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Source: http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=4907
Why the World Should Take Ahmadinejad Seriously
(Asharq Alawsat-UK) Amir Taheri - Right from the start of the current crisis over Iran's nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's administration has pursued three main objectives: to prevent the formation of a unified international front opposed to Tehran; to present the nuclear issue as the most pressing topic in Iran's domestic politics; and to transform the nuclear issue into a duel between the Ahmadinejad administration and the Bush administration in Washington. The disappearance of the various brands of Communism as challenger to the Western model has left a vacuum that other radical ideologies including Khomeinism are trying to fill. Ahmadinejad is forcing everyone in Iran and all those outside who are interested in Iran to take a side.