Across my tweet-deck this day shone…
[ by Charles Cameron — h/t Arash Karami ]
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Across my tweet-deck this day shone this illuminating picture of Ahmadinejad with Khamenei:
Simple. Elegant. Eloquent.
Sweet.
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December 11th, 2012 at 2:06 am
Wow! Ahmadinejad is REALLY short!
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On a serious note, this was about as staged for effect as can be, almost like the self-conscious care that went into posed photographs of Soviet leaders. My only question is the degree to which the posturing plays into traditional Shia imagery/ narratives and how much is normal and generic “political” messaging. Mossadegh, who we overthrew back in ’53 was thought to be cracked by the State dept. officials – in reality his verbal/gestural histrionics were a form of moving Shia/Persian oratory that simply translated poorly
December 11th, 2012 at 5:20 am
Hi Zen:
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I think he is a little shorter than the Ayatollah, but he also gets to sit on a different level…
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That pic was posted shortly after he ended his nine- or ten-day walkout.
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I don’t read Ahmadinejad’s expression in the first photo as a very happy one.