User blog comment:LoveWaffle/We Didn't See It Coming - Iron Man 3 and the Future of the MCU/@comment-5977347-20130513205536/@comment-3317214-20130514224052

LoveWaffle: Hahaha, Touche.

But, seriously, the fact that he was the mastermind behind the plan, the bad guy, the guy who invented the Mandarin (and felt strongly enough about the whole Mandrain ordeal to permanently draw dragons over his body), and set up a decoy in the first place, must count for something towards him being the Mandarin.

ADour: Beat you to it.