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Patrick Disney writes for The Atlantic:
In about a month, Iran's firebrand president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will once
again fly to New York to attend the opening of the UN General Assembly.
Being the lightning rod that he is, there are sure to be vehement protests
and massive public outcry over his mere presence, much less whatever vile
exhortations he has in store for us this year. Although this particular
stage drama has becomepredictable over the last six years, now there is a
new twist: Ahmadinejad's near-total political impotence back home in Iran.
Ahmadinejad's recent fall from grace has led many observers to write him
off as a meaningful force in Iran. One analyst I spoke to recently said
Ahmadinejad has become more like a foreign minister than a president, able
to go on trips and give speeches, but not much more.
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