Digging his own grave

Iran Removes 40 Envoys in Shake-Up

The moves give the new government of ultraconservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the chance to purge pro-reform figures brought in by his predecessor, moderate Mohammad Khatami, and install its own supporters... Ahmadinejad's victory in June elections sealed the decline of Iran's reform movement and solidified the control of hard-liners over the government. Some Iranians fear Ahmadinejad _ a longtime member of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards _ will bring back the policies of restrictions at home and confrontation abroad seen after the 1979 Islamic Revolution led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

What a shame. The "election" of Ahmadinejad was a major setback to reform in Iran. He's digging his own grave, though. The demographics of Iran, especially the exploding youth population, are going to destroy any grip he has on the country. Iranians are great people, and they aren't going to sit around waiting for their government to feed them when they're starving.

Unless Ahmadinejad is planning on nuking Israel knowing full well that he will be nuked back, I can't see his "rationale" in his political suicide. This is a bonehead move.

cross posted at In Search of Shamash