Ahmadinejad's UNO speech 2011

[Peter Lemkin]

I think he'd do much better to remind the world of what the USA and British did to Iran in 1953. There he could really score some points, I think......he's not stupid, but is a bit too dogmatic in his speeches. This one was almost a repeat of an earlier one. As you say, it won't play well, even if it contains a lot of truth...it also contains some [I think] forced connections. Iran has every reason to be en garde from the USA and its intentions - given it past in Iran and the region up until today!.....he should make that history in Iran more clear. There he can ask for understanding and even redress. Sadly, Ian overreacted to the horrors of the USA, IMHO, causing [in turn] the USA to overreact. My housemate at graduate school was from Tehran and I learned much about Iran and Iranians. They are a proud and sophisticated population, highly educated and like all peoples wanting to guide their own destiny. It has been hijacked by the mullahs now [and I think few if given their 'vote' would have it that way inside Iran], but our enmity in the West only strengthens the mullahs and makes it impossible now to break their grip. We caused all this by destabilizing their country long ago....another example of blowback we ignore at our peril.