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Quotable Quotes, from Hell
Ron gets a dark and scary no-prize for bringing us direct quotes from everyone's favorite Persian presidential loon on Israel, Jews, the US, and the west in general. You only thought he was a wacko.
Thing is, as I understand it anyway, the president is really not all that powerful in Iran. The "Supreme Leader" and the "Council of Guardians," both culled exclusively from the deeply conservative religious establishment, are where the real power is concentrated. In other words, a bunch of hyper-conservative Pat Robertson types with robes on who the western press doesn't even know exist are the people we actually should be paying attention to. They could be more wacky than ol' Pajamamani, they could be less. We just don't know.
"They could be more wacky than ol' Pajamamani, they could be less."
Dictators behind the scenes don't set up figureheads that are more vicious than themselves, unless they want their power base (the military) snatched right out from under them.
Not more wacky, but certainly more dangerous. And Ahmadnutjob would definitely be dangerous enough, if he had the power the mullahs wield.
Posted by: Tatterdemalian on October 11, 2007 09:31 PM