Revolution in Iran!
When I heard that Mach-mood Ah-ma-deena-jahd won the Iranian presidential election "by a landslide", I was pretty sure that the results were rigged. There have been a lot of other indicators prior to the election that this was not going to be fair, and that only seems more evident with Mahmoud's attitude toward the THOUSANDS of angry protestors now in their 2nd day of serious revolt. He's very dismissive of any opposition in a weak attempt at orwellian alteration of reality, saying essentially "don't worry, the police will have this cleaned up in a jiffy".
I still the he gets wrongly misquoted on that whole "wipe israel off the map" remark. The literal translation was more, "erase them from the pages of time" as though to assert their illegitimacy as a state. Even for a figurehead with little actual power, I (and a huge portion of the Iranian population from what it looks like) think he's doing them a major disservice, and I think he would serve much better to take on civil engineering duties. At least something where he's not speaking on behalf of so many people who do not agree with him.
researching how to spell his name correctly... Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
I still the he gets wrongly misquoted on that whole "wipe israel off the map" remark. The literal translation was more, "erase them from the pages of time" as though to assert their illegitimacy as a state. Even for a figurehead with little actual power, I (and a huge portion of the Iranian population from what it looks like) think he's doing them a major disservice, and I think he would serve much better to take on civil engineering duties. At least something where he's not speaking on behalf of so many people who do not agree with him.
researching how to spell his name correctly... Mahmoud Ahmadinejad