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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: one_less who wrote (242607)9/21/2007 11:12:21 AM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
He has also shown some willingness to reason and compromise.

Name some examples.

But let's start with this position taken by his government:

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And let's not forget that Iran needs nuclear energy like a drowning man needs more water.

Ahmadinejad is a nutjob who has been radicalized since the 1970s. Any suggestion that he is malleable and flexible would have resulted in positive steps long ago.

Let's hope he doesn't stop time and get bathed in green light again while at the UN. He is quite literally a mental case, and may not last for that reason. But he does not control the nuclear weapons project, that is someone else's ultimate bailiwick, though A. obviously has some influence.

In short, he is somewhat of a figurehead, a bit odd in the way Col. Qaddafi is odd, and a terrific lightning rod. But the real power lies elsewhere. Accordingly, he is ultimately irrelevant. There is therefore no need to change his perspective which in the event has been fixed for some time.
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