Iran and Ahmadinejad- Turning the Tables on the US
If he was a woman, I would have to say "You Go Girl" to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who in some ways is a refreshing new voice on Middle Eastern affairs. Sure he is cagey and many times he dances around or avoids important questions on Israel or the political state of the Middle East and distorts facts; but let's face it, what politician doesn't. But when he turned the tables on the US by saying "Hey, instead of telling Iran to get rid of its nuclear program, why don't you get rid of your nuclear program, and Iran will sell you enriched uranium in a couple of years for your powerplants at a steep discount", I had to laugh. And, as the French would say, I thought, "Touche!" Although the Bush administration and Americans in general were outraged that the leader of Iran would throw in their face what seemed to them to be an impossibly stupid idea that would never, ever be considered, let me point out that the US position of demanding that Iran stop its nuclear program and get its enriched uranium from the US or Europe is received in Tehran in exactly the same way. So I would say to the Bush Administration, how does it feel to get a taste of your own medicine! Maybe now you can see how ridiculous it is, the way the US is making its demands on Iran. The US needs to seriously reconsider of how it deals with Iran and other countries in the Middle East.
And in terms of nuclear proliferation, you know I can't say the US has been terribly responsible with its nuclear aresnal, as it still sits on tens of thousands (yes, not one, not two, not even a few tens, but TENS OF THOUSANDS) of nuclear warheads. There is no other government on the planet, now that the old Soviet Union has disbanded, that can rival this active stockpile of destruction, with enough capacity to turn the planet into radioactive wasteland many times over. So what is the US worried about? I suppose some would say keeping nuclear capacity out of the hands of the Iranians would help stop a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. Well, Pakistan has the bomb, and so does India. And, although neither of those are the world's most stable countires and they are bitter enemies with the potential for mutual nuking, we have yet to see any nuking going on there; and the US is not browbeating or insulting those countires like like it is the Iraanians (though it did try mightily when those counties were in the nuclear development phase).
Wake up Bush and America! Not everyone on this planet is ready to become, nor does it want to become, nor should it be "little America". No governments should have to do things just because America wants them to or becuase it makes things easier for Americans or American corporations. Iran and this recent issue with its nuclear program is just a microcosm of how the US treats most of the counties in the Middle East. It needs to seriously rethink it's foreign policy and how to achieve what it wants in a respectful manner and in such a way that it achieves it objective and the other side feels that it also gets something out of it.
And in terms of nuclear proliferation, you know I can't say the US has been terribly responsible with its nuclear aresnal, as it still sits on tens of thousands (yes, not one, not two, not even a few tens, but TENS OF THOUSANDS) of nuclear warheads. There is no other government on the planet, now that the old Soviet Union has disbanded, that can rival this active stockpile of destruction, with enough capacity to turn the planet into radioactive wasteland many times over. So what is the US worried about? I suppose some would say keeping nuclear capacity out of the hands of the Iranians would help stop a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. Well, Pakistan has the bomb, and so does India. And, although neither of those are the world's most stable countires and they are bitter enemies with the potential for mutual nuking, we have yet to see any nuking going on there; and the US is not browbeating or insulting those countires like like it is the Iraanians (though it did try mightily when those counties were in the nuclear development phase).
Wake up Bush and America! Not everyone on this planet is ready to become, nor does it want to become, nor should it be "little America". No governments should have to do things just because America wants them to or becuase it makes things easier for Americans or American corporations. Iran and this recent issue with its nuclear program is just a microcosm of how the US treats most of the counties in the Middle East. It needs to seriously rethink it's foreign policy and how to achieve what it wants in a respectful manner and in such a way that it achieves it objective and the other side feels that it also gets something out of it.
