Lawlessness as marketing tool
Jul 3, 2009 Oppression, Orient
After quashing the street demonstrations, Iran’s leadership has been trying to erase any lingering doubts about the legitimacy of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by portraying the unrest as sparked by foreign meddling, not by public anger over the June 12 election, which the protesters said was fraudulent. Prosecuting the detained Iranian members of the British Embassy staff could help boost its case before the Iranian public.
Is it really just me or is there an incredible non-sequitur in the above paragraph, a complete a leap of logic and almost an air of wishful thinking?
