Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent, and News Agencies: Report: Defeated Ahmadinejad rival arrested in Iran
Talkback
Title:Fortuna Benmayor - shades of democracy
Name:Mark Lincoln
City: HoustonState: Texas
Fortuna, here in America the rich decide by campaign contributions who may run for office. In Israel the parties decide who the people voted for. In Iran the Ayatollahs decide who the people may vote for.

In Columbia the two major parties resemble the situation in the USA.

You seem to see the mote in the eye of Iranian democracy while ignoring the splinters in the eyes of American, Columbian and Israeli democracy.

Nice hypocrisy, but totally irrelevant.