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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [QB] It's the Guardian Council that calls the shots- a seperate group of "experts" advises the Supreme Honcho and the Council. I guess. It's pretty wacky, really- it looks like the election process is a parallel and not very influential system that elects a vetted leader, who in turn, mainly sets economic policies and social services...and is the visible head of state, while the Supreme Leader does not give interviews or answer to the people. [URL=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105532643]NPR explains it better than me.[/URL] People are [i]pissed[/i]- and rightly so- but i dont see how this can lead to real systematic changes...not unless the government does something really stupid and attempts to put down the protests through violence. Then the shit be [i]on[/i]. A salon writer points out that it's difficult to imagine everything going back to pre-election calm without some resolution/concession to the opposition and the suprisingly vocal protestors. The Iran government is already (and not suprisingly) saying that the United States is responsible for the unrest. Obama is doing the right thing by keeping the US response minimal and respecting anotyher country's right to fuck up an election. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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