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…you get the idea. Iranian Prez Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took a two day trip to the wartorn nation, and was welcomed by some, not so welcomed by others, and surprise surprise had some wonderfully kind words to say about U.S. involvement in the region. (no, not really)
Ahmadinejad’s visit follows trips to Iran last year by top officials of Iraq’s Shiite-led government, who have been fostering a closer relationship with predominantly Shiite Iran since the Saddam Hussein regime was toppled.
His visit was greeted warmly by Iraq’s Shiite Muslim leadership, who have had longtime links with Iran that predate the overthrow of Hussein. At the same time, many Sunni Muslims in Iraq dislike the Iranian regime and have demonstrated against his visit.
The Iranian president made digs at the United States. He contrasted his trip, which was advertised in advance, with the “stealth” visits of others, a reference to visits by U.S. officials, who don’t broadcast their visits to Iraq for security reasons.
Aside from this, Ahmadinejad made statements about the U.S. no longer being welcome in the region, and his opinion that we should leave matters of the Middle East to the peoples and governments who live in that region. He also had a bit to say about U.S. claims that Iran is backing and arming many insurgent groups that have been causing problems in Iraq.
“We do not care about their statements and remarks because they make statements based on erroneous information. We cannot count on what they say,” Ahmadinejad said. “We can offer them a friendly recommendation. We think that leveling allegations against others will not resolve the problem Americans are facing in the region.”
He said the foreign forces that came to Iraq from afar “shouldn’t interfere in the affairs of regional countries” and “should allow the region’s countries to run their own affairs.”
Now, don’t get me wrong here, I’m not normally one to side with madmen who live in states of great delusion… however, I do have to say, there might be some validity to parts of what has come out of his mouth regarding the visit, and the state of the region. Especially what follows:
Although Iraq invaded Iran in September 1980 after a territorial dispute, and the two countries fought an eight-year war, Ahmadinejad said the nations share a common history and he addressed what he called the common problems of terrorism.
“We think that terrorism is something as an issue detrimental to all parties,” he said, noting that Iran, Iraq and Turkey have all been hurt by terror.
“The peoples of this region, have seen nothing but devastation and destruction and sectarian attitudes , they have seen nothing but insult and humiliation.”
How very profound. Go figure. That from the “We do not have homosexuals in our country” guy. I guess even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.
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