Interesting. Bush's bullying Iran may SAVE Ahmadinejad's Presidency

[Horse with no Name]

This asshat sounds achingly familiar....Ironically, Bush could give Ahmadinejad his very own "911"-event.


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Ahmadinejad was elected on a platform of anti-corruption and financial transparency, and few appreciated how rapidly he was intoxicated with the prerogatives of his office. He very soon forgot the real help he had received in ensuring his election, basking in the belief that God and the people had put him in power. Ahmadinejad soon had a view for all seasons: uranium enrichment. Of course Iran would pursue this, and what's more, sell it on the open market at knockdown rates. As for interest rates, they were far too high for the ordinary borrower, so cut them immediately. And then there was the Holocaust.
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Views such as these, along with his well publicised unorthodox religious convictions, have earned him the ridicule of political foes. What is more striking perhaps is the growing concern of those who should be considered his allies, especially in the parliament. These are people who supported him and expected results. They expected their populist protege to overturn the heresy of reform.
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Ironically, it is this very international crisis that may serve to save Ahmadinejad's presidency, a reality that the president undoubtedly understood all too well. As domestic difficulties mount, the emerging international crisis could at best serve as a rallying point, or at worst persuade Iran's elite that a change of guard would convey weakness to the outside world.

There can be little doubt that US hawks will interpret recent events as proof that pressure works, and that any more pressure will encourage the hawks further. Yet the reality is that while Ahmadinejad has been his own worst enemy, the US hawks are his best friends. Ahmadinejad's demise, if it comes, will have less to do with the international environment and more with his own political incompetence. There is little doubt that it will take more than a cosmetic change to get Washington to listen to Iran. But the real question mark, as the Baker-Hamilton commission found to its cost, is whether Washington is inclined to listen at all.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2001703,00.html

[DinahMoeHum]

1. Well, Bush has already made a martyr out of a dictator

named Saddam Hussein (and remember, he was once the US's S.O.B. in that part of the world)

Doing something similar with Iran would be just the sort of shit MonkeyBoy likes to play with.

:evilfrown:

[Warpy]

2. His constant weenie wagging

is why Ahmedinejad got elected in the first place.

Iran is overdue for major reform. If Stupid could have been prevailed upon to SHUT THE FUCK UP, that reform and modernization would have happened.

It's an opinion shared with an acquaintance who travels there a few times a year on business.

[Hippo_Tron]

3. No kidding, Iran needs to get rid of Ahmadinejad and America needs to get rid of Bush

Then maybe we can get some rational thinking people to negotiate instead of two spoiled children that love saber rattling.

[redqueen]

4. Not really news... Randi's been talking about that for a while. n/t

[Phredicles]

5. Figures: Whatever the Dear Leader claims he's trying to do, he

accomplishes the opposite.