Reuters: Ahmadinejad defiant, challenges Bush to TV debate

[Eugene]

Ahmadinejad defiant, challenges Bush to TV debate

By Edmund Blair
Reuters
Tuesday, August 29, 2006; 8:27 AM

TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad voiced defiance on Tuesday
as a deadline neared for Iran to halt work the West fears is a step toward
building nuclear bombs, and challenged President Bush to televised debate.

In a news conference, Ahmadinejad condemned the U.S. and British role in the
world since World War Two but made no direct mention of the international
nuclear confrontation.

"I suggest holding a live TV debate with Mr. George W. Bush to talk about world
affairs and the ways to solve those issues," he said.

-snip-

Iran has shown no sign it will halt enrichment. The world's fourth largest oil
exporter has shrugged off the threat of sanctions and said such a move would simply
push oil prices up to intolerable levels for industrialized economies.

-snip-

Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/29/AR2006082900403.html

Related Associated Press article:

Iran President Proposes Debate With Bush


Tuesday August 29, 2006 1:31 PM

AP Photo VAH105

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI

Associated Press Writer

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday called for a televised
debate with President Bush on world issues.

Ahmadinejad also questioned the veto right of the U.N. Security Council's permanent
members, two days before the council's deadline demanding Tehran stop uranium enrichment.

-snip-

Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6045157,00.html

[bluestateguy]

1. Oh swell

The racist fascist up against the racist, fascist dumbass.

[hlthe2b]

3. NOT FAIR, NOT FAIR, NOT FAIR!

Our racist, fascist dumbass is too stupid to debate! We need a ringer! (or at least one that speaks English--or any other language)

[HereSince1628]

5. No problem Bush has the ear-piece. Remember??????

They can have an entire platoon of Neocons ready with talking points for him.

[screembloodymurder]

27. Send in the hypnotist, Tony Blair.

Blair can talk circles around any subject. You're getting sleepy.

[screembloodymurder]

28. NOT FAIR

He's picking on our weakest player.

[Totally Committed]

2. They oughtta make it Pay-Per-View!

I'd pay good money to see those two yahbos go at each other. If I knew it wouldn't lead to WW3, that is.... They could bill it as the "AXIS OF EVIL v. THE ASS OF EVIL". And, all the money raised could go to benefitting CIVILIANS in the ME who have been affected by war... and to replacing the infrastructures of Lebanon and Gaza.

I think it would be a memorable evening.

TC

[davhill]

19. Two idots debating each other?

It might be more appopriate to put them both in a cage and have them fight each other on pay TV.

[ShockediSay]

20. dueling dumbos nt

[htuttle]

4. Interesting tactic

If he's serious, I'd say he understands us far better than we understand him. But that's probably obvious by now, isn't it?

[Kickoutthejams23]

6. If President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad can pronounce nuclear

we could be in trouble. :spank:

[radfringe]

7. Ahmadinejad challenges Bush to TV debate

Ahmadinejad challenges Bush to TV debate
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3297211,00.html

Iranian president condemned US, British role in the world since World War Two but makes no direct mention of int’l nuclear confrontation; ‘I suggest holding live TV debate with Mr. George W. Bush to talk about world affairs and ways to solve those issues’ he says. Adds: Creation of Israel based on a myth

Dudi Cohen and Reuters Published: 08.29.06, 15:39

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please feel free to comment AFTER you've stopped laughing, picked yourself up off the floor, and wiped the coffee from your computer monitor

[stepnw1f]

8. I'd Love to See That

Since this gy hasn't had much of a chance to tell his side of the story without some neo-con shill misquoting him.

[bullimiami]

9. a doctorate in civil engineering vs an mba. bush got served.

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[tuvor]

11. Iran's president says wants TV debate with Bush

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday proposed holding a live television debate with President Bush to discuss global affairs.

"I suggest holding a live TV debate with Mr. George W. Bush to talk about world affairs and the ways to solve those issues," Ahmadinejad told a news conference in which he complained about the U.S. and British role in the world after World War Two.

He did not specifically mention the nuclear dispute.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2006-08-29T122211Z_01_BLA942041_RTRUKOC_0_US-NUCLEAR-IRAN-USA.xml

[PSPS]

12. Didn't Hussein propose something similar before bush invaded?

Why, yes he did.

[bluedog]

13. yes..plus a "duel"

can't find a link to this yet......but I do remember this

[The Stranger]

14. Why not?

Or are we not supposed even to speak to sub-humans? As if we would somehow become corrupted if they dared speak some truth.

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[bdamomma]

16. bush is so defiant he won't talk to anyone he'd rather

just blow them up. stupid man bush is. Diplomacy means shit to Bush.

[HuffleClaw]

17. hell, i'd PAY to watch that.

the chimperor would have his head handed to him.

[yellowcanine]

23. Me too. What a hoot that would be. Loser converts to the other religion.

[donco6]

18. I would SO pay to watch that.

And they could spot Bush the earpiece to make up for the brain cell handicap.

Seriously, though, it would be interesting to hear Ahmadinejad's reasoning for myself. I can only get pieces of things that I'm sure are the most inflammatory parts or his speeches. I grew up just before the Iran hostage era and remember lots of Iranian students at my school who all had to take speech class. Their speeches were very . . . enthusiastic, but they just repeated the same stuff about the Shah, Shah, Shah. I wasn't politically aware enough to even know what they were talking about, but it all came together when the hostage crisis arose. So I just wonder what kind of thought processes he possesses, how he uses logic, what types of events shaped his thinking? The current Administration seems to think we should not be allowed to hear from this guy because he's "evil" - like he has some contagion that's spread through airwaves. But if he's a crackpot (which seems to be the case from what I've heard so far), I think I would be able to tell in just a few minutes. But I can't make a conclusion when all our news is so filtered and edited.

Anyway, it would be worth the cost of a magazine subscription to hear him debate points with the Shrub.

[w4rma]

21. Oh no. Iraq deja vu. Saddam asked to debate Bush also. (nt)

[MasonJar]

22. Will Charlie dare host it? Can you see Stump now jumping from

his chair ready to attack?

[screembloodymurder]

24. This guy is shaming the US.

He takes the high road (debates, diplomacy, open letters) and Bush responds with nuclear threats. Why not debate the man,
Mr. President, or would you prefer to have our troops save your ego?

[stepnw1f]

26. BINGO!

That's what this is coming down to.... Bush's ego and the exposure of the Neo-Con buulcrap we read here about the Iranian leader..

[VegasWolf]

25. I would love to see that! I can't wait to see how much further president

bush can possibly embarrass and humiliate the US.

[librechik]

29. hmm--if either one of them could speak English it might be possible

but this will never happen.

[NOLADEM]

30. Sad, sad day....see CNN poll

{www.cnn.com}

See the poll at the bottom of the page. 2/3 of respondants believe our idiot boy king is likely to lose a debate to a holocaust denying Al Qaeda supporter.

Sad, really. I would have had Clinton 100/1 over Ahmadinejad, even with a dozen interns hanging from his manhood. Most rethugs would have too.

2 years, 144 days, 18 hours, 45 minutes till I can start drinking less. Pray for my liver.

[NeoConsSuck]

32. Here is the poll:

Who would win a debate on world issues between President Bush and Iranian President Ahmadinejad?

Bush 38% 32443 votes

Ahmadinejad 62% 53952 votes

How pathetic! But then again, CNN.COM is a liberal, pinko commie media outlet :sarcasm:

[kineneb]

31. Ahmadinejad-1, Bush-0

If we disregard the fact that both are raving fundamentalists/ authoritarians, Ahmadinejad would talk circles around Bushie. Mr. A has grown up with the traditions of Persian literature and rhetoric. Mr. B can hardly pronounce the word "literature", and suffers from a permanently fried brain.

No Contest.

[Anakin Skywalker]

33. Mahmoud Wins!