http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/jrezaian en http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/jrezaian/obama-next-khatami <p> According to a Shiite cleric in Iraq, if Barack Obama becomes president he may suffer a similar fate to President Khatami. To read further about this, check out this <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/06/iraq-is-obama-t.html#comments" rel="nofollow">LA Times Blog</a> entry. </p> <p> Here is a brief list of reasonse why this isn't even worth discussing: </p> <p> 1. America in 2008 is nothing like Iran of 1997. </p> <p> 2. Yes Obama is young and idealistic, but the American system provides for much more dialogue, transparency and flexibility that the Iranian one does. </p><p><a href="http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/jrezaian/obama-next-khatami">read more</a></p> http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/jrezaian/obama-next-khatami#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:27:28 +0000 jrezaian 30614 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main