Monday, August 25, 2008

So Much For The Moderate Mullah Theory

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has, during his tenure as President of Iran, proven himself to be an apparent madman and an anti-Semite to the extreme.

Many people have theorized that the Mullahs secretly disliked Ahmadinejad and considered him too brash and over-the-top in his rhetoric.

Now, we have confirmation that that theory is simply not accurate:


Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Backs Ahmadinejad for Another Term in Office

BBC: Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has urged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to prepare for a second term in office amid fierce criticism.

The ayatollah praised the president for "standing up" to the West and predicted he would be returned to office for four more years at the 2009 election.

Critics accuse Mr Ahmadinejad, a foreign policy hardliner, of failing to control inflation and unemployment.

Such public backing from the ayatollah for a president is rare, analysts say.

Mr Ahmadinejad, who won the 2005 presidential election, has caused controversy abroad by calling for the destruction of Israel and pressing ahead with uranium enrichment.

Iranian Leader Backs Ahmadinejad >>>

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Next you are going to tell me there is no Santa Clause!

The old madmen support the young madmen... Pshya, SHOCKER!

Pastorius said...

No, I am firmly convinced there is no Santa Claus. However, from what I can determine, there are no unicorns dancing in pristine meadows.

Epaminondas said...

Every leader since 1979, every member of the Guardian Council, every head of the pasdaran, basij, and IRGC has said only ONE THING about the west and the jews.

JUST
ONE
THING

Look at it this way, they are the worst salesmen in the galaxy. No one here believes a damn thing they say.

They just can't get no respect

Pastorius said...

They may be the worst salesmen in the galaxy, but the product they are selling (mass-extermination of the Jews), is desired by the Euros.

I'm guessing the Euros just wished the Iranians would be a little more, shall we say, nuanced in their approach.

Epaminondas said...

With the French Ambassador at a London cocktail party calling Israel that "shitty little country" it's hard to believe anything else.

SSDD

But you're right about nuanced. In 1421 the Austrians just gathered them up, and rather than risk their health with thousands of dead bodies, put them all onto rudderless boats in the Danube and launched them downstream. Bon Voyage!

Later the Zyklon approach turned out to be too messy anyway.

Best to leave it to have one group of untermenschen wipe out the other..but they're so crude about it!

Pastorius said...

Well put, Epa. I have nothing to add to that.

Pastorius said...

Well put, Epa. I have nothing to add to that.