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Yes, sonny, I know what a puppet government is and I tell you what................I'll even use YOUR own words to prove my point! I said all along that khatami is a puppet in a puppet government whom has to answer to others...............well it's the truth and here are your words to prove it >>
ok, ok. my bad. i worked off a few assumptions. the first of which was assuming you knew what a puppet government
was. i know, dumb. if you play fast and loose with political defintions then you could have juggled any of my words around
to make yourself feel good inside. but . . .
whipping out the american heritage definiton (google it) we see puppet government (or political puppet- same thing)
is defined as 'one whose behavior is determined by the will of others'. you need to know something about the powers
of the head of government (khatami) and the chief of state (ali khamenei). this means you need to have read the iranian
constitution (which i know you did, sonny :roll, which was amended in 1998 to expand the powers of the presidency.
among his duties are national planning, budget and state employment affairs, the authority to sign treaties, protocols,
contracts, and agreements concluded with other governments, as well as agreements pertaining to international
organizations, appoints and lead a council of ministers, and determines the programme and policies of the government
and implements the laws. look at all this puppetry, eh ?
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran
ofcourse certain decisions cannot be finalized without the sanction of the supreme council. our constituion is weighed
with a related balance of powers as well and offers a rough analogy against the architecture of the iranian government.
their supreme council does not have any equivalent in our system - obviously - but neither should the iranian government
have a constituion if they proclaim themselves to be an islamic republic. historically speaking, 'islamic republic' is an
oxymoron and there is no precedent among previous caliphates (pre-19th century) of a constitution, written or otherwise.
in short, the republic of iran is a hybrid of western and eastern values that is crumbling under the contradiction.
have you been enlightened, sonny ? can see how this constitutes a puppet government on par with the vichy regime during
the nazi occupation of france or the croatian ustasi. do i need to hold your hand and help you through the sarcasm too ?
next time do your homework, sonny. cheers.