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i believe I once read that 70% of Iran's population is under the age of 30. It makes since that A-Jad is losing support amongst Iranians. This man is hellbent on Armageddon and reigning in the 12th Imam. But faultering support for A-Jad does not delegitimize his rhetoric.
Iran is an Islamic theocracy that is run by mullahs. A-jad is a puppet to these mullahs. He carries out the wishes of the mullahs and plays poster boy for Iranian authority. If support for A-Jad flounders, so what. He will be removed from office in the next elections and someone else will take his place. That new person will still be controlled by the mullahs and the ruling theocrats.
The Iranian people do not have to support their leaders for Iran to be a threat to world peace. The only thing necessary for destruction in the Middle East (mainly Israel) is Iran to produce a nuclear weapon. 99% of Iranians could ask for the head of A-Jad but it would not matter if he has developed WMDs. As has been speculated, Iran could give a nuke to Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, hell... any number of radical Palestinian groups would enjoy such power.
A-Jad does not matter. If US Press Secretary Tony Snow were given some decision making powers, he would be as powerful as A-Jad. The theocrats are the real threat. We don't talk enough about religion in this forum, and we should especially in regards to Iran. We mistakenly examine the near future politically, economically, diplomatically, or militarily. The Iranian Revolution was not about equality, democracy, liberty, or human rights; it was about Islam. Iran exists as it does today because of Shi'ite belief structure. The radical belief that these are the end times acts as the motivational factor for Iranian anti-semitism and anti-Americanism. Western diplomats, however talented they may be, can not make the theocrats or A-Jad turn away from radical beliefs that may be leading the Iranian people on a path to war.
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