Diplomacy of Our Lives
In a response fit for a wronged lover, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected a renewed effort from the US to engage diplomatically, saying that President Barack Obama's call to talks contained "three or four beautiful words" but that the U had yet to change its ways.
In a response fit for a wronged lover, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected a renewed effort from the U.S. to engage diplomatically, saying that President Barack Obama’s call to talks contained “three or four beautiful words” but that the U.S. had yet to change its ways.
The most telling quotation comes from Ahmadinejad’s laundry list of quite apropos complaints (read it as a scene from a bad soap opera):
“What changed? Your sanctions were lifted? The adverse propaganda was stopped? The pressure was alleviated? Did you change your attitude in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine?” –JCL
WAIT BEFORE YOU GO...The BBC:
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected a renewed call from the United States to engage diplomatically to overcome the nuclear standoff, saying he saw no change in Washington’s hostile policy.
Speaking at a factory inauguration on Saturday, Ahmadinejad said a message by President Barack Obama to mark the Iranian new year last month contained “three or four beautiful words” but nothing new of substance.
“They say that ‘we have extended our hands to the people of Iran but the government of Iran and the people of Iran pushed it back’. What hand did you extend toward us?” Ahmadinejad said in a televised speech.
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