Friday August 15, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

By now most people know about Iranian vice president Mashai.

As I wrote several weeks ago, he is the Iranian official who said that Iran is friends with all people in the world, even the US and Israel.
Not surprisingly, that quote was quickly taken down from his webpage.
As for the people who actually heard him, they were shocked.

Mashai tried to say that he had been misheard and misunderstood.
He tried to put a spin on his statement saying that he meant "no hostility towards" rather than "friends with."
Official Iran did not buy his explanation.
Mashai will be removed from his position.

Mashai's career is shot. But in truth, he is really not far off the mark. The people of Iran do not dislike Israel or the US, it's just that Iranian leaders are not supposed to say it aloud and publicly.

To complicate matters a bit, I should point out that Mashai was a real insider.
So much so, that Mashai's daughter is married to Ahmadinejad's son.

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