Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must die

[reality_hammer]

The behavior of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, has led me to conclude that he is just as dangerous as Adolf Hitler ever was, perhaps more so because he has the capability to produce nuclear weapons in the near future

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[shadowfox24]

The problem comes in why people there are trying to kill him. They don't want him dead because of what he believes, they're trying to off him because he's too vocal about it. The radicals are worried he's going to go too far in provoking the west and get them invaded before they complete their bomb. They want him dead so they'll have time to complete their plans against Israel.

[ethicalgop]

I read something that Ahmadinejad was being targeted by people within the Iranian government or clergy not because they disagreed with what he was doing, but the fact that he was saying it and opening Iran up to attack.

[felinoid]

Time paradox, Vital lessons unlearned.
Adolf Hitler believed in a mix of pop culture of the day.
Eugenics, Exterminate of the Jews, Phrenology and a perversion of Troth.

Lessons despritely needed and in recent years unlearned leading to anti-semetic ideologys, rushing into "saving the earth" before we even know if it is in fact in danger.

Phrenology wasn't entirely wrong it was just wrong enough that any application of Phrenology would be compleatly worthless and in some cases devistating.
Now what if global warming is real? What if everything we are doing is compleatly worthless or worse ecelerating global warming?
You can not jump to conclusions. You must compleate the science and prove it is happening, prove the cause and prove the cure before trying to change an entire culture.

[moonchylde]

*nodnod*

Killing Hitler prior to the nazi death camps might have done good, but what if someone even worse had come into power, or he was turned into a martyr?

Would assasination stop Iran from using a bomb (assuming they are even building one)?

*shakes head*

That's why 20/20 hindsight drives people bananas; but you never have exactly the same situation twice, and playing global politics through assasination has never been a good option. *shrug*

Though just because it isn't a 'good' option does not mean it won't be employed; as such, I shall await the outcome. I do hope OUR government doesn't plan on taking shots at him.

[reality_hammer]

lol @ icon

You can't worry about 'worse'. If that does happen you repeat the process until you get someone sane.

Frankly, I'd love to see him taken out quite publicly...say by a Hellfire missile launched from a Predator drone.

It sends a clear message: we can kill you long before you ever obtain nuclear weapons.

[moonchylde]

Between this and today's post... is blood-thirstiness the new American thing? Mom, Pop, apple pie and death? bleh. The problem with death as a solution is it is so final. Not my thing, sorry. :/

[typewriterking]

two completely different stories.

[mikeijames]

ahmadinejad's rhetoric matches the passions of not only the iranian people but the majority of people in the region. if we take his life, we'll make him a martyr and energize his movement across the middle east. furthermore, his assassination would not diminish the iranian push for nuclear weapons as they had similar intentions long before he got elected president.

Re: two completely different stories.

[izuko]

aka, the Castro Argument. As bad as Fidel is, we want him alive, because the guy right behind him in line (his brother, Raoul), makes Fidel look like Thomas Jefferson.

I'm not entirely sure that applies here, though (nor am I entirely sure it doesn't). The question is, is Ahmad bad enough that, even if we got someone who is worse, it's still pretty much the same thing? If that's the case, then replacing him benefits us. It's a chance at something better, and even if it fails, we just replace one evil with another, so it's a wash.

On the other hand, if his death makes him a martyr, and increases support in the public, then we've got a problem.

Re: two completely different stories.

[mikeijames]

the public outpouring for this president after his comments about israel shows that he's a much different animal than some of iran's previous presidents. he got elected specifically on the charge of returning to the more conservative ways of the islamic faith -- making women wear traditional garments, etc. -- so assassinating someone that well beloved would have consequences.

furthermore, the iranians had strong nuclear ambitions before this current president and will have strong nuclear ambitions after this president. even a democratized iran would pursue nuclear technology because it no longer makes sense for them not to have it. they're surrounded by nuclear powers.

Re: two completely different stories.

[reality_hammer]

I'm in favor of killing as many maniacal leaders as necessary.

If the public decides to follow, then so be it. We have weapons that are effective against entire cities.