Dean
20th March 2009, 14:10
Obama offers Iran 'new beginning' (http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/03/20093205308488720.html)
In his video appeal, Obama said: "This process will not be advanced by threats. We seek instead engagement that is honest and grounded in mutual respect."
He said the US wanted Iran to take its "rightful place in the community of nations", but also insisted that Tehran do its part to achieve reconciliation.
"You have that right - but it comes with real responsibilities, and that place cannot be reached through terror or arms, but rather through peaceful actions that demonstrate the true greatness of the Iranian people and civilisation," he said.
"The measure of that greatness is not the capacity to destroy, it is your demonstrated ability to build and create."
What a creep! The broadcast was totally condescending and cynical. And I really don't want to see the primary belligerant regime in the region turn to another yes-man for the west. Are we going to see Hamas and Hizb Allah lose their funding because Iran wants to get some goodies form the U.S.? I'm afraid we are seeing the same that we did in Venezuela with the FARC-EP.
In his video appeal, Obama said: "This process will not be advanced by threats. We seek instead engagement that is honest and grounded in mutual respect."
He said the US wanted Iran to take its "rightful place in the community of nations", but also insisted that Tehran do its part to achieve reconciliation.
"You have that right - but it comes with real responsibilities, and that place cannot be reached through terror or arms, but rather through peaceful actions that demonstrate the true greatness of the Iranian people and civilisation," he said.
"The measure of that greatness is not the capacity to destroy, it is your demonstrated ability to build and create."
What a creep! The broadcast was totally condescending and cynical. And I really don't want to see the primary belligerant regime in the region turn to another yes-man for the west. Are we going to see Hamas and Hizb Allah lose their funding because Iran wants to get some goodies form the U.S.? I'm afraid we are seeing the same that we did in Venezuela with the FARC-EP.