Ahmedinejihad's background sounds remarkably like that of the early Saddam Hussein. It's far more violent than that of the early Hitler, for example. He's nothing but a sociopathic killer, and one of the most dangerous men ever to get control of a populous and wealthy nation. He should not be dismissed as some kind of joke.
another thread cites stories that he was one of the guys that trained/controled the 10 and 12 year old kids they sent to the slaughter in the Iran-Iraq war.
They had tried herding animals onto the battlefield to take the brunt of Saddam's army's blows, but the animals got terrified and ran. So, instead of donkeys, they brainwashed children and had them issued chinese made plastic keys, that were billed as keys to heaven and then sent them marching to bear the brunt of the ?Republican Guard bullets.