TheBigOldDog on July 1, 2008 at 6:28 PM

One wonders how much Iranian media you actually read, if any. Criticism of Ahmadinejad happens all the time, actually, and almost everyday in reformist papers like Etemad-e Melli. Iranian politics is not as unitary as is commonly (mis)portrayed in the west.

Great point and one often lost on most in the West. For example: Ahmadinejad is not Commander in Chief of the military. He could not order a missile attack on Israel if he wanted to. The military falls under Khameini and he must issue such an order. Khameini even has the power to remove Ahmadinejad from office by decree. Ahmadinejad is a few nuggets short of a Happy Meal but he isn’t the only lunatic in that insane asylum they call Iran.

It’s good-cop bad-cop.

Wait until you have the weapons of mass destruction before you threaten to destroy a whole race of people. Pretending to have WMDs without having or using them can get you in trouble. Ask Saddam Hussein. Remember him?

volsense on July 1, 2008 at 5:42 PM

I’d ask Saddam but his DEAD, and this is precisely why they are telling “I’m a crazy dinner-jacket” to STFU! They (Iran) don’t want to be next to be taken out at least until they have a nuke which is why the US or Israel needs to take out the mad mullahs now and not later!

NPP on July 1, 2008 at 6:11 PM

Uh, ya. The papers are full of daily criticism of him by other political and religious leaders inside Iran. Happens every day…/sarc off

The first rule of Nuke Club is : Don’t talk like a psychopath.

harrison on July 1, 2008 at 5:20 PM

You mean, the first rule of trying to get into the Nuke Club is : Don’t talk like a psychopath.

Once you’re in you can go all Kim Jong Il if you want. In fact, it pays big.

Translation: Shut the heck up until we actually have the bomb dummy.

TheBigOldDog on July 1, 2008 at 5:08 PM

A+ in reading comprehension.