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Mystery in the desert

February 19, 2009 - 2:32 pm - by Richard Fernandez
twobyfour
2009-02-20 03:39:03

Peter, actually, no. Ahmadjihad is not that important, I know. But there is a whole group of mahdists that got established into different positions of power during Ahmadjihad’s tenure and control some key aspects of the government and comprise a sizable minority of mullah establishment. They have a loud front man, and themselves remain in a shadow. So, even with Ahmadjihad gone, nothing much would change, except Iranian leadership may not display as outright hostility and instead of touting their intentions into 4 corners, they would quietly continue to build up their nuclear arsenal. In other words, the course would be the same, but with less rhetoric.