The Ahmadinejad Effect

by: Paul Goodman

Sun Jun 14, 2009 at 21:27

What do you think the repressive regimes of the region are going to conclude about Obama's response to massacre, disappearances, and torture of pro-democracy movements after seeing his response to Ahmadinejad?

Conclusion: We can pull a Tiananmen and Obama will do nothing but congratulate us on a "robust debate".

"The Obama Effect" was a false dawn for Middle East democracy, now we wake up to the nightmare.

(if this is "not a diary" forgive me, but I see no open thread)

Paul Goodman :: The Ahmadinejad Effect

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