What do you think about Iran's President...?

Question

...and about this article?

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1189411489739&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

I don't know how many muslims he represents, but I've read many articles about him and he's said in the past that the "Zionist regime" will be "wiped off the map" and that he's on a mission from Allah.

Religion war? Land war? Or both?

Answer 1

The truth about Iran is that is not a country of muslims but of many diverse religions, and none of them are persecuted. They weren't persecuted in Iraq either. I know this because I do not blind myself to the truth like so many people do, and I'm not even religious. Facts are facts. They do horrible things to gay people though.

As for the President of Iran, "lost in translation" is the fairest thing that can be said.

People got into an uproar when he said they don't have homosexuals in the country as we do in America. As a straight person who supports gay rights I find it a little hypocritical to take a person's words out of context. He said the "phenomenon" of homosexuality is not prevalent in his country. That is a fact. the country is dominated by religions that do not support it so it should be pretty obvious.

As for his comments on the Holocaust, everyone knows it happened so we all know it is silly to say otherwise. However, it is even sillier to condemn every word from a person's mouth because they say some things you don't agree with.

It is like people who say that there weren't millions of black people killed during the transatlantic slave trade. It doesn't matter how many, but the fact that is happened is horrible enough. How is saying anything else supposed to ease people's pain?

I think everyone should take a step back, breathe deeply and start trying to understand what is really being said, instead of allowing hatred and fear to blind and deafen them from logic and facts.

As for facts... Iran has no nuclear weapons but we do in America. However, we're not supposed to. Consider for a moment, that the rest of the world is not ok with us having them either. How do you think people see us? We need to fix our glass houses here.

Ultimately all of this means very little because the President of Iran is not the supreme leader of Iran.

Also, I believe that we in America have very little respect for political leaders of nations and even less for our own. We may disagree with the policies of our leaders but that is no reason to personally attack them. It only gives others ammunition with which to point their fingers and say "See how they behave?"

Answer 2

Hooboy, that guy's loopy. He also seems to be quite the attention whore.

I don't think he really represents any Muslims, any more than Bush actually represents any Christians.

It should also be noted that the Iranian President doesn't have the same kind of position, power, and influence that (for example) the President of the US does.

The Iranian President is appointed by the clerics who actually run the country - who were apparently looking for a yappy dog to rile up the Americans with. The American equivalent would be more like the White House Press Secretary. Not totally without influence and power, but hardly the one who holds the keys to the nation's military ambitions.

Answer 3

i think the only reason he got so much attention/negative attention is because he spoke against zionism , not because he is an evil man, a terrorist who is blood thirsty who would stop at nothing to sure the world which i believe he is .
he only reached power in iran because he has he same views as the iranian officials/ayatolahhs and same objectives.
speaking against jews in general is not right , but it does get you negative publicity in the west even if they were murderers /terorists like the israeli government and some extremists living there or in the west. you have to say all jewsin the world through out history were/ are peaceful to avoid getting viciously attacked.
speaking against muslims/arabs makes you more popular ,the more insults the more the points.
nejad is using this fact to get more attention from international media esp the west and try to make it sound like he cares so much about the palestinian cause to try and get attention away from the fact that he want iran to become a superpower to invade neighboring countries and build a new empire of crime , hate and terrorism . that would very much work for bush since that's what he turned iraq into and he helped strengthen iran as well.

Answer 4

I didn't get to read the article but I heard part of his presentation at the University in NYC. He seems to be a scary fellow. After hearing his presentation, I kept wondering "why" he was visiting NYC (requested a visit to Ground 0) in the first place. Maybe I'm just a pessimist but could he be scoping out another location for another attack? I just kept feeling this guy was here for some other reason than a visit. He just seemed devious. I have a bad feeling about him being here.

Answer 5

I understand that earlier this week he said that the holocaust had never happened and that he wanted all Jews wiped off the face of the earth. Apparently he missed the pictures and has never seen the tattooed arms of the Jews who survived. And the idea of exterminating an entire nation because of their ancestry is abominable.

As to your question about the war--It's both. Each side claims original ownership of the land as an inheritance from Abraham. Each side sees the other (religiously) as infidels.

Answer 6

Definitely something is not right with that guy.

I had to laugh when he said there are no gays in Iran like the USA............what happened to them?

There was a lot of controversy on having him speak at the college.
I hope they now realize it was the perfect choice to watch this imbecile put his foot in his mouth.

Answer 7

I don't think he really wants wipe Israel off the map. He just wants Palestinians to have their land back. Anyway, this guy seems like more talk and less action where as George Bush is all about lots of talk and lots of violent action. I don't think Ahmadinejad is a radical. He hasn't committed half the war crimes that George Bush has.

Answer 8

What do you think about Iran's President...?
I think he is a fanatic and a danger to the world, not only because of his Muslim radical views, but his involvement with North Korea......

Religion war? Land war? Or both?
BOTH!

Answer 9

he is apparently uneducated except for Islamic teachings,but want others to think that he is an intellectual.He is known to belong to groups that want to hasten the end of the world by bringing fire to the enemy's of Islam.he also seems to a religious fanatic with his job approval ratings in Iran going down.he may try something bad before he loses power.

Answer 10

Mahmoud Imacrazyguy?