The Painful Truth......
Sometimes the things that hurt the most are true. When this is the case in matters relating to foreign policy, the weight of those words take on take on added import. Nations acting within the international system sometimes operate on justifiably empirical foundations, and at othertimes, on fundamentally unjustifiable grounds. Such policy 'incoherence' can have dramatic and dangerous consequences and are therefore difficult for unbalanced, vulnerable political systems to deal with.
Case in point, yesterday's vitriolic speech by the recently "elected" "President" of Iran's Islamic Republic. Simply put, he demonstrated what an ass he really is. Pardon my bluntness. Moreover, once again the clerical establishment has acted contrary to the interests of the nation they purport to represent. International relations aside, Ahmadinejad's diatribe had the added effect of revealing a morally indefensible, fundamentally unjustifiable position vis-a-vis Israel.
Finally, let me state that he is not my "President." I dare say, the vast majority of the people in Iran would agree with that statement. And although I am not speaking in any official capacity, on behalf of what I know, through personal knowledge, to be true, I condemn in the name of the ordinary people of Iran, Ahmadinejad's callousness - without reservation.
One last thing, at a later date I will post an article that addresses Iranian-Israeli enmity and proposals for ending this unnatural estrangement.
posted by antiradical at 12:42 PM
2 Comments:
Back to the topic at hand, two things.
One, I read the english translation of his speech, and I would like to know which parts exactly you find so reprehensible. Not that I walk the same line as he does, within the confines of where he stands and in the context of the entire speech, he wasn't making a pitch for genocide, which was how the world press stated it.
Second thing, please present your plan soon. Every day counts.
the plan is a report - a 'why' the relationship must evolve - it's based on a number salient facts
a President of Iran should not speak in that way - the entire position as between the Islamic Republic and Israel was born in an era very different than which we find ourselves in today - but fundamentally it's a question of equity - an evolution in thinking must and will ripen into actions that advance interests, not ideology.
But that'f for a later time.
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