This semester was very busy, and the first month of Summer was as well, as I was moving, leaving town every other week, working, and starting my internship.
So, this morning I woke up to see a Tweet (Oh, you can follow me on Twitter. twitter.com/iheartnpr.) from CNN. "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won country's election with 62 percent of vote, government says."
...what?
That simply CANNOT be right. I expected a run-off, or a very close win, at best. But, to get more than 12% of the required votes to win?! I refuse to believe it.
Refuse.
Why do we work so hard to install Democracy everywhere, when clearly it is so easily corrupted? It's disappointing, and insulting to me, as someone who loves his country and believe's in its process, to see it so perverted abroad.
Mir Hossein Moussavi, current President Ahmadinejad's main opponent in the elction, said Iran "belongs to the people and not cheaters." (CNN)
Amen, brother. If only it were ever to have been true.
So, today's word is "the election," (as in a municipal election) despite the fact that is should so clearly be "disappointment."
CNN Article
Français: les élections
Español: las elecciones
Italiano: l'elezione
Deutsch: die Wahl
日本語: 選挙 (せんきょ) [senkyo]
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