When dictatorships end with a whisper -Caroline GlickWith its nuclear weapons program, its control of Lebanon, Gaza and Syria, its massive influence in Iraq and Afghanistan and its messianic, global ambitions, Iran is rightly viewed as the greatest threat to global security today.
Those who preach appeasement towards Iran claim that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not reflective of the regime. They argue that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei [pictured above] is far more moderate than Ahmadinejad, and it is Khamenei, not Ahmadinejad who calls the shots.
While it is true that Khamenei calls the shots, it is not true that he is moderate. Khamenei is just as radical as Ahmadinejad. On Tuesday, he exhorted Iranian judges and members of parliament to patiently await Islam's defeat of the West and not accept calls to embrace "rationality and moderation" or agree to peacefully coexist with "the global arrogance."
[Jerusalem Post]
2 comments:
Before President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad there did seem to be a more moderate President, Mohammad Khatami, and Ali Khamenei was known as the hardliner that stymied his every try at reform. I don't know who decided to label Khamenei moderate now, but it seems odd and mistaken.
Definitely mistaken. Possibly a view pushed by those who promote accomodation at any cost.
Though many do, I'm not sure I'd slap the label moderate on former President Khatami...
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