A sobering essay on Iran from a blog.
Western Misconceptions: aka...
This election has made Ahmadinejad a powerful president
Western democracies assume that publics will elect liberals who will protect their rights. In reality, it's a more complicated world. Hitler is the classic example of someone who came to power constitutionally, and then preceded to gut the constitution. Similarly, Ahmadinejad's victory is a triumph of both democracy and repression.