M482012AN5
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In it's latest dog and pony show, Iran showcases the integrity and structural efficiency of its bureaucratic system in suspending the execution sentenced to a former Marine accused of espionage and issuing him a retrial, citing a lack of evidentiary support for the initial ruling.
 
They never planned to kill this guy. Just another well-crafted international media miniseries, drowning out any trace of whatever actually transpired, most disappointing of which being the main factors and determinants for how they played this. I wonder if those parliamentary elections had anything to do with it.
 
Anyone have any thoughts on what they're trying to communicate? What they're not?
 
Link to NYT article: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/w...ered-for-american-in-iran.html?_r=1&ref=world
				
			They never planned to kill this guy. Just another well-crafted international media miniseries, drowning out any trace of whatever actually transpired, most disappointing of which being the main factors and determinants for how they played this. I wonder if those parliamentary elections had anything to do with it.
Anyone have any thoughts on what they're trying to communicate? What they're not?
Link to NYT article: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/w...ered-for-american-in-iran.html?_r=1&ref=world