so now he's stuck with precious few options with regards to the stolen election in iraq.
I think Obama expected and wanted Ahmadinejad to win. There's little difference between the two mullah-picked candidates, in any case. But Ahmadinejad personally is important to Obama because he is the best buddy of Obama's best buddy, Hugo Chavez. Ahmadinejad has spent considerable amounts of time and money helping Chavez and also helping him stir up left wing trouble in the rest of Latin America.
The Iranians have been suffering under a truly miserable economy, and it no doubt angers them to see Ahmadinejad lavishing so much effort (and probably money) on Venezuela while they have such severe problems. That's the only reason I can see for this little rebellion.
But I am convinced that Obama has been relatively quiet because he was just assuming that Ahmadinejad would win and that the three of them, Obama, Chavez and Ahmadinejad, would be able to continue their cozy threesome.