It is a mad, mad time....

It is a mad, mad, mad time! While a serious econoimc crisis is in the making in Iran, Iran's President, Mr Ahmadinejad is touring Latin America and wishes to contribute to an anti-imperilist fund with his Venezuelan counterpart. Is this really needed or is it being set up for publicity purporse? In my judgement, the best anti-imperilist policy that developing countries should have, is a serious fight against corruption, a genuine attempt to get rid of all instruments of suppression and allow and encourage free expression of opinion and individual freedom, so that a larger proportion of the inhabitants could have and feel a sense of belonging. To put it differently, give the public at large something that is worth defending and they would defend it. Slogans can not and will not do.
What is amazing, however, is that a deeply religious President- Ahmadnejad of Iran- seems to be happily " in bed" with the " godless" Latin American Presidents, be it Fidel Castro, or Chavez or Moralis... I wonder what do they talk about? Do they talk about religion or life after death?
In Iran, however, there seems to be serious concern about his economic management, about the disastrous dependence of the Iranian state on the oil money, especially as the oil market seems to be heading towards a nose dive! Obviously, dependency on oil is nothing new in the modern history of Iran, but, its depth is in fact, new. On the other hand, Rafsanjani's latest outburst is important too. He has openly- without naming anyone of course- launched a serious attack on the economic policy of Ahmadinejad. We will have to wait his return from this trip, to see how his supporters would respond. Is it the beginning of a " cold civil war" in Iran? Who knows!
I can only finish by saying that I am worried. Really worried about Iran, its economy and its overall health, not to mention, the continuous threat by the USA.