Listen to Mahmoud
Although I don’t agree with the editorial on the WSJ today, I have to admit that it has a good point:
The temptation in many quarters in the West is to assume that Crazy Mahmoud can’t really mean what he says; he must be acting out for “domestic” political reasons. And even if he does mean what he says about wiping Israel off the map, well, Europeans and Americans don’t need to worry about that. Call us conservative, or even neoconservative, but when a leader relentlessly seeking weapons of mass destruction starts issuing apocalyptic ultimatums, our instinct is to believe him.
Believe him or not, what question about should we do remain completely open.
Technorati Tags: Ahmadinejad - Iran - Access of evil - War on Terror - Nuclear Weapon
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The power balance in Iran is more fragile than you describe. Yes, the policy making is in the hand of the religious leadership, however the personality of the president and its political ability allowed him to gather more decision freedom.
I do agree with you that he is coordinated with the "real leadership" but I think that he also has greater influence on the policy than his predecessor.
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