Lugar: Hands Off Iran, For Now

(AP)
"Our position is to allow the Iranians to work out their situation," Richard Lugar, R-Ind., told The Early Show Tuesday.
Iran's powerful Guardian Council said Tuesday it could order limited vote recounts in the contest between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who reportedly won in a landslide, and opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Asked if this was a sign of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's grip on Iran slipping, Lugar said the Ayatollah was more likely recognizing the frustration of the country's youth.
"Lightening up may be useful," Lugar said of Khamenei.
You can watch the video of Lugar below:
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He is right, we should stay out of this...for now.
Politicians are just shifting the issues but the reality is who cares not me.
(CBS, the old system was better).
Paper ballots are not a bad thing as such, except when you vote in a bus and everyone can see who you vote for. Try to imagine Diebold machines used in Iran ...
There might have been fraud and when ballots are not really secret, many things can happen.
There might have been fraud? Two hours after the poles closed he was declared the winner by a 66% to 33% margin. The ballots were all paper ballots. With the large rural community a large number of the ballots had to be sent to centers for counting, hand counting. How can this be done in two hours? It can't. There is no might have. But you are correct in sayong the real power resides with Ali Khamenei so this really doesn't matter that much. They will have free elections when they get rid of the council.
Still, Ahmadinejad won because of demographics. Young people in the streets voted for Mousavi ? Maybe. Older people, more conservative, voted for Ahmadinejad. In a few years, maybe ...
On the other hand, one shouldn't forget that the real power is in the hands of Ali Khamenei and the guardians council. Ahmadinejad or Mousavi ? Probably not such a big deal.