Posted on 01/20/2007 7:28:32 PM PST by blam
Hands up if you've lost the plot By Gethin Chamberlain, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 12:02am GMT 21/01/2007Page 1 of 3
First, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad alienated the rest of the world with his religious extremism, nuclear ambitions and global grandstanding. Now, due to domestic failures and economic incompetence, he is doing the same to ordinary Iranians
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been blamed for Iran's woes
Imagine you are the president of Iran. You awake to discover that a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is heading in your direction, as is a new anti-missile defence system to protect your neighbours from the missiles you plan to point at them.
A bad week? Not really, because you have just taken delivery of a new missile system of your own. You have Iraq in the palm of your hand and you have just returned from a nice jaunt to South America, where you made new friends who share your loathing of the Great Satan.
You are ready to bask in the warm glow of admiration. And then you discover that the price of tomatoes has trebled in a month and your supporters have deserted you.
Had Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spent less time goading the Americans, and more time studying their democratic process, he might have picked up the lesson that George W Bush's father learnt the hard way from Bill Clinton in 1992: "It's the economy, stupid."
Ahmadinejad came to power in 2005 promising to use oil money to cut the gap between rich and poor. If he has succeeded, it is only because both groups are now struggling to make ends meet.
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That's the outfit Michael Jackson used to wear.
"Throw ya hands in the air, and catch 'em like ya just don't care..."
Now that funny ROFL
The next trick or s.o.p. for a despot is to attack their neighbor....wait...Afghanistan or Iraq? Gee, the US is in both of those and an attack will bring it on....Check Mate...
Perhaps I am alone in thinking this but I think "the stinky man in the members only jacket" has a very limited time left here on Earth and will be very dead, very soon.
OPINION: Well you have a point there, Volunteer. AllMyJihad seems hell-bent on heading for Hell right along with his mahdi.
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The Iranian government is as fiscally backward as it is spiritually bankrupt. Government regulated subsidies on basic commodities is used to maintain a strict policy of isolationism. The last thing the government of Iran would do is directly empower the Iranian people by fostering a free market. Granted the economics of the Bazaar leave much to be desired, fascist Ayatohlahs who believe "the economy is for donkeys"; can only hurt. The fact is, without oil and gas revenue the Iranian government couldn't exist the way is has for so long. The Iranian regime has the heart of a zombie pumping black blood to survive.
Could it be that Lil Stinky, the emperor, has no clothes?
The only allies poor ol' stinky has left is Chavez and the Democrat Party leadership.
You... SHUT UP!!!
Yes, MyGodIGottaGetAJob is probably heading for hell. Unfortunately, people like him tend to take lots of other people out with him. The question is, who will those people be?
OPINION: He wants to take out Israel. He really does.
Yes, and he just might attempt it. Actually, I'm curious why he hasn't made the attempt already. If he couldn't actually carry it out himself, I'm sure that North Korea would be more than happy to lend him the material and the means.
I suppose they could head for Turkey..... No, that isn't a good idea either.
Pakistan? Oops, they got nukes....No.
Azerbajan? Allied with Turkey, US, and Israel, and adjascent to a large section of Iran that is both oil rich and majority Azerbajani, so that could lead to separatist pressures inside Iran.
Only 51% of Iran is Persian. Most of the nuclear rhetoric is for domestic consumption.
Pakistan? They are ripe for a fundi muzzi takeover, but it must be done carefully, since they have nukes. Or if feeling really adventurous, Armenia, Azerbaijan, or Turkmenistan.
I also read that Iran is set to implement gas rationing in March. If I were an ordinary Iranian, I would quickly tire of some midget A$$ Clown with a messiah complex jetting off to far flung capitals & making gradiose promises (with MY tax dollars) while my standard of living goes down the toilet. Oh, and there is that little part about wiping Israel off the map. While a Jihadi might be gung-ho for that, they can't be so stupid as to think that Iran will walk away from that unscathed. Having your country turned into a radioactive sheet-of-glass might be too high a price to pay for their leader's religious fantasies.
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