportunity for an historic dialogue,” and other such slogans.

La farsa de los mullahs iraníes no cala ni entre sus gentes. No dejen de leerlo todo aquí.