“Sorry, there is a cult of evil, dedicated people backing him, just as there were with Hitler.”
Obviously, there is an overarching cult of evil. My point is, he’s not leading them and they’re not listening to him. Ahmadinejad is fringe even in his own Shia sect, and Sunni groups like al Qaeda would probably string him up given the chance. No offense, but you have the same problem as a lot of my fellow conservatives when discussing Islam, terrorism and the ongoing fight - glossing over the details is dangerous to the overall fight to defeat Islamic terrorism, as there are multiple dimensions to the fight and varying avenues for attack.
“it is about what the people over in that part of the world think about what he did here yesterday and today.”
They’re getting fed the same propaganda whether he’s here or not.
“And, if they obtain nuclear weapons, then they will have the military capability, and the fanatical will, to cause death and destruction on the same scale in a much shoirter time frame.”
No, they’ll have a tiny bargaining chip and about 10,000 ICBMs pointed at their front door. The great thing about state-sponsored lunacy (Iran) is that they tend to care more about their own little fiefdom of power than the One True Cause (a la al Qaeda). As irrational (read: insane)as Ahmadinejad is, his finger is not on the trigger and the Ayatollah’s don’t want to give up their authoritarian Islam state.
I just happen to believe that the Iranian regime, with Ahmadinejad as its acknowledged head of state, is more fantical and more willing to go the distance than you do. If Ahmadinejad was so fringe to the mullahs, he would not be in the position he is in.
No glossing over details, no misrepresenting facts, no under estimating the nature of the fight we are in.
Ahmadinejad has our sons and daughters blood on his hands. He is the acknoledged head of that state, and he has said quite directly and clearly what he intends. Now, we have given him a platform, admittedly where to most Americans he came off very badly (because he is), but a platform nonetheless that will be utilized in his part of the world to further prosecute and promote his, and the mullah's behind him, agenda.
Rather than them (the mullahs) thinking that he scewed up, and that they screwed up...I believe they think he did exactly what he came here to do and that they believe they will benefit immensley from it. That is dangerous, and to counter your point, IMHO, there are many in this country who misunderstand the basic nature of these people and how they fundamentally differ from us in their thinking, what they consider to be logic, and how they react to it.
But that is just my opinion. In any case, I believe that the Iranian regime, including IWannaMakeJihad and the Mullahs, need to be brought down soonest.