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| Larijani: Obama no different than Bush |
| 2008-12-12 |
| Iran's Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has warned against any new adventurism being pursued by the US and Israel in the Middle East region. "It is naivety to think that the with the transition of power from George Bush to Barack Obama the situation will change," he said Larijani stated that the US' strategy is to increase the economic pressures on Iran, Mehr news agency reported. "US President-elect Barack Obama said that he will get tough on Iran because of Iran's nuclear program and its support for the Islamic movements Hamas and Hezbollah," he added. The Majlis speaker noted that it seems that Obama's motto of change is nothing but continuation of his predecessor's policies. Referring to recent statements of Obama's carrot and stick diplomacy, who said that some carrots and at the same time some big sticks should be shown to Iran, Larijani pointed out that this the language of cowboys not the way that civilized nations should speak to each other. "The Americans intended to attack Iran after the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and after Israel's 33-day war with Lebanon's Hezbollah. However, after they were caught in Iraq' quagmire and Israel was defeated in the 33-day war, the US backed off." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 And Larijani is the Iranian's "moderate" face. Notice he didn't say "Death to America!", at least not for kufr consumption. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-12-12 14:27 |
| #2 no, really, Mr. Larijani, how DO civilized nations speak to each other? |
| Posted by: Querent 2008-12-12 13:00 |
| #1 Hey! He's quick! |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-12-12 10:00 |