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| Eiland: Iran leadership poses threat |
| 2006-08-25 |
| Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, if he ever became the supreme decision maker in his country, would "sacrifice half of Iran for the sake of eliminating Israel," Giora Eiland, Israel's former national security adviser, told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. At present, Eiland stressed, the ultimate decision maker in Iran was Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 67, whom he said was "more reasonable." But, Eiland went on, "if Ahmadinejad were to succeed him - and he has a reasonable chance of doing so - then we'd be in a highly dangerous situation." The 49-year-old Iranian president, he said, "has a religious conviction that Israel's demise is essential to the restoration of Muslim glory, that the Zionist thorn in the heart of the Islamic nations must be removed. And he will pay almost any price to right the perceived historic wrong. If he becomes the supreme leader and has a nuclear capability, that's a real threat." A-man promoted from politician to top mullah? How could that be possible? Maybe declare him a prophet? (Great pic!) |
| Posted by: KBK |
| #1 A-man promoted from politician to top mullah? How could that be possible? Maybe declare him a prophet? Wouldn't getting Yazdi (already an Ayatollah) to replace Khamenei accomplish the same thing? I seem to remember an article speculating that that's what A-man is ultimately trying to do. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2006-08-25 17:42 |