The following are excerpts from a letter sent by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President Bush. The White House received it Monday through the Swiss Embassy in Tehran.
"Of course Saddam was a murderous dictator. But the war was not waged to topple him, the announced goal of the war was to find and destroy weapons of mass destruction. He was toppled along the way towards another goal; nevertheless the people of the region are happy about it. I point out that throughout the many years of the imposed war on Iran Saddam was supported by the West."
"Why is it that any technological and scientific achievement reached in the Middle East region is translated into and portrayed as a threat to the Zionist regime? Is not scientific R&D one of the basic rights of nations?"
"Lies were told in the Iraqi matter. What was the result? I have no doubt that telling lies is reprehensible in any culture, and you do not like to be lied to."
"Those in power have a specific time in office and do not rule indefinitely, but their names will be recorded in history and will be constantly judged in the immediate and distant futures."
"Liberalism and Western-style democracy have not been able to help realize the ideals of humanity. Today these two concepts have failed. Those with insight can already hear the sounds of the shattering and fall of the ideology and thoughts of the liberal democratic systems."
more excerpts of the letter in the link below:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/Politics/story?id=1940391&page=1
and the response by the U.S. see article: Rice rejects Iran leader's letter
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-05-08-iran-us_x.htm
its obvious this guy is playing a game and trying to see how far it can take the U.S.
what's that song by Outkast - Bombs over Baghdad - it looks like the song will be changed to Bombs over Tehran
"Of course Saddam was a murderous dictator. But the war was not waged to topple him, the announced goal of the war was to find and destroy weapons of mass destruction. He was toppled along the way towards another goal; nevertheless the people of the region are happy about it. I point out that throughout the many years of the imposed war on Iran Saddam was supported by the West."
"Why is it that any technological and scientific achievement reached in the Middle East region is translated into and portrayed as a threat to the Zionist regime? Is not scientific R&D one of the basic rights of nations?"
"Lies were told in the Iraqi matter. What was the result? I have no doubt that telling lies is reprehensible in any culture, and you do not like to be lied to."
"Those in power have a specific time in office and do not rule indefinitely, but their names will be recorded in history and will be constantly judged in the immediate and distant futures."
"Liberalism and Western-style democracy have not been able to help realize the ideals of humanity. Today these two concepts have failed. Those with insight can already hear the sounds of the shattering and fall of the ideology and thoughts of the liberal democratic systems."
more excerpts of the letter in the link below:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/Politics/story?id=1940391&page=1
and the response by the U.S. see article: Rice rejects Iran leader's letter
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-05-08-iran-us_x.htm
its obvious this guy is playing a game and trying to see how far it can take the U.S.
what's that song by Outkast - Bombs over Baghdad - it looks like the song will be changed to Bombs over Tehran