Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at Israel and the West yesterday, questioning whether the Holocaust ever happened and claiming it was a pretext for occupying Palestinian land, reiterating anti Israeli rhetoric that has bought him international condemnation.
The Iranian president said Israel was formed on a "false and mythical claim" and expressed doubts whether the Holocaust, when the Nazis killed 6 million Jews during World War II, was a "real event."
This was a transparent attempt to divert attention away from problems at home where his position as President is shakier by the day.
As he spoke thousands of protestors took to the streets in a fresh round of protests against his election “Victory” back in June. The protesters which looked like they had gone away are back with huge numbers, Gathering in Tehran, protestors used the opportunity afforded them by Quds day (a National Holiday) to launch their attack on the President.
With the Universities starting up this week, Ahmadinejad can look forward to a long and sustained campaign of protest, in Iran it’s usually the campus’s that lead protests.
I am going to stick my neck out here and say that I believe this time protests will not be suppressed and unless The President can be made to step down or at the very least offer new Elections I can see the Country disintegrating into Civil war. For the population to go against the supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameni their Supreme Leader is Unprecedented, and I can see Khameni’s support for the President ebbing away.
So maybe Israel will not need to attack Nuclear installations in Iran, Regime change could bring Iranians back into the international Bosom.
Any nation that has a "supreme leader" as the head of state is seriously undemocratic. I mean, just the term "supreme leader" brings to mind sci-fi movies or ancient dynasties.
ReplyDeleteIf it wasnt so serious, I would laugh.
Anyway, got to go, my wife the "supreme leader" is calling