Now that the Islamic world sees that Obama is looking to to cater to them, the madman President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is looking to see just how far Obama will go to show respect to the Islamic world. He has demanded that Obama apologize for US "crimes" against Iran. The ball is in your court Obama.
Obama should apologise to Iran: Ahmadinejad
Jan 28, 2009
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad demanded on Wednesday that US President Barack Obama apologise for "crimes" committed by the United States against Iran over the past 60 years.
The hardline leader also called on Washington to withdraw its troops from across the world as a proof of Obama's policy of change.
"You were standing against the Iranian people in the past 60 years," Ahmadinejad said during an address in the western region of Khermenshah that was broadcast by state television.
"Those who speak of change must apologise to the Iranian people and try to repair their past bad acts and the crimes they committed against Iran."
As to the troops, he said he expected two kinds of "deep and fundamental" change.
"Meet people, talk to them with respect and put an end to the expansionist policies. If you talk about change it must put an end to the US military presence in the world, withdraw your troops and take them back inside your borders."
Ahmadinejad said the advocates of change must "stop supporting the Zionists, outlaws and criminals."
He called on the United States to "stop interfering in other people's affairs" and said Washington should "let the American people decide their own future ... Stop pressuring them," he added, without saying to what he was referring.
Ahmadinejad said he welcomed change but the "change has to be fundamental."
"If someone wants to talk with us in the language that (George W.) Bush used ... even if he uses new words, our response will be the same that we gave to Bush during the past years," he added.
Tension between Washington and Tehran has been high over the latter's nuclear programme.
Bush refused to hold talks with Iran until it stopped its nuclear work, but on Monday Obama extended a diplomatic hand towards Tehran to break the deadlock.
In an interview with Al-Arabia television, Obama promised to lay a framework for his policy towards Iran.
"As I said in my inauguration speech, if countries like Iran are willing to unclench their fist, they will find an extended hand from us.
"It is very important for us to make sure that we are using all the tools of US power, including diplomacy, in our relationship with Iran."
Also on Monday, Washington's UN ambassador, Susan Rice, pledged "direct" support to Tehran if it halts the nuclear programme.
Ahmadinejad said Tehran would "wait, see and listen to what they (US) say and then consider what they do."
"If there is a real change, we will welcome it."
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- plus Germany have offered Tehran economic and energy incentives in exchange for halting its uranium enrichment programme.
But Tehran is pressing on with the work, insisting that its nuclear programme is peaceful and solely geared toward electricity generation.
The Security Council has already adopted four resolutions -- three of which included sanctions -- requiring Iran to suspend enrichment.
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On the other hand..cool, Obama took his obligitory shot. Now he just keeps his mouth shut. The ball is, again, in their court and as normal, they are now in their ceremonial orgy of chest pounding, pontificating and generally making extravagant boasts and claims, followed by mutual congradulations and mental masterbation rites. Then they start to worry what's up Obama's sleeve......
How to Deal With Islamists / Islamic Jihad:
A day after 9/11, the present writer pondered the problem of how to deal with Islamic Jihad.
Here is a brief scenario.
The President calls in the ambassadors of every Islamic country. He hands them the draft of a message and instructs them to send to it the heads of their respective states.
The message reads something like this:
The President of the United States requests that you assemble your religious leaders and inform them that, unless they publicly renounce the ethos of Jihad and abrogate Islamic verses referring to non-Muslims as subhuman, the United States will take the following actions:
1.The American ambassador to your country will be recalled.
2.Your ambassador to the United States will be deemed persona non grata.
3.The American ambassador to the United Nations will introduce a resolution terminating your country’s UN membership on the ground that the concept of Jihad violates the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (copies enclosed).
4.If the United Nations votes against the above resolution, the United States will terminate the existence of the UN on American soil.
5.If there is any further Islamic attack on the United States or on American facilities abroad, the U.S. Navy will be deployed in the Persian Gulf and Mecca and Medina will be destroyed.
Respectfully yours,
The President of the United States
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