Ahmadinejad’s nightmare

Instead of bringing more repression and hardship, the opportunity is there for the Arab Spring to come to resemble the Exodus, humanity’s very first “Spring of Freedom.” As in previous years, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used his country’s celebration of Army Day on Monday to bash Israel and the US. April 18, the date of the establishment of Iran’s armed forces – which have effectively been sidelined by the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guard – is commonly commemorated with jingoistic processions of missiles, tanks and legions of uniformed soldiers; and it has become customary for Ahmadinejad to...