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Originally Posted by potter
The first four pages bring up some good points, though alot of the same things he says about American society and government contradicts what Iran does, and has done in the past.
After that it gets wayyyy wayyyyy into religion. And I for one, think religion mixing in government is terrible.
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Couldn't have said it better.
One thing that interested me was the high level of articulation in the letter. All that I know of Iran's leader is mostly from the nightly newscasts - and I always understood him to be a low-brow fanatical despot. Instead, the letter was quite well-written, intelligent...and raises a few very good points. Even if Bush were to read it (or has already read it)...I'll wager much of it sailed right over his head. It didn't have cartoons to hold his attention.
On the surface it reads like somewhat of a proverbial olive branch - but the U.S. has good reason not to trust Iran (everyone remember the Ayatollah Khomeini regime and the American hostage crisis?). There's no doubt they can be backstabbing and extremely two-faced.
But overall, I must admit it was good to read a letter written in open frankness and not couched in diplomatic double-talk.