Why Ahmadinejad has to go

The Western powers agree that the current Iranian government has done several things that require them to help destabilize it and if possible overthrow it. In order of importance these are:

1. Very vocal (Ahmadinejad traveling the world and giving speeches) opposition to US and Israeli policies in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine.  
2. Ahmadinejad being branded, correctly or incorrectly, a holocaust denier and a man who ‘wants Israel wiped off the map’. Such a man should be discredited and removed from the ‘pages of time’.
3. Iran’s considerable influence and standing within the region, particularly in Iraq and Lebonan.
4. Ahmadinejad’s rising popularity among the Iranian masses that has increased their sense of Nationalism (steadfast insistence of Iran’s right to achieve nuclear power) on one hand and is helping them improve their standard of living on the other (examples: 1. raising the pensioners’ pensions. 2. Giving free life insurance to women who worked from home, 3 million carpet weavers among them. 3. Giving a tractor to every 3 rural households so they can work the land.  4. Building cheap hosing for the poor).

Clearly a President that is popular both with the people inside Iran as well as the people of the Muslim world and that has a strong anti-Western Rhetoric is a major cause of concern in a region dominated by unpopular dictatorships supported by the West.  

side notes:

1. Please note that the I did not include Iran’s nuclear threat since it is not government dependent. Iran’s nuclear program has existed since before the revolution with the same goals as it has today. It will most probably continue with any other Iranian regime since most Iranians believe that it is in the best interest of the Iranian people.  Iran insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes while the west fears that the technology developed could be used to build weapons.

2. While the policies outlined above have made Ahmadinejad very popular with the poor and the lower middle class, the same policies, his anti-Western stand, and other actions have helped his disapproval among the upper classes along with the better educated and academics that we see in the streets of Tehran.