Full transcript: Ahmadinejad interview from last nite on BBC

[bdamomma]

While everyone was or wasn't watching dimson last nite.

BBC was interviewing Ahmadinejad, not a word in the US media cess pool, too busy talking about OJ, the dumbing down of Americans continues.

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/full+transcript+ahmadinejad+interview/797347

[bdamomma]

1. kick

please read this interview something our media will not bring to the attention of the American people.

[bdamomma]

2. why does this keep sinking,

kick

[LSK]

13. because facts are not fun

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1799265

[Megahurtz]

17. Kick.n/t

[halobeam]

3. pretty short read... but interesting.

I'm not sure why the thread is sinking either. :shrug:

[negativenihil]

4. k&r n/t

[Just-plain-Kathy]

5. K&R... n/t

[superkia]

6. People depend on the media for their opinions.

If the media doesn't cover it, for some reason we then ignore it and move on? Look at how the media has hidden Kucinich and his message, no one even looks into what he stands for or who he is, they just skip him over because the media does. Strange! If Americans opened their eyes more, the country would be a better place, instead we listen to the media and play the politicians games so they can stay in power and wealth?

[Gregorian]

7. If we want to leave they will stand down and even help us leave!

DAMN!

"We can help the occupiers to leave Iraq and we have announced this repeatedly. If the US and the English governments amend their behaviour and direction in Iraq they won't have any problems and there won't be any need for these problems."

[lazyriver]

8. I don't think I've ever heard him answer a question.

This interview continues the streak. He certainly is an accomplished politician - many words without committing to anything at all.

[Megahurtz]

15. Notice That The Interviewer Didn't Answer

any of Ahmadinejad's questions either? :think:

[cali]

21. You're kidding, right? n/t

[Megahurtz]

22. No, Why Would I be Kidding About That?

For example, when he asked the interviewer why should Iran stop their Nuclear Program when the U.S. and Britain are continuing their Nuclear Programs, the interviewer did not give an answer. Those are valid questions. I would not stop a Nuclear Program either unless all Parties stopped.

[cali]

23. Because Ahmadinejad was the one being interviewed.

It's utterly basic in journalism that the interviewer is the one asking the questions. In addition, the interviewer doesn't represent any nation or group, except as an employee of the BBC.

[Megahurtz]

26. I know, But I Guess My Point Is

that the interviewer really had no answers even if he were allowed to answer. And Neither does BushInc. No one should require someone else to stop doing something that they are guilty of doing themselves.

[Dorian Gray]

29. Of course he had no answers

he's not a government official or policy maker. It's not his place to answer.

[yowzayowzayowza]

9. Anyone able to get the ...

"Watch the Interview" links to work?

[Poll_Blind]

10. k&r! n/t

PB

[cali]

11. LOL. Typically non-responsive

and the usual bullshit about the Holocaust not to mention this:

We say a regime that does not have a proper philosophy of existence, which is an occupier which bullies people, and which is without culture and civilisation and which has all the powers of the region against it - this cannot survive.


No doubt, Israel is wrongly occupying the West Bank. But his line about it being a country without civilization and culture, is bullshit. And ugly bullshit at that.

But ugliest of all, is his continued Holocaust denial. Anyone who repeatedly says "If it really happened" is without question a Holocaust denier and an anti-semite.

Way to go DU, recommending the statements of a bigot.

[malaise]

12. K & R

Bookmarked

[Megahurtz]

14. Kick.n/t

[Megahurtz]

16. The Best Quotes

from the interview:

About Nuclear Enrichment:

>>>"For what reason should we stop? Why don't the Brit and Americans stop? Why should we stop?"<<<

And:

>>>"But I ask you, why shouldn't the US be stopped if we who are just starting a nuclear programme are being stopped? Is our peaceful approach a danger and the US bombs not a danger? What sort of logic is that? I think one cannot run the world on such a logic. This is a defeated logic."<<<

:think:

Most Americans should consider those as logical conclusions,
but as you said, the dumbing down of America continues.

[cali]

18. Ahmadinejad sprinkles his interviews

with a bit of sense amidst a lot of bullshit. It's pathetic to see people talking him up. It's akin to praising bushie.

[Megahurtz]

19. I Think He Has

a lot more sense than Bush, that's for sure.

[cali]

20. I don't. Peas in a pod.

Idealogically warped souls.

[Megahurtz]

24. At Least Ahmadinejad Keeps To Himself

and is not illegally occupying any other Countries.

[cali]

27. Well, that is a redemptive quality

Unfortunately it's far owtweighed by the fact that he's a religious whack job.

[Megahurtz]

28. Surrounded By

other Religious Whackjobs in other occupying Countries that oppose him? :shrug:

[Dorian Gray]

30. Really?

How can you say that of someone who denies the Holocaust, a proven historical event?

[gateley]

25. Thanks for finding this. K&R nt

[kineneb]

31. not totally nutty, read:

"We feel that they should officially recognize the nation of Iraq and the rights of its people. The problem is that they have gone there for the oil and to dominate the region and the people of Iraq have stood up before them and until they recognize the rights of the Iraqi people this will continue and it has nothing to do with Iran. We will be prepared if the Iraqi government asks us, to help the with the problems in Iraq."

Hell of a lot more honest and rational than the BushCo crowd. Of course that doesn't take much.

The Iranian nuclear issue is a political one which the US is pursuing and the main reason is American enmity to Iran. They have always been our enemies and it is not that important to us. From the beginning we have said that things should be done through the agency and the agency is fulfilling its obligations. What the Americans say is not important to us.

Let us not forget the overthrow of Mossedeq in 1953, and then the imposition of the Shah. They have lots of reasons to neither like nor trust us.

Ok, the comments on the holocaust were a bit dippy, but there has been a lot of influence in Iran of the holocaust deniers.