I'm sure Ahmedinejad, Assad, Hamas, Fatah, and all the other bad guys in a region full of bad guys just cringe in fear at the thought of Rahm Emanuel. They know that Rahm will stiffen Obama's flabby metrosexual spine if he needs to do something to keep regional aggression in check.

In addition, a chief of staff is easily dismissed.

From “The Devil's Dictionary”:

'CABBAGE, n.
A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head. The cabbage is so called from Cabagius, a prince who on ascending the throne issued a decree appointing a High Council of Empire consisting of the members of his predecessor's Ministry and the cabbages in the royal garden. When any of his Majesty's measures of state policy miscarried conspicuously it was gravely announced that several members of the High Council had been beheaded, and his murmuring subjects were appeased.'