This article reads like a play by play of our midterm elections. From Arab News: Ahmadinejad May Be Heading for His First Major Political Defeat
While trying to project his image as a world leader offering an alternative to “American hegemony”, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of the Islamic Republic of Iran may be heading for his first major political defeat at home. In fact, some analysts in Tehran expect his defeat to be so decisive as to puncture the super-inflated image created by his friends and foes, albeit for different reasons.
It is in the context of two sets of elections, to be held on Dec. 15, that Ahmadinejad’s defeat is expected to materialize.
From Dr. Thomas Barnett:
I think we’re not anticipating success effectively enough with Iran. We may be under the delusion that our hard stance is holding sway, but it’s really the Iranian people themselves delivering the change, thus they remain the essential target of the soft-kill strategy (which works already far more than we realize, so cut-off from Iran are we!).
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