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What if the West has misjudged Ahmadinejad about nuclear weapons?

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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has certainly come out with some powerful statements against Israel, and he has sounded very threatening.

Yet Ahmadinejad also comes out with some powerful statements against nuclear weapons., and arguing that Iran is not developing them and would never use them, especially as a “first strike”.

We need to remember that Ahmadinejad is a popular leader, trying to function in an Islamic State, – where supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei and the Mullahs wield extraordinary power and influence. Ahmadinejad has to “keep them on side” – has to come out with fiery nationalistic statements.  But perhaps he really does believe that nuclear weapons are dangerous, immoral, and unnecessary.  Perhaps the world could do worse than Ahmadinejad for an Iranian leader. – Christina Macpherson

August 15, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes, Iran