Adios, Ahmadinejad!

[secretariat]

He's resigning.

http://current.com/news/93204488_breaking-ahmadinejad-to-resign.htm

 

[secretariat]

Though I guess there's a caveat, since it's "not verified by Western media."

 

[wicked]

Holy ****.

 

[Armchair_QB]

al-Jazeera is reporting he leaving Iran because got a great deal on an estate in Pakistan.

 

[JayFarrar]

I thought I read earlier he was being forced out by the mullah who actually runs the country.

If that's the case, this strikes me as being terrible news.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

This is what happens when you can't produce a birth certificate.

 

[wicked]

If this ignites, like it could, it'll make Libya look like a JV game.

Ahmadinejad has been trying to get the army in his corner, and Khameini has his own forces under his watch.

 

[DanOregon]

A great day for headline writers!

 

[dooley_womack1]

al-Jazeera is reporting he leaving Iran because got a great deal on an estate in Pakistan.

AQB's unabated roll of the last week steams on!

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

Another notch in Obama's belt.

Ahmadinejad knows what we do now to those who cross the U.S. No more hopeful lobbing of cruise missiles. No more loud rolling in of tanks.

He knew what was coming. He didn't want to get ambushed and shot in the face.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

In terms of US interests, this would be like Biff Tannen dropping out of high school when he was only there because he was working for Principal Strickland to bully the McFlys the whole time.

 

[imjustagirl]

In terms of US interests, this would be like Biff Tannen dropping out of high school when he was only there because he was working for Principal Strickland to bully the McFlys the whole time.

I see references to BTTF, but I have no idea what this sentence means.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

Took me awhile to get it, IJAG. Then I went back to sleep and forgot. Now, I don't care. I want to know Marvin Berry's role in this.

 

[Lugnuts]

al-Jazeera is reporting he leaving Iran because got a great deal on an estate in Pakistan.

AQB's unabated roll of the last week steams on!

Seconded. He hasn't been this good since somebody stole his screen name in the Wipeout of '03.

 

[The Big Ragu]

If this is true, it seems to me that this is a sign that the clerics running the place are scared. They see the power in the countries run by dictators around them falling. Don't forget it was the "election" of Ahmadinejad that was the first sign of any unrest in the area. This is a desperate attempt to sacrifice him to try to keep the unrest in Iran from becoming worse. Given how those kinds of tactics are working elsewhere--when it was a plan for Mubarek to hand over power to someone hand chosen for example--this is just desperation. They are realizing that they are one good uprising away from being overthrown. Ahmadinejad was never anything but a front man. I can't imagine getting rid of the front man is going to quell the unahppiness.

 

[Lugnuts]

Front man or not, he's still an asshole of the highest order.

 

[Boom_70]

Hooray. That pretty much leaves the world with no bad guys. Happy days are here again.

I just let MSNBC know as they seem to be unaware.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

The internal politics of the Iranian government are more than slightly complex, so this could be for any number of reasons. Ahmadinejad was not just a front man. Although he didn't have the power his office implied, he had some and was itching to get more. There has been significant dissatisfaction with him among the most powerful clergy even before the election mess.

 

[YankeeFan]

Hooray. That pretty much leaves the world with no bad guys. Happy days are here again.

I just let MSNBC know as they seem to be unaware.

They'll get to it soon.

They just need to do a couple of more segments about Mika's new book and promote her book tour.

She'll be near you later today. I'm hoping for a live report.

http://www.morningmika.com/

 

[suburbia]

Hooray. That pretty much leaves the world with no bad guys. Happy days are here again.

Qaddafi is still in power in Libya.