Posted on 06/09/2011 4:11:26 PM PDT by forty_years
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's sacking of foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki has opened another chapter in the ongoing power struggle between the president and the supreme leader, Ali Khamene'i. Interpersonal as it may seem, this confrontation symbolizes the struggle between the Islamic Republic's old elites and Ahmadinejad's burgeoning patronage network, which challenges their authority. How has the president managed to build such a formidable power base? Who are the key members of his coterie, and will they enable their benefactor to outsmart the supreme leader to become Iran's effective ruler? ...
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What an eloquently written article. Words such as “coterie” and “burgeoning patronage”, etc..
In ordinary terms, Ahmadi-Nejad (aka AN the turd) is an offshoot of Khamenei the Khook (pig). So, there you have the fund a mental, difference - choose between them or any other Islamic “Khook” in Iran. No, it won’t make any difference which one was in charge, nor will it make any difference in the political makeup of current Iran. Though, I believe it is in the destiny of Iran to remove the whole lot of them.
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