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Dear President Bush...
by finethen at 1:49 pm EDT, May 9, 2006 |
The letter from the Pres. of Iran. Very strange read. |
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RE: Dear President Bush...
by Shannon at 3:02 pm EDT, May 9, 2006 |
finethen wrote:
The letter from the Pres. of Iran. Very strange read.
"We are both failures... Let's blow everything the hell up and let God sort it out before we look bad historically." |
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Dear President Bush...
by Decius at 9:38 pm EDT, May 9, 2006 |
FineThen says: The letter from the Pres. of Iran. Very strange read. My summary: So, you're Christian, Eh? Well, Iraq was a bunch of bullshit, we think we have a right to make nuclear reactors, and we don't recognize the right of Israel to exist because they ran out a bunch of Arabs. But the important point is that people are sick of Liberal Democracy. It obviously doesn't work. We should all turn to fundamentalism instead. If you were really Christian you'd agree. Its unfortunate that they squandered the opportunity to make substantive points, relying instead on subtle hints of conspiracy theories about September 11th and about the holocaust. However, the general value of this is that it signifies a tremendous turn in strategy. They have decided that getting bombed isn't in their strategic interest. This reduces the risk of more war. |
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RE: Dear President Bush...
by noteworthy at 9:57 pm EDT, May 9, 2006 |
Decius summarized Ahmadinejad thusly: we don't recognize the right of Israel to exist because they ran out a bunch of Arabs.
Just so everyone is on the same page: Iran is not an Arab country. The Factbook entry for Iran shows the following ethnic distribution: Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1%
See also the Wikipedia article on Iran-Arab relations. For up-to-date coverage of views on the nuclear issue from Iran's Arab neighbors, check out the recent CFR backgrounder. |
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Dear President Bush...
by Rattle at 2:15 am EDT, May 10, 2006 |
Is Bush going to write him back? Ahmadinejad and Bush should become pen pals. |
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