I saw a link at Instapundit to this PM article about Iranian Brigadier General Mohhamad Ali Jafari being appointed commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. (The Ayatollah's SS, if you will.) The General, it turns out, was one of the "students" who took over the US Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and held Americans hostage for 444 days. That was interesting enough, but what really threw me was this bit in the second paragraph:
"After the war (Iran-Iraq War -ed.) he went to complete his Masters Degree in Architecture."
Oh, really. As a fellow professional therefore, I hereby nominate General Jafari for the First Annual Albert Speer Award for Best Supporting Role of an Architect in Promoting a Totalitarian, Fascist, and/or Theocratic State.
Yesiree, nothing says enhancing the human environment through design better than overseeing the violent enforcement of 12th century religious laws and supporting terrorists here and here.
UPDATE: Oh, yes - I also take full credit for inventing the First Annual Albert Speer Award for Best Supporting Role of an Architect in Promoting a Totalitarian, Fascist, and/or Theocratic State. Anyone want to be a judge?
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