Please, let it be that the CIA installed this <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=aXwQP_LgD5yw&refer=germany">guy</a> so that we'd have a plausible reason to "regime change" on his ass. My faith in the freedom-loving peoples of Iran is a bit shaken seeing as he was the top vote getter. Disclaimer: I imagine the list of allowed candidates were constrained by the ayatollahs, but, Come On! what a schmuck.
Marshall Whittman sees a good bet that the <a href="http://www.bullmooseblog.com/2005/12/while-world-slumbers.html">Israelis</a> will take 'em out if the nuclear threat isn't abated.