Posted by
animalgirl on Friday, September 21, 2007 6:27:11 PM
I am so tired of people acting as if Ahmadinejad was the leader of Iran. I
am so tired of people wanting to talk about Iranian politics, when they
don't know the first thing about the country they are talking about.
He is just a figurehead for an elected government. He has no real power.
The
leader of Iran is Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who can veto anything
Ahmandinejad does. Ahmadinejad has tried to relax the requirements on
Islamic dress for women, and the Supreme Leader just said 'no.'
Ahmadinejad
is NOT commander of the Iranian military, and is only authorized to
carry out the foreign policy set out by the Supreme Leader.
He has the power to make decisions about things like gas rationing and bank's interest rates. Exciting things like that.
He doesn't actually have that much power in the country, especially since the Ayatollah doesn't like him all that much.
This latest uproar about him speaking at Columbia drives me up a wall. All this hysteria on the part
of conservatives is not only silly, it's extraordinarily misguided.
He
LOVES it. Quit giving him so much attention, BECAUSE YOU ARE PLAYING
RIGHT INTO HIS HANDS. He doesn't have any real power. What gives him credibility? All you fools acting like he's such a big deal. Quit giving him what he wants.