Mahmoud Ahmadinejad needs help.
He has violent mood swings. He seems to function under different realities. He turns on a dime. That's not normal. I fear for his psychological well-being.
Only a week ago when Ahmadinejad was in New York and basking in the glory of one of his press conferences, he was bordering on breaking out into "Kumbaya."
AHMADINEJAD (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): We love everyone around the world: Jews, Christians, Muslims, non-Muslims, non-Jews, non- Christians. We have no problem with people.
What we object to are acts that are inappropriate against us, or acts of occupation, of aggression, of violence, of displacement of nations. We have no problem with regular people.
We have no problem -- everyone we respect. Everyone should enjoy their legitimate rights.
But, again, I repeat that we oppose aggression and violence and murder. And we say that loudly.
All we need is love...
What a charmer!
But now, back in Tehran, Ahmadinejad has changed his tune. No more "Kumbaya."
It's back to war cries.
TEHRAN (Reuters) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Tehran would not suspend nuclear enrichment despite pressure from the West, the semi-official Mehr news agency said.
Western nations have said Iran must suspend enrichment, a process that can be used to make fuel for power stations or material for atomic bombs, to start negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.
"Today, Western countries want us to suspend our nuclear technology, but we say to them that we will never give it up," the president was quoted as telling a seminar in Tehran.
"If the Western countries want to continue in this way, the Islamic Republic of Iran will show off its capabilities in other fields too," he added without elaborating.
Well, that's a thinly veiled threat.
I thought Ahmadinejad loves everyone around the world. Why would he suggest that Iran will pursue nuclear weapons, when he is such a peacenik?
Go figure.
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Here are some more of Ahmadinejad's pearls of tolerance and peace, from Tehran.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Tuesday night that the era of empires and emperors has long gone.
President Ahmadinejad's remarks came as he addressed the 23rd International Quran Memorization and Recitation Competition which began here Tuesday night.
"We invite bullying powers and dictators of the world to monotheism and justice. We urge bullying powers to end their crimes, cruelty and aggression," he said.
He said that the world has awakened and today's society is a mirror of important events and developments.
The two sides of this mirror, he added, reflect the great challenges facing today's world -- on one side giving the world access to facts and on the other fighting arrogant powers.
"Countries of the world will not accept a monopoly by certain powers of nuclear weapons while others are refused access to the nuclear fuel cycle simply because they cannot be trusted and could use this for non-peaceful purposes.
Ahmadinejad added: "Nations of the world, including the Iranian nation, will not accept this simplistic arguemnt. The community of states should recognize the rights of all its members."
He urged world powers to open their eyes and end their aggression on Iraq, Palestine and Afghanistan.
He said that world nations will not accept military superiority as a justification for invading countries while accusing other states of belligerence.
The president said he wished God Almighty would strengthen the bonds that unite the Muslim world.
2 comments:
They should have held him as an enemy combatant when he was at the UN.
HAHAHAHA
The problem with that is the Dems would have demanded that we get UN approval first.
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