Guardian – Iran elections: Khamenei warns protesters to stay off streets:
“The Islamic republic will never manipulate votes and commit treason,” he said. “The legal structure in this country does not allow vote-rigging.” He said that the margin of Ahmadinejad’s victory – by 11m votes over Mousavi – proved that the election could not have been fixed. He added: “If some people have doubts and evidence it should be dealt with through legal ways – only through legal ways. I will never accept illegal innovations.”
A religious leader normally tells lies for living. The only difference is motivations. There are roughly three categories:
- A leader is deliberate, scheming manipulator who believes (this is his only real belief) that to control the human beasts he must protect them from the truth, for their own benefit. He is The Grand Inquisitor.
- A leader indoctrinated into lies (brain washed), lying all his life and no longer can tell the difference or be honest with himself.
- A Leader that is a natural born moron, he can’t process and can only regurgitate back the pack of lies the fate sold him at the bazaar of life.
Finally, it is unlikely that anyone but the No.1 type leader would be able to ascend to real power.
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