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		<title>By: Personnel Problem</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4520372</link>
		<dc:creator>Personnel Problem</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Can someone explain how this Mousavi is a reformer if he was PM under Khomeini for 8 years?? &quot;

How about Robert McFarlane?  (if you have the tiiiiiime....) 

just kidding, Bud, really!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Can someone explain how this Mousavi is a reformer if he was PM under Khomeini for 8 years?? &#8221;</p>
<p>How about Robert McFarlane?  (if you have the tiiiiiime&#8230;.) </p>
<p>just kidding, Bud, really!</p>
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		<title>By: CK MacLeod</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4508102</link>
		<dc:creator>CK MacLeod</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;People are outraged that I say this but it is true.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
People would have to take you seriously in order to become outraged.

Don&#039;t hold your breath.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>People are outraged that I say this but it is true.</p></blockquote>
<p>People would have to take you seriously in order to become outraged.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t hold your breath.</p>
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		<title>By: BIG PICTURE</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4507772</link>
		<dc:creator>BIG PICTURE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am no fan of that idiot Ahmadinejad, but he made some observations that are true that NOBODY in the US would dare say out loud:

(1) He accused the US of starting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to win votes in elections....

(2) &quot;The US government has made a series of mistakes in the past few decades,&quot; Ahmadinejad said an interview with the Los Angeles Times. &quot;The imposition on the US economy of the years of heavy military engagement and involvement around the world ... the war in Iraq, for example. These are heavy costs imposed on the US economy. &quot;The world economy can no longer tolerate the budgetary deficit and the financial pressures occurring from markets here in the United States, and by the US government,&quot; he added.

He said that in September 2008.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2008-09/24/content_7054711.htm

Number (1) above I know to be true. Yes, we did not go to war because of WMDs, imposing freedom, nor even for oil. Bush took us to war for political capital and for his legacy. Not even the Left is willing to spell this out. People are outraged that I say this but it is true.

Number (2) is so true but the right will say the opposite, that war and military spending are what stimulates the economy!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am no fan of that idiot Ahmadinejad, but he made some observations that are true that NOBODY in the US would dare say out loud:</p>
<p>(1) He accused the US of starting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to win votes in elections&#8230;.</p>
<p>(2) &#8220;The US government has made a series of mistakes in the past few decades,&#8221; Ahmadinejad said an interview with the Los Angeles Times. &#8220;The imposition on the US economy of the years of heavy military engagement and involvement around the world &#8230; the war in Iraq, for example. These are heavy costs imposed on the US economy. &#8220;The world economy can no longer tolerate the budgetary deficit and the financial pressures occurring from markets here in the United States, and by the US government,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>He said that in September 2008.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2008-09/24/content_7054711.htm"  rel="nofollow">http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2008-09/24/content_7054711.htm</a></p>
<p>Number (1) above I know to be true. Yes, we did not go to war because of WMDs, imposing freedom, nor even for oil. Bush took us to war for political capital and for his legacy. Not even the Left is willing to spell this out. People are outraged that I say this but it is true.</p>
<p>Number (2) is so true but the right will say the opposite, that war and military spending are what stimulates the economy!</p>
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		<title>By: The Greenroom &#187; Forum Archive &#187; The Iranian Elections and the Loser-in-Chief</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4507542</link>
		<dc:creator>The Greenroom &#187; Forum Archive &#187; The Iranian Elections and the Loser-in-Chief</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Greenwald over at Contentions declared the Mullahs to be the real victors, in what others have referred to as an &#8220;electoral coup.&#8221;  Greenwald may be right, [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Greenwald over at Contentions declared the Mullahs to be the real victors, in what others have referred to as an &#8220;electoral coup.&#8221;  Greenwald may be right, [...]</p>
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		<title>By: lester</title>
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		<dc:creator>lester</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>iranians don&#039;t care about &quot;hope&quot; and &quot;change&quot; anymore than most posters on this site do.

the slient majority carried the day</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>iranians don&#8217;t care about &#8220;hope&#8221; and &#8220;change&#8221; anymore than most posters on this site do.</p>
<p>the slient majority carried the day</p>
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		<title>By: turlock</title>
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		<dc:creator>turlock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You all are all misisng the point.  The reason the election in Iran turned out this way was because of Jewish settlements and George Bush.  Get with the narrative already folks!  ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You all are all misisng the point.  The reason the election in Iran turned out this way was because of Jewish settlements and George Bush.  Get with the narrative already folks!  ;)</p>
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		<title>By: Dickens</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dickens</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seventy percent of the vote? He wasn&#039;t that popular even when Bush the Belligerent caused the &quot;rise of the Islamists.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seventy percent of the vote? He wasn&#8217;t that popular even when Bush the Belligerent caused the &#8220;rise of the Islamists.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: CFB</title>
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		<dc:creator>CFB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you, materialist. Lipstick on a pig seems to be the theme of the day, and I&#039;m not just talking about who the international left is trying to pass off as stylish these days. Calling the farce in Iran an &#039;election&#039; or even a &#039;robust debate&#039; is the very definition of porcine maquillage. 

In honor of both the Iranian and American presidential farces, I intend to go breakfast on bacon now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you, materialist. Lipstick on a pig seems to be the theme of the day, and I&#8217;m not just talking about who the international left is trying to pass off as stylish these days. Calling the farce in Iran an &#8216;election&#8217; or even a &#8216;robust debate&#8217; is the very definition of porcine maquillage. </p>
<p>In honor of both the Iranian and American presidential farces, I intend to go breakfast on bacon now.</p>
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		<title>By: materialist</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4503482</link>
		<dc:creator>materialist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Given my respect for the opinions of JED I checked out Mousavi&#039;s &quot;Jackie O&quot; wife.  Either I hit on some really lousy photographers,  or there&#039;s a different standard of pulchritude out there.

But who am I to have an opinion?  Michelle Obama has always struck me as a dead ringer for the &quot;well-hung&quot; dentist in the movie M*A*S*H, in drag with a long-haired wig and heels.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Given my respect for the opinions of JED I checked out Mousavi&#8217;s &#8220;Jackie O&#8221; wife.  Either I hit on some really lousy photographers,  or there&#8217;s a different standard of pulchritude out there.</p>
<p>But who am I to have an opinion?  Michelle Obama has always struck me as a dead ringer for the &#8220;well-hung&#8221; dentist in the movie M*A*S*H, in drag with a long-haired wig and heels.</p>
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		<title>By: Ahmadi</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ahmadi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As an Iranian I am disgusted to hear that American media and Mr. Obama calls Iran&#039;s show an &quot;election&quot;.  People have short memory, when Mousavi was the president after 79 revolution, more people got killed and assassinated than ever before. Both these idiots, Ahmadinajad ( we call him the monkey) and Moussavi are &quot;terrorists&quot;.  Please dont elevate them to some sort of normal human beings.

I hope Obama will wake up and smell the roses, that him making nice with Iran, will only help ruling party and not the people.  Does Obama care that there are more women political prisoners in Iran than anywhere else. Does Obama know that religious minorities have no rights over there?  Does he care that if you convert to Christianity you will get killed?  does he know that peaceful Sufis are being killed?  Why is he in such a hurry to make nice with these terrorists?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As an Iranian I am disgusted to hear that American media and Mr. Obama calls Iran&#8217;s show an &#8220;election&#8221;.  People have short memory, when Mousavi was the president after 79 revolution, more people got killed and assassinated than ever before. Both these idiots, Ahmadinajad ( we call him the monkey) and Moussavi are &#8220;terrorists&#8221;.  Please dont elevate them to some sort of normal human beings.</p>
<p>I hope Obama will wake up and smell the roses, that him making nice with Iran, will only help ruling party and not the people.  Does Obama care that there are more women political prisoners in Iran than anywhere else. Does Obama know that religious minorities have no rights over there?  Does he care that if you convert to Christianity you will get killed?  does he know that peaceful Sufis are being killed?  Why is he in such a hurry to make nice with these terrorists?</p>
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		<title>By: Ragin Cajun</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ragin Cajun</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can someone explain how this Mousavi is a reformer if he was PM under Khomeini for 8 years??  I mean, I doubt old Ruhollah Khomeini would have as PM someone who wasn&#039;t wholly committed to the cause, pardon the pun. 

Mousavi was PM when Iran blew up the barracks in Beirut and killed 243 marines, when they blew up the US Embassy, when they took hostages throughout Lebanon, he was almost certainly involved in the Iran-Contra affair, he was PM while Iran was setting up and establishing Hezbollah, while they cemented their position as the #1 state sponsor of terror in the world...and he&#039;s a reformer?

The poster who compared him to Abbas is spot on.  A more presentable, less scary face to the world.  

But I do think the Pasdaran messed up by giving Ahmadinejad 66% or thereabout.  No one believes that.  If they were smart, they would have had him win by a much closer margin, say 53% or something.  Very close, but enough to avoid the runoff.  Everyone would have thought Mousavi made a valiant effort and fell just short.

At least Hezbollah lost in Lebanon.

Hopefully Bibi doesn&#039;t roll over on Sunday but it appears he&#039;s going to do just that.  Is he really going to be the PM who gives up both Hebron and Jerusalem to the PLO?  Does he not remember the most famous words in the history of Israel &quot;Har Ha-Bayit b&#039;Yadenu&quot;.  Does he want his epitaph to be &quot;Har Ha-Bayit b&#039;Yadehem&quot;?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can someone explain how this Mousavi is a reformer if he was PM under Khomeini for 8 years??  I mean, I doubt old Ruhollah Khomeini would have as PM someone who wasn&#8217;t wholly committed to the cause, pardon the pun. </p>
<p>Mousavi was PM when Iran blew up the barracks in Beirut and killed 243 marines, when they blew up the US Embassy, when they took hostages throughout Lebanon, he was almost certainly involved in the Iran-Contra affair, he was PM while Iran was setting up and establishing Hezbollah, while they cemented their position as the #1 state sponsor of terror in the world&#8230;and he&#8217;s a reformer?</p>
<p>The poster who compared him to Abbas is spot on.  A more presentable, less scary face to the world.  </p>
<p>But I do think the Pasdaran messed up by giving Ahmadinejad 66% or thereabout.  No one believes that.  If they were smart, they would have had him win by a much closer margin, say 53% or something.  Very close, but enough to avoid the runoff.  Everyone would have thought Mousavi made a valiant effort and fell just short.</p>
<p>At least Hezbollah lost in Lebanon.</p>
<p>Hopefully Bibi doesn&#8217;t roll over on Sunday but it appears he&#8217;s going to do just that.  Is he really going to be the PM who gives up both Hebron and Jerusalem to the PLO?  Does he not remember the most famous words in the history of Israel &#8220;Har Ha-Bayit b&#8217;Yadenu&#8221;.  Does he want his epitaph to be &#8220;Har Ha-Bayit b&#8217;Yadehem&#8221;?</p>
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		<title>By: g</title>
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		<dc:creator>g</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Brad, only five months. And yes, ever.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brad, only five months. And yes, ever.</p>
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		<title>By: Brad</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did they?

I wasn&#039;t listening.

:)

Seriously, though. Six months in. &lt;i&gt;Ever&lt;/i&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did they?</p>
<p>I wasn&#8217;t listening.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Seriously, though. Six months in. <i>Ever</i>.</p>
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		<title>By: Marks</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Brad, they said the same about Bush...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brad, they said the same about Bush&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Brad</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Worst. President. &lt;i&gt;Ever&lt;/i&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Worst. President. <i>Ever</i>.</p>
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		<title>By: CFB</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4502251</link>
		<dc:creator>CFB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The One took credit today for the outcome of the &#039;election&#039; in Iran -- does that mean he made A-jad get re-elected?

Is ANYONE in the MSM going to point out what a tool/fool this imposter is?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The One took credit today for the outcome of the &#8216;election&#8217; in Iran &#8212; does that mean he made A-jad get re-elected?</p>
<p>Is ANYONE in the MSM going to point out what a tool/fool this imposter is?</p>
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		<title>By: aardunza</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4502142</link>
		<dc:creator>aardunza</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Reminds me of the talking heads chns &#039;experts&#039; Lord, et al, the last days prior to the massacre in &#039;89 (when Maria S was HOT on NBC), but on the accelerated &#039;Future Shock&#039; timetable</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reminds me of the talking heads chns &#8216;experts&#8217; Lord, et al, the last days prior to the massacre in &#8216;89 (when Maria S was HOT on NBC), but on the accelerated &#8216;Future Shock&#8217; timetable</p>
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		<title>By: luv AA still</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4502082</link>
		<dc:creator>luv AA still</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>well, let a hundred flowers bloom and all...

still, obscuranto or no, does more in two than the lot in twenty, for sure!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>well, let a hundred flowers bloom and all&#8230;</p>
<p>still, obscuranto or no, does more in two than the lot in twenty, for sure!</p>
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		<title>By: Marks</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4502051</link>
		<dc:creator>Marks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ain&#039;t it funny that an attempt to collect credit redounds upon the self-acclaimed creditor? President Obama is comedy in action - yet I&#039;m not laughing...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ain&#8217;t it funny that an attempt to collect credit redounds upon the self-acclaimed creditor? President Obama is comedy in action &#8211; yet I&#8217;m not laughing&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Sam Johnson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sam Johnson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For our first Post-modern President, narrative trumps reality. So he proclaims that his speech in Cairo led to a robust debate and democratic elections, and no matter who wins, differing perspectives have been heard. We can continue our therapeutic diplomacy, working through our differences in a spirit of comity. If a few nukes rain down on Israel, well that will just magnify the importance of empathic listening to the grievances of the oppressed Mullahs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For our first Post-modern President, narrative trumps reality. So he proclaims that his speech in Cairo led to a robust debate and democratic elections, and no matter who wins, differing perspectives have been heard. We can continue our therapeutic diplomacy, working through our differences in a spirit of comity. If a few nukes rain down on Israel, well that will just magnify the importance of empathic listening to the grievances of the oppressed Mullahs.</p>
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		<title>By: The Jesuit</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Jesuit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CK MacLeod Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 8:50 PM 

Wow. I hadn&#039;t considered that. Barry&#039;s insufferable hubris has made him screw the pooch this time. ha. pass the popcorn.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CK MacLeod Says:<br />
June 12th, 2009 at 8:50 PM </p>
<p>Wow. I hadn&#8217;t considered that. Barry&#8217;s insufferable hubris has made him screw the pooch this time. ha. pass the popcorn.</p>
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		<title>By: Zoltan Newberry</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4501882</link>
		<dc:creator>Zoltan Newberry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Or a cartoon series.

What about a President Flapdoodle nightly cartoon show?

Please, FOX, do something!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Or a cartoon series.</p>
<p>What about a President Flapdoodle nightly cartoon show?</p>
<p>Please, FOX, do something!</p>
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		<title>By: Marks</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4501862</link>
		<dc:creator>Marks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sandberg, what &quot;election&quot;???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sandberg, what &#8220;election&#8221;???</p>
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		<title>By: Ole Sandberg</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4501771</link>
		<dc:creator>Ole Sandberg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We should all refuse to contribute to the further Orwellian corruption of the language by referring to this farce as an &quot;election.&quot;  After all, we are neither State Department employees nor presidential advisors/speech writers. At least have the decency to preface it with a &quot;pseudo&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We should all refuse to contribute to the further Orwellian corruption of the language by referring to this farce as an &#8220;election.&#8221;  After all, we are neither State Department employees nor presidential advisors/speech writers. At least have the decency to preface it with a &#8220;pseudo&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: aardunza</title>
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		<dc:creator>aardunza</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>But what about J Carter?

Or perhaps J Crater? :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But what about J Carter?</p>
<p>Or perhaps J Crater? :)</p>
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		<title>By: Mr.K</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4501652</link>
		<dc:creator>Mr.K</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The outcome was predictable as Khamenei stated his preference several times. All the rest was a masquerade, for interior and exterior purpose.
The decision was taken a long time ago by the Supreme Leader and the ways to reach this outcome were then put in place.
You do not change a winning team, or in other words, attack is still the best defense.
Will BHO now congratulate Ahmadi Nejad for his succesfull re-election...?
How low will he go..?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The outcome was predictable as Khamenei stated his preference several times. All the rest was a masquerade, for interior and exterior purpose.<br />
The decision was taken a long time ago by the Supreme Leader and the ways to reach this outcome were then put in place.<br />
You do not change a winning team, or in other words, attack is still the best defense.<br />
Will BHO now congratulate Ahmadi Nejad for his succesfull re-election&#8230;?<br />
How low will he go..?</p>
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		<title>By: Zoltan Newberry</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zoltan Newberry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a moment for great celebration and satire.

I think FOX seriously needs a late night comedy hour.

We need a nightly dose of President Ondomo pontificating endless platitudes of flapdoodle.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a moment for great celebration and satire.</p>
<p>I think FOX seriously needs a late night comedy hour.</p>
<p>We need a nightly dose of President Ondomo pontificating endless platitudes of flapdoodle.</p>
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		<title>By: Ray Gardner</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4501472</link>
		<dc:creator>Ray Gardner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wait. That can&#039;t be. Obama said his speech made a difference, and we should be seeing reform any minute now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wait. That can&#8217;t be. Obama said his speech made a difference, and we should be seeing reform any minute now.</p>
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		<title>By: CK MacLeod</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4501461</link>
		<dc:creator>CK MacLeod</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Several more shoes to drop here.  It&#039;s hard to see how the President&#039;s Rose Garden statement, seemingly endorsing the process, can be allowed to stand, but on the other hand reversing himself dramatically would amount to an intervention in an unsettled, potentially explosive situation - on the side of a pseudo-reformer who isn&#039;t worth supporting.

At this moment, it appears that he was, like some of his supporters, eager to take credit, deserved or not, for having virtually willed a &quot;better&quot; result, and for characterizing it as hopeful almost no matter what.  

In the novel, some p-o&#039;d CIA analyst intentionally shaped the intelligence to coax the hated Prez or some hated adviser out on a limb.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Several more shoes to drop here.  It&#8217;s hard to see how the President&#8217;s Rose Garden statement, seemingly endorsing the process, can be allowed to stand, but on the other hand reversing himself dramatically would amount to an intervention in an unsettled, potentially explosive situation &#8211; on the side of a pseudo-reformer who isn&#8217;t worth supporting.</p>
<p>At this moment, it appears that he was, like some of his supporters, eager to take credit, deserved or not, for having virtually willed a &#8220;better&#8221; result, and for characterizing it as hopeful almost no matter what.  </p>
<p>In the novel, some p-o&#8217;d CIA analyst intentionally shaped the intelligence to coax the hated Prez or some hated adviser out on a limb.</p>
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		<title>By: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc</title>
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		<dc:creator>Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Uh, um - well - give me a second since our trolls are missing in action for now...

OK - if Ahmadinejad&#039;s victory margin is as reported, then it&#039;s a fraud, and, see, the Cairo speech and the great fist un-clenching is um... no... OK... Well, now all the world can see that Iran&#039;s phony democracy is phony, and anything that happens there won&#039;t be our fault... um... Wait, no, see, OK - this one&#039;ll work:  We&#039;ve given legitimacy to the reformers, even if we appeared to be lending legitimacy...

James Jones, it was his fault, but he&#039;s on the way out, and this might be a good weekend to be caught playing with Bo.  Or would that be considered too offensive to our new best friends in the Middle East?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Uh, um &#8211; well &#8211; give me a second since our trolls are missing in action for now&#8230;</p>
<p>OK &#8211; if Ahmadinejad&#8217;s victory margin is as reported, then it&#8217;s a fraud, and, see, the Cairo speech and the great fist un-clenching is um&#8230; no&#8230; OK&#8230; Well, now all the world can see that Iran&#8217;s phony democracy is phony, and anything that happens there won&#8217;t be our fault&#8230; um&#8230; Wait, no, see, OK &#8211; this one&#8217;ll work:  We&#8217;ve given legitimacy to the reformers, even if we appeared to be lending legitimacy&#8230;</p>
<p>James Jones, it was his fault, but he&#8217;s on the way out, and this might be a good weekend to be caught playing with Bo.  Or would that be considered too offensive to our new best friends in the Middle East?</p>
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		<title>By: Rick</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4501382</link>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama must meet and bow and scrape to the A-man forthwith--NO PRECONDITIONS--not even a condition that the Iranian election represent a free and fair result. Democracy is for the little people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama must meet and bow and scrape to the A-man forthwith&#8211;NO PRECONDITIONS&#8211;not even a condition that the Iranian election represent a free and fair result. Democracy is for the little people.</p>
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		<title>By: Stuart Rose</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4501342</link>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Rose</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama can&#039;t even get his own naive position right. He touts the chance for the Iranian fists to open up and shakeable(though we know what Mousavi is- kosher in the eyes of the Revolutionary Guards and Khamanei) via the election process and now he rushes to praise an election that&#039;s sparking protests within Iran.  Vis-a-vis the rogue regimes and the authoritarian regimes of the world, Obama is a slave to whatever status quo prevails- or is made to prevail</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama can&#8217;t even get his own naive position right. He touts the chance for the Iranian fists to open up and shakeable(though we know what Mousavi is- kosher in the eyes of the Revolutionary Guards and Khamanei) via the election process and now he rushes to praise an election that&#8217;s sparking protests within Iran.  Vis-a-vis the rogue regimes and the authoritarian regimes of the world, Obama is a slave to whatever status quo prevails- or is made to prevail</p>
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		<title>By: Maine's Michael</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4501311</link>
		<dc:creator>Maine's Michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Better the more honest face of Iranian power and his wife in the black sack, than the better looking man with the &#039;Michele Obama of Teheran&#039; as his wife.

Image is everything, these days. A good looking first lady of Iran would make Israel&#039;s morally inevitable strike on Iran even less popular with the Obama bunch that it would otherwise be.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Better the more honest face of Iranian power and his wife in the black sack, than the better looking man with the &#8216;Michele Obama of Teheran&#8217; as his wife.</p>
<p>Image is everything, these days. A good looking first lady of Iran would make Israel&#8217;s morally inevitable strike on Iran even less popular with the Obama bunch that it would otherwise be.</p>
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		<title>By: Earlg</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4501241</link>
		<dc:creator>Earlg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ahmadi &lt;em&gt;&#039;the still living terrorist&#039;&lt;/em&gt; Nejad is a &quot;great guy&quot; in the eyes of Supreme Fubar &amp; the Council.  He&#039;s cowed the US and has even predicted &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2008-09/24/content_7054711.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US &#039;empire&#039; nears collapse&lt;/a&gt; with almost chilling accuracy(No, I do not think Obummer is Muslim.  Yes, I do believe Obama is a revolutionary, cultural Marxist).    

If Ahmadi doesn&#039;t win...I&#039;d be even more wary of the &#039;Honey, I&#039;m home!&#039; reformist.  

Why on earth would the Mullah&#039;s(Supreme Fubar included) dump Ahamd?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ahmadi <em>&#8216;the still living terrorist&#8217;</em> Nejad is a &#8220;great guy&#8221; in the eyes of Supreme Fubar &amp; the Council.  He&#8217;s cowed the US and has even predicted <a target="_blank" href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2008-09/24/content_7054711.htm"  rel="nofollow">US &#8216;empire&#8217; nears collapse</a> with almost chilling accuracy(No, I do not think Obummer is Muslim.  Yes, I do believe Obama is a revolutionary, cultural Marxist).    </p>
<p>If Ahmadi doesn&#8217;t win&#8230;I&#8217;d be even more wary of the &#8216;Honey, I&#8217;m home!&#8217; reformist.  </p>
<p>Why on earth would the Mullah&#8217;s(Supreme Fubar included) dump Ahamd?</p>
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		<title>By: Michael J. Totten</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael J. Totten</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellent, Abe. 

Hope and change for me, but not for thee.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent, Abe. </p>
<p>Hope and change for me, but not for thee.</p>
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		<title>By: Chad</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4501132</link>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why would this administrations response be surprising?

The State Department says that Hugo Chavez&#039;s president-for-life referendum, was &quot;a process that was fully consistent with democratic process&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why would this administrations response be surprising?</p>
<p>The State Department says that Hugo Chavez&#8217;s president-for-life referendum, was &#8220;a process that was fully consistent with democratic process&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: newrouter</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4501091</link>
		<dc:creator>newrouter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;For Moussavi is also claiming victory. More than that, he’s openly alleging widespread voter fraud and election rigging &lt;/blockquote&gt;

i wonder if the O! sent over acorn to help imadinnerjacket</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>For Moussavi is also claiming victory. More than that, he’s openly alleging widespread voter fraud and election rigging </p></blockquote>
<p>i wonder if the O! sent over acorn to help imadinnerjacket</p>
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		<title>By: Bra Czar ༼◯◯༽</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4501042</link>
		<dc:creator>Bra Czar ༼◯◯༽</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually she was being compared to Michelle O who is compared to Jackie O.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually she was being compared to Michelle O who is compared to Jackie O.</p>
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		<title>By: nacl</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4501041</link>
		<dc:creator>nacl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If these early, 70% results against Mousori are correct, they are not a bad outcome. They would help  show  the situation in uncertain terms. Even The Nation and its correspondent, Dreyfuss, is calling Ahmedinejad, and his supporters fasicsts and wild men.  

Let&#039;s hope the Administration is denied the illusion of a circumspect Iranian administration.  That the danger remains stark and undeniable is for the best.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If these early, 70% results against Mousori are correct, they are not a bad outcome. They would help  show  the situation in uncertain terms. Even The Nation and its correspondent, Dreyfuss, is calling Ahmedinejad, and his supporters fasicsts and wild men.  </p>
<p>Let&#8217;s hope the Administration is denied the illusion of a circumspect Iranian administration.  That the danger remains stark and undeniable is for the best.</p>
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		<title>By: Abu Wassercom</title>
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		<dc:creator>Abu Wassercom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mousavi is to Ahmadinejad what Abbas was to Arafat: a more presentable terrorist for the West to be suckered by.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mousavi is to Ahmadinejad what Abbas was to Arafat: a more presentable terrorist for the West to be suckered by.</p>
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		<title>By: J.E. Dyer</title>
		<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/69502/comment-page-1#comment-4501021</link>
		<dc:creator>J.E. Dyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m disgusted.  I was all stoked to get super-chic chador tips from Mrs. Moussavi, whom I  understand to the be the Iranian Jackie O.  How are we going to have a fresh new breeze blow through relations with Iran if old Ahmadinejad is still fronting for the Guardian Council after all the tumult and shouting die?

Well.  Color me disappointed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m disgusted.  I was all stoked to get super-chic chador tips from Mrs. Moussavi, whom I  understand to the be the Iranian Jackie O.  How are we going to have a fresh new breeze blow through relations with Iran if old Ahmadinejad is still fronting for the Guardian Council after all the tumult and shouting die?</p>
<p>Well.  Color me disappointed.</p>
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