Rational Ahmadinejad

"[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's] an impressive fellow, this guy. He really is. He's obviously smart as hell. ... I don't think he has the slightest doubt about how he feels ... about the American administration and the Zionist state. He comes across as more rational than I had expected."

--MIKE WALLACE


Give an example of an oxymoron.

"Jumbo Shrimp" is commonly cited to illustrate the figure of speech.

I think it's time that "Jumbo Shrimp" be replaced by "Rational Ahmadinejad" as the oxymoron prototype.

I disagree with Mike Wallace's assessment of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

He doesn't impress me. Well, I guess he could be considered impressive in that Hitlerian way, but Ahmadinejad is certainly not an admirable man in my opinion. If "impressive" connotes positive qualities, the term doesn't apply to him.

Smart? Ahmadinejad is not "smart as hell." But if you think having a death wish and behaving in a taunting and dangerously reckless manner is "smart as hell," then I suppose he is. I don't see that as smart.

Rational? Ahmadinejad has to be one of the most irrational leaders on the world scene.

Here are his latest "impressive, smart, rational" remarks:

"Israel is destined for destruction and it will disappear soon," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday.

Speaking to government ministers in Teheran, Ahmadinejad said that the world's powers created "the Zionist regime" to increase their dominance in the region and that Israel "slaughters Palestinians on a daily basis."

The Iranian president added that since Israel was "a contradiction to nature, we foresee its rapid disappearance and destruction."

This from the man that claims to be pursuing a nuclear program for strictly PEACEFUL purposes.

Mahmoud is a madman.

He's a blight on the Middle East and an obstacle to peace.

That reminds me: When will the latest Nobel Peace Prize nominations be named?

I expect to see impressive, smart, and rational Ahmadinejad on the list.

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jimmy Carter is probably putting in a good word for him.


Ahmadinejad: "Israel is destined for destruction and it will disappear soon."

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For some context, keep this in mind:



"This issue (the elections) is not a purely domestic issue for America, but it is the defeat of Bush's hawkish policies in the world. Since Washington's hostile and hawkish policies have always been against the Iranian nation, this defeat is actually an obvious victory for the Iranian nation."

--AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI