A comparison of US Elections 2016

1. History repeats itself…
How 2016 US Elections is similar to 2005 Iranian
Election when Ahmadinejad was elected…

2. In 1997, the moderate and
modern-thinking
candidate, Khatami was
elected. He was elected
again 4 years later in 2001.

3. A wave of optimism
swept Iran - for
change for the
better… reform…

4. But his efforts were
blocked, thwarted
and sabotaged by
the establishment
leading his
supporters losing
faith in him and his
policies…

5. For 2005 elections,
Ahmadinejad, an
outsider with a direct
and street-smart
rhetoric and many
populist promises
became candidate.
His tactic was mainly
directly attacking
opponents…

6. Other candidates
included moderate
Rafsanjani, an
experienced politician
and formerly two-time
president. But for
people, he smelled of
the same
establishment they
were weary of.

7. Arguably, the most
radical candidate was
Karroubi, promising to
bring a wind of
change and stand up
to the establishment.

8. Elections got to the
second round,
Karroubi defeated, so
the choice was
between the
newcomer and the
establishment…

9. People chose …
Ahmadinejad.

10. Forgetting that he never really
showed any plans for promises
he made. Not a single one.

11. While Khatami used to talk about
friendship and dialogue with all
nations, Ahmadinejad was all for
enmity with US, Israel… you
name it.
He broke off nuclear
negotiations and resulted in one
of the most severe sanctions
experienced by a nation.

12. Ahmadinejad took over the
government with a surplus
budget, and by the time he
left, he created the biggest
government debt in the
history of Iran.
No one really knows where
$800bln of oil revenues
during his term went…

13. During his term, he made
the most bizarre comments,
initially sounding funny but
soon it sounded as if he was
egomaniac, deluded, and
perhaps crazy.

14. He proved that if someone
sounds like a lunatic, he
probably is one…

15. Will we ever learn
from our
mistakes?

16. p.s.
Next president after Ahmadinejad,
even after 3 years, still trying to
clean up the mess he created
during his terms…
And the people still suffer from the
most severe inflationary
recession in the Iranian history.