Comments on: Ahmadinejad: Liar. Liar. Liar. http://www.yourish.com/2006/09/22/2047 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Dan http://www.yourish.com/2006/09/22/2047/comment-page-1#comment-21783 Dan Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:57:14 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/09/22/2047#comment-21783 We have to be mindful that this guy, the lunatic President, is executing the will of the ruling council. That council has been able to stay in the background, while the lunatic gathers attention to himself. I wouldn't be shocked that if the West were ever able to mount genuine diplomatic pressure against Iran, the ruling council would simply cashier the lunatic, and the West would see that gesture as one of "moderation," "reason" and "outreach." Instead of seeing it as a gimmick, a mere shuffling of the deck chairs on the Titanic. The lunatic could resign tomorrow, and the situation wouldn't be any the less dangerous. And that's because it's the ruling council and the whole regime that's the problem. We have to be mindful that this guy, the lunatic President, is executing the will of the ruling council. That council has been able to stay in the background, while the lunatic gathers attention to himself.

I wouldn’t be shocked that if the West were ever able to mount genuine diplomatic pressure against Iran, the ruling council would simply cashier the lunatic, and the West would see that gesture as one of “moderation,” “reason” and “outreach.” Instead of seeing it as a gimmick, a mere shuffling of the deck chairs on the Titanic. The lunatic could resign tomorrow, and the situation wouldn’t be any the less dangerous.

And that’s because it’s the ruling council and the whole regime that’s the problem.

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