Ahmadinejad Continues to Give U.S. Back of Hand, Israel Worse

Some say don’t think all Iranians believe what they’re president says — the Iranian people love America.  It’s just that nasty little brute of a president they’ve got runs his mouth.

Well folks, as an American who “loves” other countries and their people, I know we all got the ultimate bad rap for around six of Bush’s years.  The reason why of course is that leaders matter, especially when they’re elected by the people.  Leaders make decisions and carry out policies that affect people outside of their own borders.

The Iranians have an opportunity to send Mahmoud Ahmadinejad back under a rock in a few weeks.  If they don’t, he’s still speaking for all of them.  We had the same opportunity in 2004.  Let me just say to my Iranian friends tonight: If you vote this guy back in, things can get worse.

At any rate here’s what Ahmadinejad had to say today, courtesy of AFP:

On the United States:

Ahmadinejad, whose visit to Damascus came as Defence Secretary Robert Gates toured US allies in the region to reassure them about overtures to the Tehran regime by President Barack Obama, hit out at the continuing US military presence on Iran’s borders.

“They weren’t invited in. They’re unwelcome visitors who should leave Afghanistan and the borders of Pakistan,” the Iranian president said.

“We don’t want honey from bees that sting us. Efforts must be made to rid the region of the presence of foreigners… and to reform the unjust global political and economic system.”

Ahmadinejad said Iran and Syria were standing together to “resist foreign intervention and the major powers trying to impose their hegemony over the region.”

The United States “has put pressure on Syria and Iran, but it needs us and wants to develop relations,” he said.

On Israel:

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad slammed Zionism as “occupation” and “aggression” Tuesday as he delivered his latest diatribe against the Jewish state on a visit to key Middle East ally Syria.
“The Zionist occupiers are destructive microbes, because Zionism itself is occupation, aggression, the use of assassination and annihilation,” he told a joint news conference with President Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian capital.

“Zionism was created to threaten us. To support the Palestinian resistance is a humanitarian and popular obligation,” Ahmadinejad said in remarks in Farsi that were translated into Arabic.

“Syria and Iran are united in supporting the Palestinian resistance.”