Does Ahmadenijad remind you of anybody? Does he have a future as a political campaign manager? :lol:

 

Iran expects 'different approach' from next US leader: Ahmadenijad

 

"Whoever wins the elections, I'm sure that the United States will change, it will have a different approach," the Iranian leader told the Italian daily La Repubblica.

 

"The United States will have a reduced sphere of influence in the world," he predicted, adding: "The new president will have to respond to the real demands of the American people: 40 million American citizens do not have health insurance, the victims of the New Orleans hurricane still have no homes."

 

In addition, the United States "will have to withdraw the soldiers from Iraq (since) the American people will not tolerate continued spending of billions of dollars on weapons," said Ahmadenijad, in Rome to attend the UN food agency's summit on food security.

Sounds like his subscription to the democats talking points is current. However, he is correct about a change in approach regardless of who is elected.

How anyone can read these words from an unbalanced little troll and not realize that by voting for the socialist Obama that we are playing right into their hands is totally beyond me.

 

How anyone can be happy about that baffles me.

How anyone can read these words from an unbalanced little troll and not realize that by voting for the socialist Obama that we are playing right into their hands is totally beyond me.

 

How anyone can be happy about that baffles me.

 

Playing into whose hands?

Playing into whose hands?

 

Loons like the Irani puppet president.

Saddam made the mistake of thinking he would know the actions of the US under a new President.

 

He expected the weak response of the Democrat Bill Clinton (Saddam's view of what Clinton did from his interrogation) and got a different action from Bush that he did not expect.

Saddam made the mistake of thinking he would know the actions of the US under a new President.

 

He expected the weak response of the Democrat Bill Clinton (Saddam's view of what Clinton did from his interrogation) and got a different action from Bush that he did not expect.

That is true but I think that Iran has Obama sized up pretty well. I don't blame Dr. Ahmadenijad for delivering lines from a Democratic stump speech. I would do the same if I were in his shoes.

Loons like the Irani puppet president.

 

I still really don't know what you mean by that.

I still really don't know what you mean by that.

 

I mean that if we as a country are stupid enough to elect a president like the Socialist Obama who has the support of the Iranian loon then we will have played right into their hands.

 

Ask Jimmy Carter how well diplomacy worked with that bunch.

I mean that if we as a country are stupid enough to elect a president like the Socialist Obama who has the support of the Iranian loon then we will have played right into their hands.

 

Ask Jimmy Carter how well diplomacy worked with that bunch.

 

You can do it as he speaks at the next Obama rally now... HAHA

I mean that if we as a country are stupid enough to elect a president like the Socialist Obama who has the support of the Iranian loon then we will have played right into their hands.

 

Ask Jimmy Carter how well diplomacy worked with that bunch.

 

 

First of all, why would anyone allow their voting decisions to be influenced by the public rantings of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? Is it wise to give him a measure of control over our election process?

 

Second, one could argue that the heavy-handed Bush foreign policy in the Middle East (illustrated by unhelpful "axis of evil" rhetoric) actually propelled Ahmadinejad into power and gives his fundamentalist supporters political traction within Iran that they wouldn't have had with a less confrontational U.S. approach. Countries that feel threatened tend to elect hardliners. I remember hearing reports before 9/11 that public support for extremism within Iran was waning, the younger population was embracing Western culture, and attitudes toward America were becoming favorable. Did it ever occur to you that if we were to take a less confrontational posture with Iran that we could undercut support for fundamentalist leaders like Ahmadinejad and drive more moderate leaders into power? Polls inside Iran indicate majority public dissatisfaction with Ahmadinejad. A more enlightened U.S. approach could achieve regime change without firing a shot.

 

In 2003, Iran made overtures to the U.S. to reconcile all outstanding issues between the countries, including its support for terrorism, its nuclear program, and its hostility toward Israel. These offers (made 2 years before Ahmadinejad came to power) did not even receive a response from the Bush administration. The Bush policies toward Iran (what you appear to be advocating) have clearly failed. The country is enriching uranium and is probably working as fast as it can to build a bomb. Iran is (or at least has been) creating mayhem in Iraq by supplying weapons and trained fighters. The bipartisan Iraq Study Group recommended a policy of constructive engagement with Iran, however our response has been to further escalate tensions by sending carrier battle groups into the area. We have had a foreign policy set by simpletons who see everything as black and white these last seven years and the results speak for themselves.

I disagree with almost everything you say but you make good points.

 

I would rather we take a hard line approach to Iran then to sit at the table and negotiate with them. IMVHO negotiation did nothing when Peanuthead Carter was President. Had we taken care of Iran then I firmly believe that a lot of the greif we have gotten from the middle east would have been avoided. I think what we have seen develop in the Middle East in the aftermath of Carter's atrocious handling of the hostage situation speaks for itself.

 

And yes, the fact the the Iranian puppet feels optimism based on the results of this election does bother me and I think should be a part of everyones decision making process regarding who to vote for.

I disagree with almost everything you say but you make good points.

 

I would rather we take a hard line approach to Iran then to sit at the table and negotiate with them. IMVHO negotiation did nothing when Peanuthead Carter was President. Had we taken care of Iran then I firmly believe that a lot of the greif we have gotten from the middle east would have been avoided. I think what we have seen develop in the Middle East in the aftermath of Carter's atrocious handling of the hostage situation speaks for itself.

 

And yes, the fact the the Iranian puppet feels optimism based on the results of this election does bother me and I think should be a part of everyones decision making process regarding who to vote for.

 

 

I think things in Iran are much different today than they were 30 years ago when the Islamic revolution occurred. I'm not so sure that there is the widespread public support for a fundamentalist Islamic government in Iran that there was 30 years ago. Then, an unpopular, U.S.-installed government had just been overthrown by revolution. Leeway to negotiate was very limited. In the intervening years, economic stagnation has left the Iranian population largely disillusioned with hardline religious government. Polls taken in Iran in 2003 showed that over 70% of Iranians favored re-establishment of diplomatic ties with the U.S. In more recent polls, the people of Iran have expressed dissatisfaction with Ahmadinejad's government and an unwillingness to vote for him. That is the best evidence of a potential opening to achieve U.S. ends in Iran (end sponsorship of terrorism, end nuclear program). A signal that the U.S. might re-establish relations with Iran in exchange for meaningful changes in policy might be all that is necessary to move things in a more helpful direction.

How anyone can read these words from an unbalanced little troll and not realize that by voting for the socialist Obama that we are playing right into their hands is totally beyond me.

 

How anyone can be happy about that baffles me.

 

And how anyone can consier voting Republican baffles me, but I guess that's why we have elections.

The chief beneficiary of our war with Iraq has been Iran. We have made the tin pot dictator of Iran stronger. The longer we continue with our current policy toward Iran and Iraq, the stronger he gets.