Style

Has anyone been paying attention to this Iranian president? You know his name, it's right on the tip of your tongue...yeah that's it: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. One thing about this guy - even if you don't like his politics, you gotta admire his style. Seriously, they try and make this guy out to be a bad guy (and, sure, he kinda is) but still, in this media-driven world we live in, it's kinda hard, because he actually looks more "in style" than our own Disaster in Chief, as well as most Euro leaders. I'm not joking about this either. Take a look:



Ok, this guy is giving a speech to the United Nations (!) and he decides to forgo the tie, yet still rock the blazer in a show of respect for the dress code. And should he get done with his speech and have a few hours that might be best killed in a downtown bar, well, he's already wearing the right clothes!

And let's be honest, check out this picture of him chilling with Chavez below. My gut feeling looking at this picture: we should be worried more about Venezuela right now instead of all this Iran garbage:



Astute readers will not the image of Simon Bolivar proudly displayed in the background. Yes, the same Bolivar whom Chavez has named his "revolution" after. Chavez loves to cheaply exploit Bolivar's image, so why not throw the stylish Iranian guy in the picture too - however you can bolster your dictatorship, right?

Anyway, I guess this is an ad hoc foreign policy plea: let's worry more about Chavez, and start talking to the stylish Iranian dude to see if we can't just work something out after all.