This guy is thinking he is now The superpower of the world!
| If I were Bush I'd take him up on it. I'd make sure Bush's advisors let Bush be himself. And I'd make sure it was televised live throughout Iran. |
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on U.S. President George W. Bush to participate in a "direct television debate with us," so Iran can voice its point of view on how to end world predicaments. "But the condition is that there can be no censorship, especially for the American nation," he said Tuesday.
| Ditto for yours. We'll even provide our own Farsi translator for Dubya. |
The White House called the offer to debate Bush a "diversion" from international concerns over Iran's nuclear program, Reuters reported.
| I'd use the 'debate' to talk over Ahmadinejad's head (which wouldn't be hard with Shrimpy) to the Iranian people. |
During during a news conference in Tehran, Ahmadinejad also blamed "special concessions" granted to the United States and Britain as "the root cause of all the problems in the world." "At the Security Council, where they have to protect security, they enjoy the veto right. If anybody confronts them, there is no place to take complaints to."
His comments came two days before a deadline set by a U.N. Security Council resolution for the Islamic republic to suspend uranium enrichment or face possible sanctions. Although he did not directly address the U.N. deadline, Ahmadinejad said '"nobody can prevent" Iran from its right to a "peaceful, nuclear program."
"I think the time has passed to speak of the Security Council and the tools they can use to force a country to do certain things," he said.
Ahmadinejad said he would reject any suspension of enrichment, even if requested by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan during an upcoming visit to Iran. |