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Posted on 06/16/2009 11:57:32 AM PDT by pissant
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday branded Iran's election result a fraud as the international outcry over the security forces' crackdown on the opposition in Tehran intensified.
Governments from Asia to Europe voiced concern about the violence that erupted Monday during rallies protesting the hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election, with US President Barack Obama saying he had "deep concerns" while also not wanting to meddle in Iran's affairs.
But while some governments tried to avoid taking sides, Sarkozy said the unrest was a direct result of Ahmadinejad's failings in his first term.
"The extent of the fraud is proportional to the violent reaction," said the French leader.
"It is a tragedy, but it is not negative to have a real opinion movement that tries to break its chains," Sarkozy said.
"If Ahmadinejad has really made progress since the last election and if he really represents two thirds of the electorate... why has this violence erupted?"
(Excerpt) Read more at africasia.com ...
Sarkozy is willing to denounce this kind of fraud because, unlike our president, he is opposed to it.
It’s a sad day when the French have bigger ones than an American President...
WOW
You go, Nick...
:)
Hard to act like you have a set when you are neutered.
How far we have fallen.
The French President has more balls than the American one.
I envy the French as their president has balls while ours is a eunuch.
To recap the scores so far this week... Netanyahu 1, Zero 0. Sarkozy 1, Zero 0.
No, France leads the way.
Ours is hardly in a postion to complain about vote fraud.
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