Aknauta
01-10-2003, 09:05 PM
nytimes.com
Jackals Gather Round
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
WASHINGTON
Two nights ago in Tehran, President Mohammad Khatami, the pretended reformist who fronts for hard-line ayatollahs, held a meeting with leaders of the Iraqi opposition to Saddam Hussein.
The Iranian made his purpose plain: to establish a relationship with men — and not just Iraqi Shiites now headquartered in Tehran — who may be members of the next government of neighboring Iraq.
Aware that his guests were in contact with Americans, Khatami allowed as how Iran's relations with the U.S. could be improved. How? He told a joke with the punch line "Stop casting your shadow over me!"
The Saudis and Egyptians, sensing Saddam's demise, are devising Saddamism without Saddam (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/09/opinion/09SAFI.html?ex=10432 48072&ei=1&en=e207aadfdb7d156c)
Jackals Gather Round
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
WASHINGTON
Two nights ago in Tehran, President Mohammad Khatami, the pretended reformist who fronts for hard-line ayatollahs, held a meeting with leaders of the Iraqi opposition to Saddam Hussein.
The Iranian made his purpose plain: to establish a relationship with men — and not just Iraqi Shiites now headquartered in Tehran — who may be members of the next government of neighboring Iraq.
Aware that his guests were in contact with Americans, Khatami allowed as how Iran's relations with the U.S. could be improved. How? He told a joke with the punch line "Stop casting your shadow over me!"
The Saudis and Egyptians, sensing Saddam's demise, are devising Saddamism without Saddam (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/09/opinion/09SAFI.html?ex=10432 48072&ei=1&en=e207aadfdb7d156c)