Thanks are due; it must be noted...

[j2k4]

Whilst none of us can say what "would have been".. it's almost certain that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would not have been President there now.

The comments made the Iranians pull away from the dialogue that they had started and really pissed off the population big time, turning them towards the more radical politicians that spoke up against the USA specifically, and away from the Moderates that were making huge inroads up until the end of 1991.

If Ahmadinejad wasn't president, and someone more moderate was, they may well have settled on the nuclear issue by now.

However, its still worth noting that Iran is a member of the non-Proliration Treaty and until recently always allowed inspections by the relevant UN authorities... unlike Israel.

Funny, that.

Ahmedinajad serves at the pleasure of the Mullahs (who are not now and never have been pro-western), yet there are literally tons of stories about how much of the Iranian public are westward-leaning...

Ah, well-we can both wish, can't we?

The board has become irritatingly balky; I am done for the night.

[j2k4]

BTW, Rat-

Are you still a mod, or what?

This thread was intended to sing the praises of British Intelligence, and express relief the plot was not carried out.

Look where we are now...