The other day, Monday, May 8, 2006, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of the Islamic Republic of Iran sent a letter to George Bush of America. In the letter, he sharply criticized Bush on many fronts, especially his war efforts on Muslim nations. He suggested that the unfortunate events in Afghanistan, Iraq proper (and Abu Ghraib prison scandals), the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and, of course, support for Israel at the expense of the Palestinians were not in line with Bush's faith of Christianity. Here are excerpts culled from The Washington Post:

"Can one be a follower of Jesus Christ, the great Messenger of God, But at the same time have countries attacked: the lives, reputations and possessions of people destroyed"[?] The Iranian President also reiterated his past claim about the fact that the controversial nuclear pursuit was Iran's "basic right." "Why is it that any technological and scientific achievement in the Middle East is translated into and portrayed as a threat to the Zionist regime"[?]

Do you think George Bush should take advantage of this letter by opening the door for dialogues between the two powerful countries in order to avert any impending dooms?

Ajisafe:

Do you think George Bush should take advantage of this letter by opening the door for dialogues between the two powerful countries in order to avert any impending dooms?

Iran is by no means powerful. Unless you talking about oil supply.
You cannot dialogue with nations like Iran and North Korea that has no respect for democratic principles. The only reason Iran is getting away with its rhetorics is due to China and Russia's need of their oil.

Iran is indeed powerful. It is the only country in the so-called Middle East that causes Isreal sleepless nights. Isreal is definitely scared to its panties right now, as we talk.

Ajisafe, do not waste your energy defending the Iranian president. He's a very bad man. Please do not think of him as a muslim, so as not to tarnish the image of your religion. Thanks.

Nwoke:

Ajisafe, do not waste your energy defending the Iranian president. He's a very bad man. Please do not think of him as a muslim, so as not to tarnish the image of your religion. Thanks.

Please,do tell me why he is a bad man?Has he attacked an innocent sovereign country lately?If he is a bad man,what do you call the Bushman?
Talking against Israel is not enough to call the iranian president,a bad man.And what is wrong in seeking nuculear technology?Afterall the US and Israel has it.
Abeg,i don't like this hipocritical talk.

"Can one be a follower of Jesus Christ, the great Messenger of God, But at the same time have countries attacked: the lives, reputations and possessions of people destroyed"[?]

And who says that the bushman is a follower?And if he is,then christianity is no better than islam,in terms of the arbitrary use of violence and power.
Bushman is a follower of the "Neo-cons".

When a man can publicly proclaim that he wants to commit genocide, he must be a bad man. Are you suggesting that the world should give him the free hand to carry out his plans for Israel? Very funny.

Seun:

When a man can publicly proclaim that he wants to commit genocide, he must be a bad man. Are you suggesting that the world should give him the free hand to carry out his plans for Israel? Very funny.

So,privately proclaiming genocide makes it more tolerable,eh?
I guess the bushman is not a bad guy becasue he did not publicly proclaim genocide before he sent his military machines to kill tens of thousand iraqis.
BTW,show me where this socalled proclamation of genocide by the iranian president?I have never heard of it.Being anti israel does not amount to proclamation of genocide.

Funny enough, "As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map" is the only clearly incriminating quote I can find (news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4616336.stm). Has my opinion been affected by character assasination?

@Ajisafe: so what are you trying to say? that the Iranian president's actions and speech are justified? not recognizing Israel as a nation and then saying they ought to be wiped off the map of the world is not child's play.

@Ajisafe
Iran is not going anywhere. Hes the kind of person giving muslims a bad-image generally in the world. Now, when you hear the word "muslim", you hear "violence". I think other muslim nations should gather together and put him to check unless Iran would soon become another Iraq.

The man should be arrested for even uttering that Israel should be wiped off the map.

Yes, America is not all together innocent, but I wont be on the side of any nation that wants to cause trouble in the world.

see his useless letter herepdf docu, a link is on this page)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4752831.stm

This is what pissed me off about the world one sided justice. The iran president is better off a bad man than President Bush. He is the worst of it. But the world would rather not say anything about the most powerful man in the world, but the oppressed leader. What do we call the happenings in Iraq today? nearly everyday, people are dying, perhaps that is very normal. Meanwhile, if a bomb goes off say in any US state or UK, the whole world will turn into chaos. I beg to differ. Iran has the right to have a nuclear weapon if they so desire, so long as other countries possess same. If they dont want any other country to possess nuclear weapon, let all nations destroy her own, afterall it is only US that have the history of ever using such weapon, and I dont see its uses anyway, since it is a weapon of mass destruction. US is also guilty of genocide by threatening to use military option to decide Iran matter. Ahmedenejad and Bush are both Baaaaaaaaaaaaad.

This is what pissed me off about the world one sided justice. The iran president is better off a bad man than President Bush. He is the worst of it. But the world would rather not say anything about the most powerful man in the world, but the oppressed leader. What do we call the happenings in Iraq today? nearly everyday, people are dying, perhaps that is very normal. Meanwhile, if a bomb goes off say in any US state or UK, the whole world will turn into chaos. I beg to differ. Iran has the right to have a nuclear weapon if they so desire, so long as other countries possess same.  If they don't want any other country to possess nuclear weapon, let all nations destroy her own, afterall it is only US that have the history of ever using such weapon, and I don't see its uses anyway, since it is a weapon of mass destruction. US is also guilty of genocide by threatening to use military option to decide Iran matter. Ahmedenejad and Bush are both Baaaaaaaaaaaaad.

@ twinstaiye,
Well said. And it seems as if you understand your geopolitics very well. The rest of you Isreali apologists are just talking blindly. I'm surprised that Seun has not researched extensively on that killer George Bush. His mindset is no different than that of Ahmadinejad -- they're both apocalyptic! Bush is a messianic fool who believes in some munbo-jumbo armageddon. In his sick mind, whatever aggressions he commits in the world are in preparation for the coming of Jesus. He and other neo-con looneys have said that they wanted to rid Jerusalem of the Muslims, so Jesus could come -- they believe the delay in the Coming is due to the fact that the Muslims occupy Jerusalem. On the other hand, Ahmadinejad believes that he needs to wipe Israel off the face of the earth, so that the "hidden" Imam Mahdi can come back. The Shiites believe that the Imam is the one that will cleanse the world of all evils before Prophet Yisa/Issa's arrival. Gentlemen, do your research before you blindly support Isreal.

nobody's defending Israel blindly. it seems to me from the onset of this thread you somewhat justify Iran's stand on Nuclear Weapons and use the US' President as the black sheep. rather you're the one defending blindly.

The question is :-

1. How many of you think America is doing the right thing?
2. Or America has the right to question another person's interest in Nuclear power?
3. Or America has the right to way possible war options on Iran even with world treaties such as the genieva ones?

Its as simple as that, Bush is evil and Ahmadinejad could be evil too. Making a public statement of wiping a country out of the map, is a threat , True, but it is only evil when perpetuated!!

If America is doing this to ensure peace in the whole world, lets call them "World Police", They should first solve the Israel->Palestian problem, by telling Israel to give Palestian its space in the Gaza strip and then tell North Korea to cut down its weapons or face war, and then thereafter Iran can follow.

That is what we call fairness, don't you think? Or you don't agree? Let us know why.

Are you supporting Bush why?

I don't think Bush and Ahmadinejad have the right to say who should possess a weapon and who should not.

Did Iraq have the weapons of Mass Destruction as proclaimed, after it was evaded? How many people now die everyday in Iraq in comparison to during Sadam's regime?

Children, women are dying everyday in Iraq, but we choose not too see that now, and all we are shouting is Iran should be the next to be attacked? Or wait a minute isnt that what some of you guys are insinuating?

Is Iraq likely to be a peaceful nation soon? Its really sad the way some of us reason.

So who is really the Satan in disguise?

The same way Saddam Hussein has been saying times without number that he has no WMD, nobody believed him, the hidden agenda is to topple him. Now countless number of people are dying, and nobody gives a hoot. The same scenarios is repeating itself now, Iran had been denying that its own uranium is for electricity and Washington keeps saying Iran uranium is to start atomic bomb. Until Iran is invaded, destroy and the government toppled before they start telling us that there is no any atomic bomb. I beg the world is tired of flimsy excuse of invading or sacking of a government that US sees as a threat to her interest.

[America must], tell North Korea to cut down its weapons or face war, and then thereafter Iran can follow.

Are you kidding? Why do you think Bush has kept his mouth shut over North Korea? Fear! My friend, these people are ordinary "paper tigers" and "chicken hawks." They can only bully smaller nations with no defense. Since the strong man of Korea tacitly admitted to having The Bomb, the bully has found a much weaker nation to prey upon. We understand the geopolitics of this world. Don't you come here and tell us how a country is so evil because of its own style of "democracy."

@seun

Reasonable observation.

The slowpoke has declared his intent by saying israel should be wiped out.

I bet he tries to justify it with the quran.

His insolence is alarming. Even if he wants to acquire weapons, let him do it tactfully not after making such statement. He now expect the israelis to be mute and watch him acquire weapons.

The letter is a weak attempt at stalling for time. Also America is not the only country weary of this sinister plot in the name of civilian nuclear energy

Note: Muslim Fanatics need not respond to my posts

I bet he tries to justify it with the quran.

mrlawng,
You're the autistic slowpoke here! Where is the Qur'anic justification in the game of death that both George Bush and Mahmud Ahmadinejad are playing? Didn't your cluttered eyes see what I wrote? Here: "He and other neo-con looneys have said that they wanted to rid Jerusalem of the Muslims, so Jesus could come -- they believe the delay in the Coming is due to the fact that the Muslims occupy Jerusalem. On the other hand, Ahmadinejad believes that he needs to wipe Israel off the face of the earth, so that the "hidden" Imam Mahdi can come back. The Shiites believe that the Imam is the one that will cleanse the world of all evils before Prophet Yisa/Issa's arrival." Look well, fool!

Ajisafe:

His mindset is no different than that of Ahmadinejad -- they're both apocalyptic! Bush is a messianic fool who believes in some munbo-jumbo armageddon. In his sick mind, whatever aggressions he commits in the world are in preparation for the coming of Jesus. He and other neo-con looneys have said that they wanted to rid Jerusalem of the Muslims, so Jesus could come -- they believe the delay in the Coming is due to the fact that the Muslims occupy Jerusalem. On the other hand, Ahmadinejad believes that he needs to wipe Israel off the face of the earth, so that the "hidden" Imam Mahdi can come back. The Shiites believe that the Imam is the one that will cleanse the world of all evils before Prophet Yisa/Issa's arrival. Gentlemen, do your research before you blindly support Isreal.

Christians and Muslims should take over Jerusalem and divide it among themselves for the coming of their Messiahs, since Jews believe in neither.

Christians and Muslims should take over Jerusalem and divide it among themselves for the coming of their Messiahs, since Jews believe in neither.

That's why Ahmadinejad said they should move back to Europe.

@Ajisafe

I really have no respect fo people that cannot stick to issues and will rather engage in personal attacks.

Why are you always hell bent on attacking people and not the issue.

I will really appreciate it if you will not respond to me if all you share is personal insults.

Its very childish. I have made it a rule never to make this personal hence i have never attacked anybody personally on nairaland.

I am entitled to my own opinion. Just LIVE an LET LIVE.

Once again in the spirit of all you hold dear in life. Respect yourself and dont respond to me ever again


Thanks.

@Ajisafe
You tend to be overly fanatical with your religious views. Maybe you're looking forward to the 7 maiden prize in paradise.

mrlawng,
As long as you stop your open blasphemy and ferocious hatred of the al-Qur'an and Prophet Muhammad. If you desist not I'll continue hitting you hard. Even harder.

@ idekeson,
I don't understand what you're talking about. If you could go back in history, you'll see that your sires in christendom have enjoyed a free ride of open hostility toward Islam. I know you don't like a knowledgeable Muslim who can face you shoulder to shoulder.

@ Ajisafe

You are not the only one that can be insultive. and all your insults doesnt affect me one bit. I will take the moral high ground rather than engage in cheap insults with you. I will always express my views regardless of your insults. I am sure every right-thinking person on nairaland will wonder why you keep attacking this person that doesnt do the same to you, rather sticks to the issue. You will meet someone that can descend that low with you. As for me, You are not even worth my insults.

all the insults in this world cannot change my views. Hopefully you will come to that realisation in your lifetime.

mrlawng is a crusading fool.

Guys whats all this? If you dont have any contribution or critisism in relation a post, desist from posting. That would be really appreciated. Stick to the thread.Thank you.

Did Ahmadinejad justify his actions by any Qur'anic suras? This is the bone of contention. Our man in Georgia willfully deviated from the subject.

That Iranian president is a loose cannon. I always thought that Iran was worse than Iraq. I wholeheartedly encouage George Bush and Tony Blair. In fact i am ready to financially support a regime change/ war on terror on iran . And all their ayatollahs. with the money i make every too weeks. I am even ready to join the Army. A country where women cant even watch soccer matches? where is the freedom. Iran has also been linked to terrorist groups like hezbollah and hamas.

George Bush I never wanted you to invade Iraq. I think it was a big mistake. But Iran sir has to be invaded as fast as possible before they create nuclear bombs and then "donate it" to hezbollah, and hamas and the Almajiris and their supporters in Northern Nigeria.
I can't wait. Invade Iran, Sudan, and Saudi Last, but leave u.a.e, quatar, yemen alone they are quite progressive. If you have extra nukes please mistakenly send one to zamfara.

Uranium for peaceful purposes my a$$. Blow them to bits. Bombs over Teheran

[b]That Iranian president is a loose cannon. I always thought that Iran was worse than Iraq. I wholeheartedly encouage George Bush and Tony Blair. In fact i am ready to financially support a regime change/ war on terror on iran . And all their ayatollahs. with the money i make every too weeks. I am even ready to join the Army. A country where women can't even watch soccer matches? where is the freedom. Iran has also been linked to terrorist groups like hezbollah and hamas.

George Bush I never wanted you to invade Iraq. I think it was a big mistake. But Iran sir has to be invaded as fast as possible before they create nuclear bombs and then "donate it" to hezbollah, and hamas and the Almajiris and their supporters in Northern Nigeria.
I can't wait. Invade Iran, Sudan, and Saudi Last, but leave u.a.e, quatar, yemen alone they are quite progressive. If you have extra nukes please mistakenly send one to zamfara.

Uranium for peaceful purposes my a$$. Blow them to bits. Bombs over Teheran [/b]

Where are those hypocritical christians who always open and close their mouths for nothing? They scream crazily about "terrorism." Tell me if this guy is not a sorry excuse for a christian TERRORIST.

zebudaya:


Uranium for peaceful purposes my a$$. Blow them to bits. Bombs over Teheran

So the iranian citizens who will be affected by US bombs are not human, they can die abi? No wonder you people dont give a hoot about daily deaths in Iraq today, afterall they are Muslims. That is the problem in this world, they tend to see things from only one mighty side of US, but let them be on the receiving end one bit, and they will know that indeed victory belongs to the oppressed. So if someone now rise up in this forum and said he wholeheatedly support the september 11 attacks on US, then the whole forum will wash him down becuase he support the supposed "TERRORIST" but your support for bombing of Tehran is not an act of terrorist.

the American government seems to be full of pride and really wanting war. Iran is very much unknown and in its own shadows, a probe is important.