Is it just me or Ahmadinejad whooping 60 minutes?

[Colobo]

He's best defense is the lack of moral authority of America today. In fact, I find that reporter rude.

It's the first time I feel kind of sympathetic to the President of Iran. I still think he is behind the death of hundreds of American troops, don't get me wrong.

[daninthemoon]

1. I didn't get much use from the exchange. The reporter definetly had

a rw bent, but the president came off pretty weird and evasive.

[Faygo Kid]

2. None of it matters one way or the other. We will attack Iran.

It's like an interview in 2002 with Saddam Hussein. It means nothing, absolutely nothing. The decision has been made, and we will attack Iran, and Ahmadinejad is just an even less important blip on history than Saddam. The die is cast. We have heard this song sung before.

Maybe Congress can pass a resolution condemning Jon Stewart or something, but they can't stop this, and this interview is irrelevant.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. the reporter is arrogant and amhadinejad is proving to the world that america is a bully

by showing humility to the reporter, he makes us look arrogant.

the reporter makes me want to slap him, ugh!

[undeterred]

4. Well he did have a couple of points

Your president should stop spying on people and help hurricane victims if he wants people to vote for him. I don't know if Republicans give a rats ass about either of the above though.

[Jazzgirl]

5. All I gotta say is....

don't get caught up in the groupthink!

[chimpymustgo]

6. Why do you think he's behind the deaths of hundreds of American troops?

Cuz B*sh and Gen. Betray-us told you? Just something to think about...

:shrug:

[givemebackmycountry]

9. Something that is never discussed and I'm curious why...

Let's say that this is true.
Let's say that Iran is responsible for the deaths of American troops by supplying arms and aid to the insurgents in Iraq.
Let's say that is true.
Let's say that we drop a couple of thousand bombs and destroy much of Iran because of it.
Let's ask this...

Did we not send arms and aid into Afghanistan to support the Mujahadien (Bin Laden) in their fight against the Soviet army?
I don't recall hearing about the Soviets wanting to nuke American cities because of it.
I'm just asking.
So often, we get pissed when others do exactly what we have done.

[EFerrari]

17. That's right. Thank you. n/t

[truth2power]

7. Scott Pelley was rude to him..

Tried to play "gotcha" by asking Ahmadinejad if he could say one thing he likes about Pres. Bush.

What nonsense! Anyone with half a brain is going to have to struggle to come up with something likeable about the POS. Ahmadinejad threw it right back at Pelley...asked him what he like about Bush.

Pelley sidestepped it.

Ahmadinejad is intelligent and speaks in complete sentences. More than we can say for the cretin in the WH. Facts are facts!

[The Straight Story]

8. ...lack of moral authority of America today...

Uh....yeah. He is a fine one to talk about that isn't he?

[democrat_06]

10. Just because Bush

is scum doesn't mean we have to elevate Ahmadinajad. I don't think any of us would want to live under his rule where you break the law if you get the wrong haircut for your gender, where women can't wear what they want, where you have to practice Islam or wear an armband stating your religion. Ahmadinajad is using our hatred of Bush against us, not cool to fall for it at all...

[The Straight Story]

15. I sure as hell ain't about to elevate him (nt)

[madrchsod]

13. the installation of the shah and supplying iraqi with chemical weapons

diminishes our moral standing

[The Straight Story]

16. Just because ours is diminished does not mean theirs is increased

wrong is wrong across the board.

[Hieronymus]

11. I'm not at all convinced that he's behind the deaths of US troops.

[EFerrari]

18. It makes no sense for the Iranian government to do that.

That would keep the US there longer, wouldn't it? And why would they want that?

[liberalsoldier5]

19. He personally may not be, but his regime certainly is.

I find no reason to give this shitbag the benefit of the doubt. Every report in circulation says it's so. The only way anyone could deny it would be because they just don't want to believe that it's true (for whatever reason...)

[SOS]

22. "Every report in circulation" in 2002

claimed Iraq had huge stockpiles of WMD.
Turns out they had none.

(and don't forget the babies being thrown from incubators in Baghdad in 1991. Also completely false).

[Timex]

23. "every report in circulation"

whitehouse reports?

[mmonk]

21. I don't see it either.

Iran would want a stable Iraq (and predominately Shia).

[madrchsod]

12. i`m not sure about his responsibility but->

the cia was responsible for the overthrow of an elected government in the 50`s .they installed the shah who along with them were responsible for the deaths of hundreds if not thousands of Iranians who opposed the shah. we were also responsible/enabled saddam kill tens thousands of iranians with convention arms along with chemical weapons that we supplied.we as a nation can not take any moral high ground when it comes to our relationship with iran

[kineneb]

20. blowback in action

yup, there would be no problems with Iran if the CIA had not overthrown Mossedeq in the 50s. We should note that Mossedeq wanted to do the unthinkable: nationalize Iranian oil output, and prevent Anglo-American from profiting from the country's resources. "Our" puppet, the Shah was then installed to make sure that cheap oil would continue flow through western-built pipelines.

The Shah was our bully, just as Saddam was our bully; we should add the various dictators installed by US Gov/Business in South American. Everyone on DU should read the Blowback series, by Chalmers Johnson, for background on the reactions the US has and will receive.

The Pres. of Iran is indeed much brighter than poor Georgie. But unlike Georgie, he has little real power and is a figurehead for the clergy that actually run Iran. As a decorative figurehead, it matters little whether or not he accepts the fact of the Holocaust; indeed, many of the non-Jews in the ME question it.

I am not defending the regime, many Iranian members of my family are now living in permanent exile in the US and Europe. My parents had to leave to avoid problems with the Islamic government. They were living in Tehran after the revolution.

On the otherhand, this is the bed we have made, and we will have to sleep in it.

[maximusveritas]

14. Yeah, it was a really unprofessional interview

Especially when he prefaced a question by stating matter-of-factly that Iran and America were on the path to war. I was glad to see Ahmadinejad dispute him on that.

But I wouldn't say Ahmadinejad whooped him. The reporter just exposed himself as an incompetent fool spouting Bush talking points. Ahmadinejad also came across as evasive on quite a few questions. He didn't look prepared for the interview. Perhaps that was down to the editing and/or translation, but that was my impression.