Apparently president-elect Ahmadinejad has declared his election as the beginning of a new "revolution." The question is: Does he think he is the "fulfillment of the revolution," a new Bonaparte, or hezbollahi Reza Khan, or what? Who was the most prominent radical rightist to declare his election a "new revolution?" Oh it was Hitler (pardon the Hitler reference Jon Stewart). Will Ahmadinejad be the menace that Hitler was? Who knows, but he has already set Iran on a collision course with the West. In my opinion, this new brand of radical-right wing Islam is the closest thing to Nazism we have yet seen. I dislike it when people use "Nazi" comparisons lightly but when the politics matches (authoritarianism and far right) the comparison is valid. At this present moment Iranian democracy is a grave danger. It may turn out that Ahmadinejad is not a Bonaparte or a Hitler, but the militarization of Iranian politics sure does open a can of worms....
Dr. Matthew Wells
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