[Lurker]

They're may possibly trade one ayatolla for another.

There's hardly any good in that.

L

[verum ago]

They're may possibly trade one ayatolla for another.
There's hardly any good in that.

This Ayatollah is an opponent of theocracy

[Darnright]

>There's hardly any good in that.<

This man believes in separation of mosque and state. He opposes the idea of an islamic theocracy.

[The_Reader_David]

I guess you've forgotten that al-Sistani in Iraq bears the title Ayatollah, and has been objectively very helpful to our cause there.

Replacing Ayatollahs who think that launching a nuclear war will hasten the return of the Twelfth Imam and that the state and mosque should be completely enmeshed with one who wants to wait patiently for the Twelfth Imam and separate religion and politics sounds to me like a good deal for both us and the Persians.

[gleeaikin]

"What difference does it make to trade one ayatolla for another."

This ayatolla favors separation of church and state, a very big difference in a muslim country. This separation has been a major factor in development of American democracy and plurality.