When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad starts to sounds sane…
…you know we are going in the wrong direction.
The US administration does not accept accountability before any organization, institution or council. The US administration has undermined the credibility of international organizations, particularly the United Nations and its Security Council. But, I do not intend to address all the challenges and calamities in this message.
The legitimacy, power and influence of a government do not emanate from its arsenals of tanks, fighter aircrafts, missiles or nuclear weapons. Legitimacy and influence reside in sound logic, quest for justice and compassion and empathy for all humanity. The global position of the United States is in all probability weakened because the administration has continued to resort to force, to conceal the truth, and to mislead the American people about its policies and practices.
Undoubtedly, the American people are not satisfied with this behavior and they showed their discontent in the recent elections. I hope that in the wake of the mid-term elections, the administration of President Bush will have heard and will heed the message of the American people.
My questions are the following:
Is there not a better approach to governance?
Is it not possible to put wealth and power in the service of peace, stability, prosperity and the happiness of all peoples through a commitment to justice and respect for the rights of all nations, instead of aggression and war?
We all condemn terrorism, because its victims are the innocent.
But, can terrorism be contained and eradicated through war, destruction and the killing of hundreds of thousands of innocents?
If that were possible, then why has the problem not been resolved?
The sad experience of invading Iraq is before us all.
Do you remember when we were the country that sent letters like that to other countries? Ah, the good old days.
My first comment referred only to the text above.
I just read the full text. I agree with all of the political parts of the letter. The country now called Israel did in fact just steal that part of the world from people who were already living there because they think they have some sort of holy claim to it. That’s wrong and our support of that injustice does fuel hatred towards us in that part of the world.
I do not agree with his apparent desire to impose his religion on the world, or with any of the religious statements. But, to be fair, many of the people who follow the dominant religion in this country have that same desire and spend a lot of money and political power imposing their religion on their fellow Americans and the rest of the world, to the detriment of people everywhere. As long as that continues to be the case, this country has no moral authority regarding religious freedom.
You’re right. There’s a lot in his letter I disagree with. That’s why he still gets the Good Old Fashioned Crazy tag, but he makes some really good points that I’d love to hear come out of our leaders’ mouths.