I've always admired Khatami for the way that he has a sense of conservatism in him..however he has respect for the feelings of others so he tries his best to show that...em, i'm not going to say he was a bad leader NO...but he's the type of person that keeps his friends close but his enemies closer and this is deffinately an impotant quality that politicians should have...He didn't give the west the chance to criticize him and put their finger on his weak point or whatever...very talented MashAllah...I hold a lot of respect for him. I think Ahmadinejad as a leader is very strong and defensive,