Jaded Times

Just when you want to empathize with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, he goes and says something deeply stupid (again). Ahmadinejad has made several valid arguments for the current opposition to his country’s nuclear program, arguments such as the following, which any logical, rational thinking person would be likely to agree with:

“The governments who use force become obstacles to the progress of other countries. They do not allow the countries in the region to follow the path of progress and advancement,” Ahmadinejad said.

“They are against the advancement of technology and science in the region. And they support the occupying Zionist regime. Look how they have treated us, our achievement in our nuclear program.”

(source)

There’s a lot of evidence to back many of those claims. Though impassioned and biased, it is a pretty logical conclusion to come to considering recent history. Well played, good sir. Well played indeed.

Of course, then he has to go and say this:

…the Zionist regime is a dying tree, and soon its branches will be broken down.

See, that doesn’t do much to convince the rest of the world that your nuclear program is really intended to, you know, help develop your country. It’s sort of like buying a handgun, complaining about the waiting period, then matter-of-factly asking if the clerk knows the sentence for a crime of passion versus a premeditated murder. Smooth, Ahmadinejad; as president, you need to be more tactful when approaching the rest of the world, to do what is best for your countrymen and the rest of the world.

The American populace can finally look to the people of Iran and say “we feel your pain”.

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