SMELLS NICE. Via Drum, see this American Footprints rundown on the Iranian elections, which did not go well at all for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his allies. The post makes an important point at the end: "The results will certainly please Western capitals. Not that we should expect any major shifts in Iran's foreign policy, which in any event isn't controlled by Ahmadinejad."
Meanwhile, was Ahmadinejad's list of allied candidates really called the "Sweet Scent of Service" coalition? Is that alliterative in Farsi?
--Sam Rosenfeld
