http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/world/middleeast/24iran.html?em&ex=1190779200&en=e25867ba75cd9489&ei=5087%0A
"Mr. President, you exhibit all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator,"
The reality is that Ahmadinijad is merely a propaganda mouthpiece for the Supreme rulers who call the shots in Iran. He's even getting heat back in Iran for some of his anti-Israeli remarks even from some of his fellow hardliners.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070924/ap_on_re_us/iran_us;_ylt=At6e6fqmmITHaENZLFUq_vWs0NUE
What do you think?
2007-09-24 11:52:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The real power in Iran lies with the Shiite clergy and their supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khomeini.
Ahmadinejad will most probably get his butt chewed when he gets back for allegedly softening his stance on Israel and other evasive remarks and answers - rather than standing firm on his religious hardliner agenda.
He may indeed be "the wrong guy" - but Khomeini certainly isn't going to tread on American soil and he hasn't accepted any invitations to be interviewed lately - so we take the next best thing, his "propaganda mouth piece."
2007-09-24 12:04:33 · answer #1 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
He is currently more irrelevant and impotent then OBL.
The real leaders of Iran are not very happy with his loony remarks and grandstanding.
He will lose the next Presidential Election in Iran. He will then fade from public view.
2007-09-24 12:00:36 · answer #2 · answered by Think 1st 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the US focus is on the wrong guy, just like it was with Saddam and not Ben Laden. But, you have to know why it is so, we, the little people are fooled by the Bush Administration lies once more. It's oil. oil and more oil for Bush and his big shot friends.
2007-09-24 11:59:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes- I'd much rather get Osama Bin Laden first, then we can go back to the subjugation of the Middle East for oil or whatever. Priorities people!
2007-09-24 11:57:03 · answer #4 · answered by Beardog 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
We need another "boogie man" to turn our attention away from the crap oil war ..er.. Iraq war so the Reps. can stand a chance to try and win in 2008 election.
Pelosi does irk me, she should have tried to kick out Bush! sellout!
2007-09-24 15:11:25 · answer #5 · answered by chuck b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean like when they went and got the perpetrator of 9-11 Saddam Hussein. Bush was focused on the right guy (OBL by the way) for all of about a month. Now Bush no longer thinks about him. He's to busy making money for all of his business buddies.
2007-09-24 11:58:12 · answer #6 · answered by mrlebowski99 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
As long as that "petty dictator" is allowed to speak for Iran, he is the voice of Iran.
2007-09-24 11:56:47 · answer #7 · answered by macaroni 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Exactly. if Bin Laden Is still alive and making videos, why aren't we hunting him down?
2007-09-24 12:05:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You seem to have quite an interest in this. I don't really.
I know that we have ignored dictators in the past and wished we hadn't. Maybe this time we are ahead of the game for once.
g-day!
2007-09-24 11:59:36 · answer #9 · answered by Kekionga 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
yea I doubt he has very much power over his own country
2007-09-24 11:57:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋