Give That Man A Nobel Prize!

Iranian President Ahmadinejad has said that "if we were permitted to hang two or three persons, the problems with the stock exchange would be solved for ever." For the record, and for those of you that don't follow Iran closely (I do, btw.), the Teheran Stock Market has dropped 20% in the last week, following the most recent government statement of foreign policy, which pronounced that Iran would eradicate Israel and the U.S. off the map. This is an unprecedented announcement, which exceeds even the rhetoric of the Khomenei government. Two questions: Can there be any doubt at this point that Ahmadinejad was the guy identified in the photo from the Iranian hostage crisis in '79, and was cited by former hostages as one of their most cruel captors? And secondly, why hasn't this guy been nominated for a Nobel Prize? After all, he has all the qualifications: vehemently anti-American, anti-Israel, indulges in terrorrism, and clearly understands economics in a manner that few can.