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Originally Posted by Caged Great
Hopefully this means the end of the government in Iran as it sits now.
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The danger of having Khamenei declare the elections to be valid, is that it effectively brands all protestors as dissidents. It provides an excuse for 'legitimate' police forces to restrain/enforce the presiding regime.
In either scenario (Revolution/Status-Quo), the people of Iran will ultimately be the ones that face pain and suffering. Based on the violence we've seen thus far...even if Khamenei/Ahmadinejad are removed from power, there will be a bloody struggle for power.
On a sidenote;
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblog...n_resolu_1.asp