I'm sure they'd welcome our envoy with open arms. Right. So why are we listening to this jackass who
"refused, for example, to back off a previous comparison between [President Bush] and Osama bin Laden."
He also said the US was partly to blame (of course) for the turmoil in the Middle East.
"As a result of such wrong policies, such unilateral, violent policies, that is - the voice of logic has decreased and voice of terror and attractiveness of terror unfortunately among youth has increased,"
I love it. Our violent policies make terrorism attractive to youth. I was under the opinion that fundamentalist hardline rule and complete control of the media by the government were responsible for that.
As if that's not enough, Khatami weighed in on the allegations that Iran is attempting to acquire nuclear weapons.
"Why should they not trust Iran?" CNN quoted him as saying. "See, at this moment, Iran is a signatory to the treaty, has declared many times it has no interest in building the nuclear bomb."
Let's see. Among other reasons, the refusal of the Iranian government to allow inspectors into suspected weapons research sites is enough to raise a few red flags. Of course, no apologist propaganda bullshit response like that is complete without mentioning that Iran is a signatory to the NPT, neglecting to mention that on numerous occasions, Iran has threatened to pull out of that exact treaty. Red flag number two.
These are just the tip of the iceberg, of course, but it puts Khatami's comments in the proper context. Worthless.
