political : ARE THE IRANIANS PLAYING TO THE AMERICAN LEFT? [+] serious ballot by herzog created Mon Aug 14, 06 From a CBS interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: "We think that Mr. Bush's team and the parties that support him want to monopolize energy resources in the world. Because once they have that they can impose their opinions, points of view, policies on other nations and, of course, line their own pockets." . . . . Basically we are not looking for — working for the bomb," the president said. "The problem that President Bush has is in his mind he wants to solve everything with bombs. The time of the bomb is in the past. It's behind us. Today is the era of thoughts, dialogue and cultural exchanges." . . . . "Well, if an atrocity was committed in Germany or Europe for that matter, why should the Palestinians answer for this?" the president asked. "They had no role to play in this. Why on the pretext of the Holocaust they have occupied Palestine? Millions of people have been made refugees. Thousands of people to-date have been killed, sir. Thousands of people have been put in prison. Well, at the very moment, a great war is raging because of that." . . . . . Instead of security, he says the United States is oppressing Iraq, and instead of calling the United States, "the great Satan," as the Ayatollah Khomeini did, Ahmadinejad calls the United States "the great oppressor." "We are opposed to oppression," the president told Wallace. "We support whoever is victimized and oppressed even the oppressed people of the U.S." A senior European diplomat in Tehran told Wallace that Iran's president feels the United States should be confronted in Iraq — and around the world — because he truly believes that the U.S. government is against Islam, and the developing world, that America keeps pushing Iran and other countries around, and he is determined to push back. . . . . "I think that Mr. Bush can be in the service of his own people," Ahmadinejad said. "He can save the American economy using appropriate methodologies without killing people, innocents, without occupation, without threats. I am very saddened to hear that 1 percent of the total population is in prison. And 45 million people don't have a health care cover. That is very sad to hear." - - - - - -- - - So: 1) Bush is out to steal oil 2) Iran has no interest in nuclear weapons 3) All these problems arise from a poor understanding of their culture, getting to know one another will solve the conflict. 4) Bush is out to oppress the people of Iraq just for the fun of it 5) Israel is an evil oppressor of the poor palestinians, who bear no blame for their actions 6) America is an evil police state 7) America is an evil nation for it's lack of 'free' healthcare. Are any one of these 7 talking points distinct from what democrats have been saying for years? This man isn't dumb, he hires advisors educated in america, they know how to play to their market and the american people are their market. Now, I don't want a debate on the merits or faults of those points, merely, was his speech designed in such a way to hit all those sensitive topics to gain support among american liberals? Yes, he is pandering to the american left No, it's just a remarkable coincidence that he hit all those points Ballot #100510 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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