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Nejad declares Great Cultural Revolution©
2006-09-06
Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Tuesday for a purge of liberal and secular teachers from the country's universities, urging students to return to 1980s-style radicalism. "Today, students should shout at the president and ask why liberal and secular university lecturers are present in the universities," the official Islamic Republic News Agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying during a meeting with a group of students.

“Ahmadinejad complained that reforms in the country's universities were difficult to accomplish and that the educational system had been affected by secularism for the last 150 years...”
Ahmadinejad complained that reforms in the country's universities were difficult to accomplish and that the educational system had been affected by secularism for the last 150 years. But, he added: "Such a change has begun."

The president, in his role as head of the country's Council of Cultural Revolution, does have the authority to make such changes. But his comments Tuesday seemed designed more to encourage hard-line students to begin a pressure campaign on their own, thus forcing universities to oust the teachers. Iran retired dozens of liberal university professors and teachers earlier this year. And last November, Ahmadinejad's administration for the first time named a cleric to head the country's oldest institution of higher education, Tehran University, despite protests by students.
Posted by:Fred

#19  I just saw on Drudge that the little shit is going to be in our country at the UN on Sept 19. My first reaction is kill the mother f*cker.
Posted by: Remoteman   2006-09-06 22:41  

#18  Therein lies the problem. Ever since the US became a superpower folks have found it easier and safer to suffer and wait for us to do the dirty work.

Yep, that's the problem. When you're strong enough to get involved, you're responsible whether you do something or not. Invade Iraq? Responsible. Don't invade Sudan? Responsible. Support Israel? Responsible. Don't stop the Tutsis & Hutus from killing each other? Responsible. Can't win.
Posted by: BH   2006-09-06 21:16  

#17  Does that mean we're running dog capitalist pig hegemonist paper tigers again?

Great graphic, BTW.
Posted by: Spaigum Ebbiling9221   2006-09-06 16:23  

#16  Better to have liberated Iran . . . but that's another story.

"Iran retired dozens of liberal university professors and teachers earlier this year."

Hope that doesn't mean permanently
retired, (as in dead).

The majority of Iranians are nominal Moslems and don't give a rip about jihad. Persians first, Moslems a weak second. The problem is arming a resistance that can stand against the military machine in Iran.

The fact that Neggie is wanting to "purge" outside influence is indicative of his insecurities at present. It's funny that he wants a return to the '80s so he can feel more comfy in his own country. What an idiot.
Posted by: ex-lib   2006-09-06 13:29  

#15  The mullah problem needs to be dealt with by Iranians. If they're not ready to stand up, then we're wasting our time helping them.

Therein lies the problem. Ever since the US became a superpower folks have found it easier and safer to suffer and wait for us to do the dirty work.

Why risk life-and-limb when the Yanks will spend a fortune, fix your problems, put you back on your feet and then you can blame them for not establishing utopia within a year?

After the world* turned on the USA for liberating Iraq from a tyrant I think you will find a lot of genocides and tyrants are 'talked about' in a meaningful way with much 'feeling of pain' without anything being done about it.

*with some notable exceptions
Posted by: rjschwarz   2006-09-06 13:19  

#14  All kidding aside this peice of crap runs a country that is at war with mine and has been since Jimmy Carter screwed the pooch. ( You think the dems can win and we will be safer?)

I am not into wating for or supporting Iranian "internal forces' What part of we are infidels do people not get? "Meet the new boss; same as the old boss."

Iran needs to get it's crap together. There are enough of us who refuse to allow another nuclear islamic state to exist let alone one run by nut jobs like the MMs and Ahmadinejad. We can make sure they will suffer something very bad before they do have nuclear weapons.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2006-09-06 13:16  

#13  If they're not ready to stand up, then we're wasting our time helping them.

I don't really care about helping them. I care about the security and future of America and MY family. If most or all of Iran was suffering I could give a shit! This jerk wants to take our freedoms, my familyÂ’s freedoms, and shove it into some mullah vision. He also wants to destroy the infidels, meaning you and me. I don't care if they hate him or not. They have absolutely no relevance to the USA and our security. He is planning on eroding our freedoms and destroying hundreds of years of democracy in some blurred vision of Islam, which by the way most of Islam is in silent agreement - meaning complicit in the process. Again, we must destroy their capability to do us harm. If their population gets hurt in the process to God D%&n bad!
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-09-06 12:51  

#12  The Iranian people HATE the government. They despise Ahmadinejad and the mullahs. They long for freedom. They only go to the rallies, etc because if they don't they could face persecution or even death. Every one of my Iranian friends believe that the US should do everything it can to fuel a resistance within Iran. They tell me that given a little help, the resources, communications and weapons, they would be able to overthrow Im-a-nut-job.


Heard that about Iraq. The problem is, an awful lot of them do support Ahmanutjob, and just because the rest don't like him doesn't mean they like us.

The mullah problem needs to be dealt with by Iranians. If they're not ready to stand up, then we're wasting our time helping them.
Posted by: DoDo   2006-09-06 11:40  

#11  We make the mistake of thinking the average Iranian is a blind follower of this guy. Such is not the case

Perhaps not, but that doesn't make them a resistance group ready to kick his a$$ out. If the Iranians were that unhappy they'd do something about it. And apparently what they do is escape to America. I hope you work at NSA, mcsgeek1, cause they need Farsi speakers.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-09-06 11:31  

#10  We already know he's a nut. Now, how about somebody doing something about it?
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-09-06 11:28  

#9  Iranians must be fantastically pliable people. Look at the hell people raise here over our petty little differences. Why don't they rise up and lynch this hairy little turd?

Whoa, big jim. I've met alot of Iranians, and I work with 5 of them. Most of these have entered the US within the last 2 years. Every one of them says the same things. The Iranian people HATE the government. They despise Ahmadinejad and the mullahs. They long for freedom. They only go to the rallies, etc because if they don't they could face persecution or even death. Every one of my Iranian friends believe that the US should do everything it can to fuel a resistance within Iran. They tell me that given a little help, the resources, communications and weapons, they would be able to overthrow Im-a-nut-job.

US policy should reflect this reality. We make the mistake of thinking the average Iranian is a blind follower of this guy. Such is not the case, at least with every Iranian I've spoken to about it.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-09-06 11:10  

#8  His internal opposition comes from the university and from the younger Iranians that are tired of his repressive crap. He is not having a cultural revolution, he is crushing his opposition. This, by the way, was our last hope for internal regime change leaving us with only a military solution to his lunacy.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-09-06 09:44  

#7  You put this guy next to Ringo and Ringo looks like a giant, Ringo makes more sense too .

But Ahmedinajihad makes the trains run on time for Sir Turban Hat. Toot toot.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-09-06 08:30  

#6  Iranians must be fantastically pliable people. Look at the hell people raise here over our petty little differences. Why don't they rise up and lynch this hairy little turd?
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-09-06 08:19  

#5  Was he standing on a step stool hidden behind the podium? You put this guy next to Ringo and Ringo looks like a giant, Ringo makes more sense too .
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2006-09-06 06:01  

#4  We need photos for posting graphics that show him and all the other terrorist leaders, each with a nice bright red laser dot between the eyes.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-06 03:24  

#3  Keep up the polarization, Nej. We need to know who's who when we take over your loony bin posing as a country. First we eliminate the missile threat, then we take Teheran.
Posted by: Snease Shaiting3550   2006-09-06 00:55  

#2  Don't forget to mention a Sea of Fire.
Posted by: Korora   2006-09-06 00:39  

#1  He's calling for a "Cultural Revolution?" Why stop there? I double dog dare 'im to throw in a Great Leap Forward on top of it!
Posted by: Mike   2006-09-06 00:18  

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