According to this morning’s WaPo Ahmadinejad has said he believes the 12th Imam is back and leading Iran:
Ahmadinejad Criticized for Saying Long-Ago Imam Mahdi Leads Iran
By Thomas Erdbrink, Page A13
TEHRAN, May 7 — Several leading Iranian clerics criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday for saying that the last imam of Shiite Islam, a messianic figure who Shiites believe was hidden by God 1,140 years ago, leads modern-day Iran.
[ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/07/AR2008050703587.html ]
SO you tell me how rational can that nation be expected to be?





