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Wednesday, September 20, 2006
The Paper Tiger of Tehran His words, heavily repeated in the press, were prefaced and appended by prayers to 'Almighty Allah' (a fact that was NOT heavily reported); needless to say, had President Bush, some hours before, started and/or ended his speech with a prayer it would be headlined in every major media outlet. Because of all of the media attention and media respect that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gets every time he spews his anti-Israel, anti-American vitriol its very easy to forget that, in Iran, he is a powerless figurehead. There is a real power, a real evil behind the Paper Tiger's mock throne and his name is Ali Khamenei. Iran is an Islamic Theocracy controlled by ayatollahs who are, in turn, controlled by Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. That may not be a comforting thought, considering Khamenei irrational hatred of the West but its good to know who the real enemies are. Ahmadinejad, in the mean time, has become a hero in the Arab world and that is somewhat amusing when you consider that Iranians consider themselves to be Persians and Persians are not Arabs nor are they, historically, Moslems. The fact that in its long history, the once powerful Persian Empire has been conquered three times (first by Alexander the Great, then by Ghengas Kahn and finally by the Arabs) does not sit well with the typical Iranian -- I have been told by an Iranian ex-patriot friend of mine that they go to bed each night cursing their conquerers; particularly the ones who brought them the Koran and an Islamic society. News Links: Iran: Targeting the Heart of Terrorism Ahmadinejad's UN Speech: Analysis and Comment by UN Watch Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by Whymrhymer at 12:17 PM |
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