huxley
2007-07-14 15:28:56
Something to remember is that the real power in Iran is not the President, but the Supreme Leader (currently Ayatollah Khamenei, successor of Ayatollah Khomeini). Iranian candidates must first be chosen by the Guardian Council before they can run for election.
Iran is not really a democracy and Ahmadinejad’s popularity, or lack of it, is not really the issue compared to Iran’s drive to acquire nuclear weapons, which started before him and will continue after him.
No one sensible in the West imagines we have a “blank check to do what we want in Iran.” Even the Iranian people have little say in that.
