Ahmadinejad Interview
The Passionate Persian Speaks, granting an interview to Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes.
It's actually a pretty bad interview. Wallace is not sharp, Ahmadinejad (politician that he is) isn't interested in getting pinned down, and the added element of translation really takes the zing out. However, it's interesting and worth seeing, if only because we get a lot of information about Iran/Ahmadinejad from a lot of other sources, and it's worth seeing what the man himself looks and sounds like.
Even more interesting is the commentary from readers. Here are three in a row, verbatum:
Almost all posters here need to take a logic course.
And pretending to be Christian is wrong. Why not just admit that yes, Islam does say it's okay to kill the infidels. And THEN why not listen to your conscience and realize that is wrong, and leave Islam and turn to the true and only God who can fill you with love instead of hate? Jesus died for your sins too! But he wants you to repent and turn to him in faith.
Posted by gntlstrngth at 10:24 PM : Aug 13, 2006
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Both the CBS interview and ScottRose's comments demonstrate why the rest of the world hates us, and it has little to do with history or politics. If we could just drop the adolescent, pride-filled, antagonistic attitude with which we engage in discussion (in everything from diplomatic foreign affairs to simple internet postings) maybe then we can start to make some progress in redeeming ourselves in the eyes of the rest of the world.
Posted by mburlone at 10:24 PM : Aug 13, 2006
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I don't normally watch 60 minutes but watched this interview because it was very timely and pertinent to the war in Lebanon. The interview was too short in my opnion and the questions were not well thought out but simply cut and pastes from sound bites from other recent news casts. What I noticed most (besides my previous posted comment that this was used as a PR event to generate sympathy for Iran in America) was the weird look and wry smile on the Iranian president's face - what was he really thinking I wonder? Here's my guess (picture this thought in a cloud balloon above his head "these stupid infidels, they must all become Muslims and bow down to me or be killed". Yeah, I'll bet that's what he was thinking.
Posted by jaybowe at 10:20 PM : Aug 13, 2006
I can't really offer further commentary on the commentary. Sort of speechless.