A New Consensus? Michael J. Totten


	A New Consensus? Michael J. Totten

merrie

6-15-2009 8:13 PM

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ahmadinejad, mullah's election fraud, foreign journalist - michael j. totten

merrie says:

I know it's slightly less convenient for you read my work over there, but this means I don't have to rattle my tip jar over here.

I'm mostly finished with my next dispatch from Iraq, but I'm finding it difficult to concentrate on it right now. It's a bit "off topic" anyway, so I'm thinking of holding onto it for a bit. Maybe Iran will settle down soon.

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Visceral detestation of the Islamic Republic regime in Iran is all but universal.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/totten/69851"><P>Michael Goldfarb in the <EM>Weekly Standard</EM> <A href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/06/reality_check_1.asp">notices</A>, too.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/totten/69851"><P>The left, which may have reviled Ahmadinejad but was willing to do business with him anyway, seems to have become deeply hostile to any kind of diplomacy that could be seen as legitimizing this election result. The administration hasn’t quite caught up to this reality, offering weak statements about “irregularities” in the voting but no real sign that it will stand up and support the Iranian kids who are pleading for help as they’re beaten in the streets. 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