Emboldened, I suppose, by Stephen Colbert’s in your face dressing down of President Bush, the Iranian President Mahmood Ahmadi-Najad decided to get into the act and take a bit of PR play away from Condoleeza’s crew. Money quote:
If billions of dollars spent on security, military campaigns and troop movement were instead
spent on investment and assistance for poor countries, promotion of health, combating
different diseases, education and improvement of mental and physical fitness, assistance to
the victims of natural disasters, creation of employment opportunities and production,
development projects and poverty alleviation, establishment of peace, mediation between
disputing states and distinguishing the flames of racial, ethnic and other conflicts were would
the world be today? Would not your government, and people be justifiably proud?
Would not your administration’s political and economic standing have been stronger?
And I am most sorry to say, would there have been an ever increasing global hatred of the
American governments?
Entire text of the letter here http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12984.htm in a translation by Le Monde. It's an interesting read.
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