Posted by
Always To The Right on Monday, June 15, 2009 8:53:49 AM
So much for divine intervention. Khamenei and the GC may need to
find a way out of their predicament, and this could be the first signal
that Ahmadinejad might have to go under the bus. If the level of anger
and unrest grows in Iran, the people will want to see some heads on
spikes (perhaps literally), and the mullahs will want to ensure that
theirs are not among them.
Of course, that’s why they have Ahmadinejad in the first place. The
mullahs use the president and the assembly for two reasons. It gives
the illusion of participatory democracy in a country strictly run by a
panel of theocrats, which keeps the pressure off of the mullahs most of
the time. When the pressure becomes too intense, as it appears to be
getting at the moment, this mechanism also provides handy patsies to
toss to the crowds.