An Arrogant Approach

How can he talk of "spiritual values, human dignity, love and kindness," when he, his "Supreme Leader" Khamenei, and his government, systematically, brutally, and violently persecute, torture, and muzzle Baha'i Faith followers, Sufi mystics, Sunni and other sect members, human rights lawyers, student activists and bloggers, etc. etc. etc., and also threaten to wipe off the world map an entire nation and people, i.e. Israel?!

In the hysteria over Ahmadinejad's Holocaust comments
it seems to have been forgotten that he really began
making them in earnest at the time of the Muhammad
cartoons brouhaha.

People rioted in protest over the insults. In the "West"
people were bemused over Muslim reaction.

Ahmadinejad THEN thumbed his nose at the state civil
religion of Israel - The Holocaust.

I don't know of any riots over Ahmadinejad's defamation.
I have seen, however, kilo-tons of sabre rattling propaganda
for war against Iran and they almost invariably quote "quotes"
attributed to Ahmadinejad relating to the Holocaust.

"Muslims riot, Christians and Jews make war"

Ahmadinejad, this American has a message for you:

Your fooling with nuclear technology is like a child playing with a hand gun. You are haplessly messing with forces you do not understand. If you present a threat to the world, the United States of America will take you down. Your perversion of your religion may exude the cult of the martyr, that you love death more than we love life. But ask yourself, who wields greater power, those who fight and hope for death because they think they have nothing to lose, or those who have everything to live for and will fight tirelessly and steadfastly against the cult of death.

Your side cannot possibly win. Challenge our power, underestimate our might and we will wipe you off the face of the planet. For 50 years, we were ready to do it if the Red Army so much set foot in Western Europe. What makes you think our resolve is any less against mere Iran, a third world, technologically immature country way out of its league.

Ahmadinejad is an eloquent speaker/writer. His use of words such as benevolence, justice, fairness and the such roll easily off his tongue. But didn't he also say that the holocaust never happened and that Israel should be wiped off the earth? Isn't he the president of the country that still puts women in inferior status and commits homosexuals to death? He seems to hide his ambitions to dominate the Middle East (i.e. funding Hamas, sending support to killers in Iraq) by pointing the finger to Bush (...very trite since everyone is doing it and Bush bashing is now a popular sport). Word "Psychopath" comes to mind. Where is the counter to his commentary? Now, to put my comments into context, I believe our current administration has really screwed up in the Middle East, but not for one second do I believe that Ahmadinejad is the answer nor is helping to reach a solution.

Ahmadinejad real statement should be his usual death to israel and america he puts out this lame propaganda and liberal fools eat it up, muslims are killing non muslims in 18 countries as we speak, their excuse its because of the jews will not work on anyone but the blind or the appeasers! We all now see the root cause of terrorism worldwide is ISLAM. The plague of terrorism is islam and islam is the plague! Islam is a terrorist religion that is the majority source of destruction and terrorism. It is time to insult Islam repeatedly (with the truth), to infuriate Muslims, and to destroy them when they appear willing to destroy us. Only thus can we hope to create a truly moderate Islam. Catering to these barbarian terrorists does nobody any good.

George Bush is closer to Hitler than any other leader has been since the end of WW2. Vote for Ron Paul (Republican) and end our endlessly blind support for Israel.

Well i hate to say this but he actually makes a very compelling argument, BUT if we left Iraq now without a stable government we would see the country devolve into a debilitating civil war. His comments on why his country is developing nuclear power is also bullshiet because he is sitting on oil reserves that could power his country easily for the next 100 years. Bringing up how much destruction that the US wrought upon the world with nuclear bombs makes it seem like he wants to protect himself with his own arsenal instead of the well intention of just developing it for energy.

This is to the editors at Newsweek responsible for publishing such a tremendous load of crap from a man responsible for supplying Shiite militias with the ied's, weapons, and personnel that have killed and injured thousands of U.S. soldiers and many more Iraqi citizens. F@#K YOU! To Mr. Ahmadinejad I say this. I hope you find your peace at the firing end of an M16A4 rifle. There's a jet fuel fire waiting in hell for your sorry ass.

This article is a silly puff piece and should give pause to Democrats. When President Ahmad is echoing arguments about "Absolute unilateral" and blaming America for unresolved question of Palestine - he of course ignores the multi-year diplomacy and coalition-building of three US Administrations on Palestine, North Korea, and heck Iraq itself.
Pres. Ahmad might be more credible did he not have his own violent imperial ambitions across the Middle-East: support for Shia (Hizzbolah, Iraqis Shia) and Sunnis (Hamas) terrorists, his hatred of Jews and Israel, his still active bomb-fuel making and ballistic missle programs, his crushing of Iranian democracy and the student protests within Iran.
Frankly though when did Newsweek start giving tyrants Op-Ed space ? Whos next ? Putin ? Chavez ? Kim Jong ? Yup all these guys can teach us alot about diplomacy, democracy and human rights. Pure silliness.

If the US and Iran are such bitter enemies, then why did they cooperate on arming, training, and importing mujahideen fighters to slaughter the Serbs in the 1990s?

This whole article is bs. Santayana was right. History has not changed. Only idiots blame the Jews for the wolrd's ills. It's always been that way, and will always be that way.

http://emperors-clothes.com/analysis/deja.htm

wingsntalons.....your ignorance of world affairs exposes you as just another mouthpiece that parrots the obfuscations created to instill fear into your heart and hatred into your small mind.
FACT: Iran gave up its nuclear weapons program in 2003...not because they were nice guys...but because a cost-benefit analysis showed that the expense outweighed the need.
FACT: The Iranian government gave assistance to the United States in its invasion of Afghanistan. They were no fans of the Taliban either. As a matter of fact...it was the Iranian government that helped broker the deal with the Northern Alliance to secure the leadership of Hamid Kharzai.
FACT: Most of the Iranian people love the people of the United States....they just don't like our policies. Go figure when the the CIA overthrew their government in 1953 and helped install a dictatorship that was brutal to their own people. Oh well, at least our government's interests were met...for a short while.
FACT: Read Senator Riegal's report from the early 1990's...back when our government sold Iraq stockpiles of chemical weapons...of which Saddam Hussein could have never produced on his own. Hey...remember the USS Stark? You know the US Destroyer in the Persian Gulf struck by an Exocet missile in the mid 1980's killing 33 sailors. We just chalked that one up as another unfortunate loss.
I could go on and on with real facts to educate you on what really happens and the nonsense you choose to believe because you probably lack the foresight to conduct your own analysis of world situations and instead let some chump give you the words to repeat like a mindless parrot...

Ahmadinejad is an eloquent speaker/writer. His use of words such as benevolence, justice, fairness and the such roll easily off his tongue. But didn't he also say that the holocaust never happened and that Israel should wiped off the earth? Isn't he the president of the country that still puts women in inferior status and commits homosexuals to death? He seems to hide his ambitions to dominate the Middle East (i.e. funding Hamas, sending support to killers in Iraq) by pointing the finger to Bush (...very trite since everyone is doing it and Bush bashing is now a popular sport). Word "Psychopath" comes to mind. Where is the counter to his commentary? Now, to my comments into context, I believe our current administration has really screwed up in the Middle East, but not for one second do I believe that Ahmadinejad is the answer nor is helping to reach a solution.

The 800-pound gorilla in the room is history's
tenet that "before you can exterminate a people
you must dehumanize them".

All the talk about Ahmadinejad's perceived failings is
clearly the windup to another war. An Israeli and pro-Israeli
inspired war.

A million deaths in Iraq from that war-of-choice is not
enough for some people?

Did Ahmadinejad start the Iraq war? Hmmm?
The blood is still pouring in Iraq and some want another
war!

The talk about Ahmadinejad's failings is phony. The talk
of blood-thirsty phoneys. He is bashed so that his
country can be bashed with bombs.

Well, don't the Israelis and pro-Israelis want another war?
Yes or no? The answer is clear. It is the 800-pound gorilla
in the room. The motivation is clear.

Unrepentant about the Iraq war...
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!

The Iraq war will be a footnote compared to the next one.

In 2003 when the Iranians offered to recognize Israel, end
their nuclear program, end support for Hamas...
we should have had a ticker-tape parade.
Instead these offers were hidden by our government from
the people they work for (that is us, by the way) and so the
offers were greeted with silence. Silence.

The offers were greeted with silence until months later when
Bush, at his 2004 State Of The Union Address, responded.
He responded by calling Iran part of the Axis Of Evil.

What do you think the odds are of any print or electronic media outlet in the Middle East releasing such a piece written by President Bush? Do you think they would or could run it without commentary and allow it to stand on its own for the people to consider?

"The people of Iraq, despite their religious and ethnic differences, have lived together and next to Iranians peacefully for centuries."

I was taking this article seriously until I read the above sentence. There has been war and strife between the deifferent religous factions in the Middle East since the dawn of time. Anyone who claims that Iraq and Iran have been living peacfully together side by side until the current war are just plain lying!