Can you really blame Bush for not trusting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?

Question

Iran's President, Ahmadinejad has told quite a few bold faced lies in the past.

Recently, he has told the world that there is no such thing as a homosexual or gay person in Iran.

He has expressed so much anti-american sentiment and religious fundamentalism over the years.

Recently he tried to take Hugo Chavez under his wing and posed for photographs raising their collective fists against America.

Now, I don't particularly like George Bush as a President, and I think he's made some awful choices... I plan on voting Democrat next year.

But do you really think that George Bush is far off base by not trusting this anti-american liar?
It's probably the first thing I've agreed with him on.
Sanction the hell out of Iran for all I care... that guy is a bigger jerk than Bush!

Answer 1

Well, no.

But then again, I don´t trust Bush either.

Who the bigger jerk is, probably depends mostly upon where one lives, I think. No offence intended. I see them as pretty much equal. You don´t, but that´s fine.

Sanctions will not hurt Ahmadinejad, but they will hurt the Iranians (who do NOT necessarily support all he does, just as not all Americans support Bush and his actions).
Sanctions WILL also foster more anti-American sentiments, and make the Iranian govt. much less likely to ever be "friendly" with the USA, much less cooperate. If Bush is really bent upon invading Iran and doesn´t have enough public support yet, putting more sanctions upon them and provoking them to show plenty of anti-American demonstrations might be a good way to do so. It´s playing with people´s lives, but it´s all politics.

Answer 2

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, with the aid of fact nevertheless he's as obdurate as George Bush yet greater trustworthy.the guy by no skill tells a lie.He overtly very own up that Iran has the nuclear weapon and dare the worldwide to do its worst. He did no longer tell the worldwide what isn't real like George did to justify his foolishness in attacking Iraq.Now he can neither swallow his spit nor spat it out as Iraq is caught in his gullet.

Answer 3

Not trusting someone is not the same as agitating to invade his country, especially when it's done with lies and manipulation.

Again, Iran ELECTED their President, just as Iraq elected Hussein (and again, before someone whines about sham elections, try to recall who "won" the sham election in 2000). Hugo Chavez was ALSO elected by the people of HIS coutnry. These are all leaders elected with a much clearer majority of votes than Bush Lite EVER received, yet he feels qualified to call them "dictators"?

We have entered into the looking glass Alice.

Answer 4

I do not trust Bush. There is a lot of hidden facts, and a lot of violations to other nations rights.
In the other hand, US government supports terror and up-use its power to invade countries and make wars in order to support its interests (oil for example) Iraq stopped trading its oil using US Dollar in 2002 and US invaded Iraq in the next year.

On November 6, 2000, the Iraqi government switched from dollars to euros to sell oil. The Bush Administration then linked 9/11 to Saddam Hussein and set its sights on the invasion of Iraq to get rid of Hussein and bring American style democracy to the people of Iraq. That, at least, is the stated aim of the war.

One other OPEC country has been talking publicly about possible conversion to the euro since 1999: Iran, a country which has since been included in the George W. Bush's 'axis of evil'.

I hope US government give be more honest w/ its public

Answer 5

I wouldn't take one word of this RAG HEAD to heart.He speaks with fork tongue.If you really listen to any of the interviews with Mideast politicians,they say nothing.They beat around the bush to no end.They commit to nothing.Listen to them once.They are Muslim and have been murdering each other for the last 1500 yrs.Why would they top now???Please don't be so naive,that is what happened before with Hitler.They want to destroy the Western world by any means possible.
Please don't vote for a party,vote independent.Vote for the best candidate and even split your vote.We need a change in Congress ,to get rid of some of these thieves and corrupted officials.Vote for a term limit.Do your countrymen a favor.Don't vote for a straight ticket.

Answer 6

I love how left wing liberals are so emotional. Generally in real debates they do not hold up well. They like to talk about concepts like honesty, integrity, values, yet they never have a real plan to fix real problems. They just shout out these great ideals, becuase they sound good. Actions speak a lot louder than words. But to your point, Ahmadinejad should not be trusted, being cautious is the right course of action. As soon as we are done with Iraq I forsee us handling Iran next. They are not fooling anyone. But if the libs get in, it will be just another 8years of Clinton shooting missles and people with no real expecation that it will do something.

Answer 7

Chavez and Ahadinejad want to change the oil value to the Euro from the dollar if I came from a oil background I would be mad to. The point is North Korea is in the testing phase with their WMDs and allot closer to the U.S. and that country needs freedom worse then Iraq did so why all the hype about a country that is only enriching uranium for power.

Answer 8

Of course, Bush should not take him at his word, but there's a vast gulf between requiring facts before believing him and creating crap up against him, with no factual basis.

With Iraq, Bush ignored the experts who told him he didn't have the facts. They were not lying despots or dictators, they were experts in the field. He's ignoring them again. It's not about trusing Iran's president, it's about listening to people who know more about this than him.

The irony is that, after the Iraq "WMD" and terrorism debacle, and the blatant lies and over-hyping of Iran's, can we blame anyone for not trusting Bush and/or Cheney? Can we blame anyone except Bush and Cheney for Ahmadinejad now having more credibility in the eyes of the world than our leaders?

As far as who Ahmadinejad buddies up with, look at Bush and the butt-kissing he does for the worst supporters and purveyors of anti-US and global terrorism - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Again, can we blame anyone for looking at us and laughing when we try to lecture or accuse?

Answer 9

No, not at all.

But let us keep things in perspective here. Ahmadinejab really has no power or authority in Iran. He is largely a figurehead put in place to appease the masses (which he does poorly with a 15% approval rating among Iranians).

Ahmadinejab can spout off all he wants, but his main job is to wipe the butt of the Ayatolla.

Beyond that, he shouldn't be taken seriously.

Answer 10

The President has good reason not to trust him. And, so should we. Ahmadinejad is a thug and a bully. Remember what happened in Europe in the 1930's when they trusted Hitler?