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Iran Invites Bush to Speak at University

columbian.com — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad invited President Bush to speak at an Iranian university if the American leader ever traveled to the Islamic Republic, state-run television reported Friday.

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  • ruz322, on 10/10/2007, -135/+28Ahmadinejad was just laughed at in America and rightly so in my opinion. Someone in Iran would try and do something crazy if Bush went over there though. Don't think that would be the safest thing to do.
    • Albionshores, on 10/10/2007, -15/+73And that's based on.....conjecture and tittle-tattle.

      Meanwhile back in Iran Ahmadinejad has received some much needed praise for his willingness to go to America. We all know why it wouldn't be reccommendable for Bush to return the courtesy. Whilst I am not particularly an Ahmadinejad fan one must admit that he can hold himself in an interview, even when he doesn't know what questions will pop up. Bush can't do that even when he has an idea of what is going to be asked.

      Frankly, Bush speaking in public has become a liabilty for the Administration.
      • GawtMilk, on 10/10/2007, -13/+4What? The Iranians hate how Ahmadinejad focuses more on being an incendiary figure towards the West than focusing on issues in Iran.
        • pintomp3, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19most iranians hate that, but he has a loyal conservative base that he is pandering to. sounds familiar, doesn't it?
          • GawtMilk, on 10/10/2007, -13/+1Do you have any proof of that? I've got Iranian friends and blog postings from anonymous Iranians on the internet to back up my assertion, but I've not yet heard that side of things -- except coming from Americans discontent with Bush. Could you back that up?
          • Albionshores, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19Of course he has proof numbnuts- the middle eastern media. You don't need anonymous blogs or furtive back alley friends. You can just read an English speaking Iranian/Middle Eastern news report. Of course that means venturing away from Fox for a bit - sure you have the constitution for it?

            But fear not Don Quixote you needn't venture as far as you might think....

            http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-f ...
            http://uk.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUKNOA6 ...
          • GawtMilk, on 10/10/2007, -10/+2I don't watch FOX. I told you where my sources came from -- friends of mine who've lived in Iran, and testimony coming from Iranians.

            Anyway, the first line of your article showed that it's not "back alley friends" of mine that have these opinions -- "His speeches cause outrage in the West and critics at home say his economic policies are failing,"

            Right there. "CRITICS AT HOME" comment on his economic policies -- sounds like that's the educated class talking. According to your article, the people who support him are expecting handouts. Nice job on that rebuttal, dude.
          • jsrothwell, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Okay let me get this straight, you're sources are your friends and anonymous blog posts and you expect me, a perfect stranger to accept that your beliefs trump another person's who has given sources that I can verify myself? Wow GawtMilk, I wouldnt ever recommend taking that stance as a defense in a court. Unless you like jumpsuits.
          • GawtMilk, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2They're called "primary sources", but whatever biased, mashed-up articles on InfoWars you want to believe are somehow alright? I made sure to note "anonymous" because there are many Iranian bloggers who've been threatened to the point that they've shut down their blogs.

            If I was the defendant in court, I'd probably cite eye witnesses rather than biased articles.
          • boombye, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1They're digging you down because you're Iranian and they rather your sources be middle eastern propaganda than real life Iranians.
          • Albionshores, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5'They' are digging you down because it is "conjecture and tittle-tattle".

            Nobody said the Iranian view was polarised but let's face it Ahmadinejad is doing it for a reason. Part of that reason is because unlike Bush Ahmadinejad didn't become president because of family history, familiy wealth, family connections and a network of people to put him there because of their own agenda.

            Ahmadinejad is doing it because he worked himself up through the Iranian Republican Guard and he realises that going over to America and not letting himself look intimidated will make him promote him in the eyes of those who are fed up with America sanctioning them and invading their neighbours which they see as a threat.

            Lo and behold, he has reaped what he intended to sow. Nationalists in regional countries are supporting him for daring to present himself on American turf. Credit where credit is due - at least he's not letting himself be intimidated. How many European/Middle Eastern leaders can say that?
        • boombye, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Also in court you depend on witness testimonials, not citing news sources gawt. wtf r u smoking today?
      • m0j0j0j0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7It is a sad situation when George Bush makes someone like Ahmedinejad look good. As evil as the Iranian leader is, he is 10 times the leader the Dubya could ever dream of being. Get Dubya out now.
    • maverex, on 10/10/2007, -15/+44Ahmadinejad is a decent guy. Even though he doesn't like gays, he still is more intelligent than Bush. Let alone all this talk of war and he has the balls to come to a University in the US and answer questions, and give somewhat partially open minded American students a basic grasp of Iranian society, even on the brink of war.

      On another note, Bush should goto Iran. I hope they do something to him =D
      • byt123, on 10/10/2007, -13/+11If it wasn't for your last sentence I'd digg you up.
        I'm anti bush but I don't condone having "something done to him" as any sort of solution.
        • iticu, on 10/10/2007, -6/+19Not solution, but he has it coming.
          • GawtMilk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+25There are two things I fear of Bush's visit to Iran:

            1) Making a fool of himself.
            2) Getting assassinated, causing Cheney to take power and ignite the powderkeg.
          • LadyKofNYC, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Then perhaps Cheney should go with him
        • pintomp3, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7maybe he meant throw flowers at his feet. the iraqis didn't, maybe the iranians will.
        • sallos, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8And then Iran would have it coming much worse if Bush died over there and it would be bad for the world imo. Think it through....
        • Murdats, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7well he is never getting is war crimes hearing, and it would be some sort of justice for the countless lives he has sacrificed on their behalf.
      • thatsmyaibo, on 10/10/2007, -11/+6A decent guy? You know why there are no homosexuals in Iran...Because they are executed (if my word isn't enough you can find videos on youtube)! My father is from Iran and he thinks this guy is an embarrassment.
        • NoStoppingUs, on 10/10/2007, -6/+6yeah, i was about to say..he doesnt just 'not like them', he murders them. anyone who reads the news from other sources than the dailykos understand this guy is despised in his own country.
        • boombye, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Pro-Western media is still what it is.
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12A likely excuse, and one that Bush will no doubt use to avoid having to actually be a leader. He will cower and let his minions do his dirty work, just as he always has, just as he always will.
      • captric, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0Why would Busch go visit a petty 3rd world Doctor who kills his political opponents, gays, and anyone else who does not keep in his step with Islamic Shia Law? Besides Achmedenjad was in the US ONLY because the UN is based there.
        • boombye, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Because that's the job of a leader. To meet with other leaders and try to find peaceful solutions in dealing with each other. Unless of course you love NASCAR and American Gladiator reruns, then I can see how you might want more conflict.
      • RetardoCrisp, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Petty? 3rd world? LOL They are now called "Lesser Developed" but if they have a nuclear program etc, I would not be calling them neither. I have lived throughout the Middle East and they are every bit as developed as the US. They just are not docile consumerist whores over there like here in North America. Keep buying your happiness and don't question authority. That is our western duty, glad to see you buy the propaganda and are doing yours!

        Bush or how you mis-spelled your own presidents name "Busch" is a evangelical bible thumping nut job who believes god actually talks with him, he has even said it! Anyone else would be thrown into a psychiatric ward long ago for saying such things.
    • deadmann, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Ahmadinejad has offered to debate Bush before. He won't do it because he can't. Are the people who support Ahmadinejad going to lift a finger in support or sit back while he is bombed in your name?
    • Qtip42, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Safety schmaftey.... Please let him go to Iran..........I'd love to see A.) what someone might do or B.) what kind of fool they'd make him look like in a non-staged interview.

      Bush is a moron of the highest caliber. Ahmadinejad at least came over and made an attempt. Of course we won't all understand where he's coming from and neither would all of Iran if Bush went over there. Bush would embarrass this country even more than he already has.
    • jenel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Yeah, someone's probably going to steal his watch again.
    • zomgfast, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Bush will land on an aircraft carrier just outside of Iran. This time, with a more accurate banner that reads '8 more years.'
    • indicas, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1Because all Iranians are blood thirsty animals..
    • Rukaribe, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Irans do learn!!!
  • jumbalia, on 10/10/2007, -37/+19This comment doesn't directly relate to this story but,

    about this whole issue with the "there are no gays in Iran" from Ahmadinejad: I'm sure as a Christian Bush believes that homosexuality is something that is "curable" with programs such as the ex-gay movement. Isn't believing something to be curable the same as saying it doesn't exist. Or at least that it's possible for it not to exist? Ahmadinejad may be living in a dream world if he truly thinks there are no gays in Iran, but it's a dream world many Americans not only want to be living in, but truly believe it possible.
    • jumbalia, on 10/10/2007, -11/+23and just to add: sure it's disgusting that Iran has been said to have executed 4000 homosexuals since the Islamic government took over. But with over 700,000 dead Iraqi civilians and a conservative estimate of 5% of a population being homosexual; that's 35,000 homosexuals killed by American soldiers... Just something to think about
      • zerhynn, on 10/10/2007, -14/+3As soon as we finish doing the research, we'll have that chemical imbalance fixed via Science and all you gays will realize that you were just standing up for something that shouldn't be happening.
        • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Your intolerance for others is disgusting. The sexual preferences of other males is not your concern. With that said, all states of the mind are chemicals. Your state of mind is just as much a chemical imbalance as any other "condition", or any "chemical imbalance" that any gay may be having.
          • gettophilosophr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5...was it just me, or did it sound like he was using satire to mock those who believe homosexuality can be cured, not actually saying "we'll cure it someday!"?
            *shrugs* Maybe I'm wrong.
          • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I was being completely serious in my statements.
        • boombye, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2People like zerhynn don't even believe in science.
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3I would be very interested in hearing your views on the other things Ahmadinejad said in his visit and interview, jumbalia.
    • ciaran036, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3He probably was unsure what to say when he was asked that question, and the death penalty for gays probably has little to do with him. If he were to suddenly abolish the death penalty, then there would be uproar in the country.
  • tehbored, on 10/10/2007, -28/+359Too bad Bush is too much of a pussy to accept this invitation.

    Also, I love how everyone was so pissed because Ahmedinejad has financial ties with terrorist organizations, because America has sponsored (and actively engaged in) far more terrorism than Iran.
    • bluescreentech, on 10/10/2007, -23/+11Somehow I don't think it matters if Bush is a pussy or not... The secret service will never allow him to go to Iran... there is no possible way he will be allowed to go. It doesn't matter what he wants to do.
      • hraza84, on 10/10/2007, -4/+34Who is the president, teh secret service has no authority to deny his order, if he wants to go (not like he has the balls) then they can only make sure he is protected. if he can go to iraq then iran is much safer. unlike how americans treat a guest and president of a foreign country in iran he wouldn't be insulted in public. that itself speaks volumes to the culture of iranians
        • euphemizeme, on 10/10/2007, -4/+5"unlike how americans treat a guest and president of a foreign country in iran he wouldn't be insulted in public. that itself speaks volumes to the culture of iranians"

          Yeah, no free speech. Awesome culture. Rather than say it "speaks volumes" I think you mean to say it ****** *******.
          • offwithyourtv, on 10/16/2007, -1/+4He means to say it makes lines with asterisks?
      • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16The president can do whatever he wants to do. The people elect the president, not the secret service. The secret service are under orders from the president. If the president doesn't go to Iran, that is only because of his cowardise and would be an admission that he has no confidence in the secret service to protect him. He has nothing to hide behind but his own cowardise, and I assure you he will.
        • HUKI365, on 10/10/2007, -7/+4Yeah but I'll bet you'd be the first person to complain about the multi-billion dollar bill the security would end up as.
          • euphemizeme, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Why is HUKI365 being dugg down? You know that's exactly what would happen.
          • boombye, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Bush will actually receive little praise for going, but would get booed by us for the crap he eventually ends up saying as usual. So it's not exactly what would happen.
        • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Yes, I would. Because that would be a completely ineffecient use of money. It does not take billions of dollars to protect one man. Anyone who thinks so is a fool.
          • euphemizeme, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2I'm sorry, are you in the security business? If it takes 200 million to chauffeur and protect him in Australia then I shudder to think what it would cost in Iran. When you're one of the most hated people in the world in one of the countries that hates you the most, you need thousands of *paid* professionals protecting you, as well as huge amounts of logistical support. Plus, in addition to your plane, you need to shuttle around those thousands of highly-paid (read: possibly underpaid) professionals.

            It easily balloons up to several hundred million dollars. Billions, probably not, but definitely a huge ticket that you would bitch about regardless of the real costs associated with it.
          • boombye, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It's easy to buy off one of thousands. That's why you gotta keep it small.
    • fjacky66, on 10/10/2007, -33/+4tehbored,you're a animal,go live with them you filthy ***** sucker..
      • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10I find it amusing supporters of this administration have been reduced to calling others gay and telling them to go move to Iran. I've got news for you, we aren't going anywhere.
        • Terri84, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2And calling bush stupid or a monkey is as valid as policy insults? Right..
      • tehbored, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4And you are a complete idiot who does not even know how to properly assemble a sentence, let alone properly examine the political situation at hand. It is you, sir, who is the "animal." I'd tell you to go live with some monkeys, but even they are probably more civilized and intelligent than you.
    • quaxon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+39not only is bush too much of a pussy to accept this invitation but bush is too much of a pussy to even speak at a university here, in america, without a pre-selected crowd, able to question him with real questions and not fluff ***** he's had someone else answer and phonetically spell out for him.
      • IbnDigg, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Bush is too much of a pussy to go, he was too much of a pussy to sit there and listen to Mr A's talk at the UN, but i tell you what, if he did go, the Iranians would treat him more hospitably than Bolinger did.
      • snakebyte, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I agree. Too bad Bush couldn't go there and prove he's as stupid as Ahmadinejad.
    • rfliss, on 10/10/2007, -10/+2President Bush doesn't speak Farsi, but I'm sure that's not the reason he doesn't want to go. I mean, knowing the native language only kind of helps getting your message across. People aren't just pissed at him because of his terrorist ties, but also because of his ruthless killing of homosexuals and his hostile feelings toward Israel.
      • LowRentDiggs, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2He doesn't know English all that well either.
    • EarlOfLade, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Not to mention the Bush famiiyi's long and outstanding tradition of supporting financially various terrorists and dictators. The Bush family has so much blood on it's hands going back a century, that it's unbelievable how anyone can support these criminals.

      And USA as a country has a long and outstanding tradition of supporting terrorists and dictators all over the world, it's about time to stop this madness, USA. Start to care about your own people rather than about foreign dictators.
    • mattyg333, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Ah, Ah, Ah! It's only terrorism if they do it.
  • whorelock, on 10/10/2007, -8/+231Oh man, imagine the comedy that would stem from a Bush speech in Iran. I would pay to see that!
    • chase001, on 10/10/2007, -2/+62Hilarity ensues whenever Monkey Boy tours. Did you see his gig in Australia?
      • physphd, on 10/10/2007, -2/+42You mean Austria?
        • stolenisotope1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14NEIN! There are no Kangaroos in Austria!
        • counterplex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16Yeah, at the OPEC summit. It was priceless!
        • EarlOfLade, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3@stolenisotope1:
          Oh Yeah! Well, you are wrong!!! I've been to Brisbane and Perth several times and they have kangaroos there ;-)
      • init100, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Are you sure that you are not confusing George W Bush with Steve Ballmer? Steve is the real monkey boy.
    • Dumbledorito, on 10/10/2007, -2/+31There needs to be a Bush "Misunderestimated" Tour t-shirt, with dates, locations, and quotes down the back.
      • felman87, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14I would totally buy those t-shirts. Is our children learning? Childrens are learning.
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7I would be willing to pay good money for a front row seat.
    • Identity4, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Wait! Comedy? Bush? Did somebody say: THATS MY BUSH!!! *sings* He's the resident president, the man in charge.....etc. I miss that show. :(
      • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yeah, that show was funny in a sad way. From what I could tell they bought out the guy who played Bush. He was at some kind of speech with the president once, if I remember correctly.
    • TheRealToma, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5You can be he'd do it from within the something that looks like the pope mobile. EVERYONE from all over the world hates him.
    • 68024, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I can just imagine Iranian translators trying to translate his flaps...
    • snapcase, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Comedy? Yeah, maybe he'd get shot.

      I'd laugh...
    • ChromaVita, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Yea, tons of comedy. Like that show "Little Bush" but with comedy.
  • 7Mystery, on 10/10/2007, -8/+37I would give up my life to see this! Iran’s “childrens” will love to ask questions, too.
    • bilgates, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5lol. let the insults begin. I really want the iran's univ. president to insult bush. This will never happen though.
  • FreakyD, on 10/10/2007, -14/+88Now why would he go there when the bombs are about to drop?
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I think the administration is shifting attention to Myanamar because they know that war with Iran is not looking good for them. It's much much easier to wage war on Myanamar, which is in chaos. Myanamar, by the way, has vast oil riches and is one of the largest producers of illegal drugs in the world. They also have vast mineral wealth. A war with them would be easy to start, and would be very profitable.
      • counterplex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Hmmm is there any confirmation of these vast oil riches? If true, I wouldn't be surprised if Myanmar were attacked but keep in mind we need at least a few months to get the vitriol production up to speed. Iran's already well on the way to a ramp-up to full declaration of war status. Decisions, decisions!
  • jay2000, on 10/10/2007, -26/+9Bombs arent droping anywhere my Canadian (Colonized) Friend still being ruled by the Queen of england.

    Bush didnt have a big enough sack to visit iran, ruz322 Ahmadinejad wasnt laughed it he actually did a very good speech but seems like your too stupid to understand it based on your comment, stupid people like you see things in a very narrow view and maybe you are one of those people the cops beat during the protest outside the University.
    • rootstyle, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3"Ahmadinejad wasnt laughed it he actually did a very good speech"

      Yes joking about not having homosexuals (because you execute them) and claiming the holocaust needs to be re-investigated went over very well, didn't portray him as a religion whack job at all.
    • bluescreentech, on 10/10/2007, -8/+4You're an idiot. Ahmadinejad's speech was nothing short of Iranian propaganda. He lied more than Bush has ever lied, he also skirted around all the questions that he was asked and ended up asking more questions in response instead of answering those questions.
  • EntropyMan, on 10/10/2007, -8/+54I think Amadinejad's suggestion is brilliant. "Bush Bombs Iran" should refer to the speech, not the munitions.

    But Amadinejad should go one further: promise to get rid of all of Iran's nuclear materials if Bush will give this speech and successfully pronounce 'nuclear' at least once during that time.

    • hraza84, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14that would be one hell of a safe bet, for iran that it is.
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Amadinejad essentially said that Iran would be willing to give up all nuclear weapons if the US would as well. He might have literally said that, I'm not sure.
      • gettophilosophr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4"I'll give up my potential to make 2 or 3 bombs if you give up your multiple thousand bomb strong deterrent, thus ceding nuclear supremacy to Russia, China, England, France, and Israel, amongst others".
        ...is it just me, or does this sound like a rather ***** bet?
        (and does anyone have an actual number for the American nuclear deterrent?)
        • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The only reason for our nuclear arsenal is to deter other nuclear armed nations from attacking us. If the entire world had no nuclear weapons, there would be no need for any country to have them. I agree that all countries must eliminate their weapons at once. I also propose that all countries should be allowed to have 3 nuclear warheads, as a temporary compromise. America currently possesses approximately 2,000 nuclear warheads.
        • Dotmeister, on 10/10/2007, -0/+35,163 active, 9,938 total from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_t ...
        • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1My sincere thanks, Dotmeister.
        • sabach, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I like the Dune solution to nuclear weapons, any use of them against humans results in all nuclear-armed societies joining together to wipe the offender from existence. Talk about a deterrent.
    • johngr, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3"Nook-you-ler" is a valid regional variation. It is part of the dialect I grew up speaking and it's in the dictionary as an alternative pronunciation. Carter pronounced it that way, btw. It is part of Andover and Yale-educated George W. Bush's phony "good old boy" schtick that unfortunately too many Texans (and others) swallowed without asking the question, "Why is this old money Yankee elite affecting our dialect?"
      • mishabear, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2A regional dialect, huh? What region? I have only heard it from the uneducated - like "axed" instead of "asked". That doesn't mean it's pronounced correctly. One would expect an Ivy League graduate turned US President to pronounce words correctly. I don't think it's too much to expect.
        • mikelieman, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1In the Ivy League, as well as jumping ahead of thousands for a "Safe" slot in the Texas Air National Guard, success is all a matter of your family connections.
  • baronvonnasty, on 10/10/2007, -12/+81He should speak over there. He'd make their IQs drop from the sound of his voice. Thats what he seems to have done with our country.
    • jordan90, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2And it's very obvious by your post that it's true
      • baronvonnasty, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2obviously, that's why i'm getting dugg up and you down.
        • jordan90, on 12/11/2007, -0/+1Nah man.. that's cause Digg is full of liberal conspiracy-believing nut jobs. Digg me down all you want, but it's true.
  • Bologner, on 10/10/2007, -22/+3Cause, you know, he'd be safe in Iran.....
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12A likely excuse. But an admission that our government is weak an unable to protect our president. It is also an admission that Amadinejad is braver then Bush, because he visited our country.
  • expat001, on 10/10/2007, -25/+8And in other news, an old woman made herself breakfast!

    This ***** is tiring.
    • Apolk44, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3Thank you.....
      • expat001, on 10/10/2007, -5/+3No problem kid. When you guys digg stories that add no real value to our collective understanding, I'll point that out. Like I am now.

        L A M E story
        • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Expatriot indeed, the irony is humorous.
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5What's the matter, Amadinejad a little too diplomatic for your tastes? A little too bold?
  • HerrEisenheim, on 10/10/2007, -13/+7Ahmadinejad's "purpose" is to draw attention away from Khamenei. The US media plays right into it. It's amazing, really. A puppet.
    • pintomp3, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11actually, that's the intention of the US media. they want to portray him as the ultimate evil so we can invade iran, even though he has no military power. if they attack the ayatollah, they risk even more serious problems in iraq from the shias there.
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7You're right about the puppet statement, at least.
  • Tsol4u, on 10/10/2007, -15/+3Good thing those children arnt breed to hate americans
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Too bad American children are breed to hate the world and told others hate us "because we're free".
      • spyd3rweb, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8and if you dont believe they label you a terrorist supporter.
        • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4You are unfortunately absolutely correct. However, as long as there is resistance in the minds and actions of the American public, our corrupt politicians and those who support them will not entirely sauced in subverting this country. Those who do not agree with how this country is being currently run must not give up hope, or all will be lost. We have a responsibility to the world and to ourselves to resist.
    • Urzeitlich, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Two bad America Childrens are breed to spel good grammar.
  • fr0ng, on 10/10/2007, -12/+2Bush is so dumb, that he might actually do this.
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1From his standpoint, it would be stupid of him not to.
  • Identity4, on 10/10/2007, -10/+71It sounds to me like Ahmadinejad is doing everything in his power to remain sane and civil throughout all this name calling and national *****. Makes Bush come off as the stubborn madman, doesnt it?
    • kenroser, on 10/10/2007, -16/+2Considering Ahmadinejad is responsible the execution of numerous gay Iranians, I would say he is the madman.

      And how has Bush not remained civil? What name calling has Bush resorted to?

      Stupid dumb ***** just making up *****.
      • Identity4, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13ok, I admit neither President has very a very good sense of morals, but what it looks like to me is that the LAST thing Ahmadinejad wants is to engage in war with the US. Where as all i see here at home is the drumbeat of war, and media smearing him and his country as terrorists and human rights violators. I dont want ANY war! But Bush sure seems to want another one. Im just building off of what i see and hear. I may be totally off! It is just an opinion.

        And please, I understand and respect YOUR opinion, but please dont refer to me as a dumb *****. The immaturity of your petty name calling hurts your argument.
        • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Ahmadinejad is not a stupid man. He knows that while his country has a respectable military, Iran has no chance of winning a protracted war with the US and it's mostly unwilling "allies". The US military is a business, pure and simple. It's CEOs reside in our government. They are bribed by arms makers for their efforts in spreading wars around the world.
      • quaxon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7ahmadinejad isnt responsible, the fundamentalists in Iran are. dont forget that half a century ago we lynched/killed blacks by the thousands. maybe if we didnt ***** iran up so bad through our staged coup they wouldnt be ran by radical muslims today?
      • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9I know little about Ahmadinejad's status on gays, nor am I very concerned with the matter. I am also not in the least bit concerned what name calling goes on. However, I am very, very concerned with the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent people that the Bush family is directly responsible for. It is the duty of the American people to hold them responsible for the genocides they have commited.

        We have no responsibility, other than as humans, to hold any other person outside our borders responsible for anything, however much we may want to. We are justified only in maintaining ourselves, our country, and it's government. I ask all Americans who read my words to consider this every day of their lives.
      • EarlOfLade, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5And Bush was responsible for numerous executions in Texas and has done nothing to abolish the death penalty as president. So, Bush is no better than Ahmedinejad.
    • DiggzDE, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21I don't get it. Why the hell are people being so unbelievably hateful toward this guy. I understand that certain things that occur in his country may be considered terrible and inhumane, but you must consider that they have a completely different type of law and government over there. This guy is trying very hard to keep diplomacy between countries and is trying to show that he would like to work with them rather than fight with them. Yet everyone is so blindly upset about things almost unrelated to current topics at hand that they can't even see it. Instead, they go grab their torches and pitchforks and start screaming for murder of the monster. Lets take the opportunity to talk and use it, not shut him out and shut him up. Why oh why are people so damn stupid?!!!
      • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10I wish everyone was as reasonable as you. Unfortunately, that's not the case.
      • bitORlogic, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2I think Ahmandinejad is completely and utterly wrong on a large number of topics. (Recall him saying that there are no gays in Iran. WTF? Talk about denial!) But the truly sad thing is that no matter how nutty, stupid, or dangerous he may be, he looks like a Rhodes *****' Scholar compared to George W. Bush.
      • EarlOfLade, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You asked: "Why oh why are people so damn stupid"
        Answer: Because they are Americans and Americans feel above everything and everyone else and that they can do no wrong and that it's their right to invade and occupy whatever country it suites them to occupy.
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Yes, not that it's very hard to do that, of course.
    • flukes1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2That's mainly because Bush *is* the stubborn madman.
    • koolmoecraig, on 10/10/2007, -8/+2I'll say it again...

      You're all so right! Ahmadinejad is just such a wondeful and beautiful man! I wish HE was our president. Then at least women could be arrested for showing too much of their face and homosexuals could be murdered for being themselves. What a fine man that is!

      The idiot denies the holocaust. HELLO!

      Idiots.
  • audioslavery, on 10/10/2007, -15/+6Bush isn't half as smart as Ahmadinejad, he'd make a bigger fool of himself that the Iran leader did.

    Though Palestine = ***** plain and simple
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5The oppression of the Palestinian people and the Israeli takeover of their country is what caused 9/11. It is now merely one reason why Arabic people and the rest of the world loathe us.
  • Brand83, on 10/10/2007, -15/+9"I was a soldier and respected my commander.... If he doesn't have the guts to do this then he has no right being my commander."

    Certain rights are earned not given
    • Brand83, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1I have to add this for my military way of thinking:

      I went over with other solders and weapons around me. I didn't consider my self "safe" even with that.... If its Safety that negates you from doing this... then what makes you better than me?
      • spyd3rweb, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I say send all the generals into the ***** Gladiator style, i mean hell even the emperor went to the battlefield, not sure how historically accurate that is, but it seems like a good idea.
        • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Well, the whole idea is that the generals have proven themselves too valuable to be vulnerable on the front lines. It's a very sad reality, and I don't like to admit it myself. However, if generals prove themselves to not be valuable, then they are supposed to lose rank. That, unfortunately, very rarely happends.
        • Brand83, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0anyone above an E-7 takes an act of congress to remove their rank.
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1You are correct and incorrect at the same time.
    • BlackHeart557, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1He earned the right to command you as Commander and Chief, by winning and election. (Yes he won whether or not you believe the vote, the courts validated his election.) Now I doubt that you or I would follow him to the next fox hole, maybe lead but not follow. :)
  • schrutefan, on 10/10/2007, -6/+145Think of the poor interpreters who'd have to translate his incoherent ramblings into Farsi.
  • Richandler, on 10/10/2007, -15/+4Well it looks like the second half of the Iranian propoganda plan isn't going to work.
  • urbandistrict, on 10/10/2007, -6/+115If Bush doesn't go he appears weak and If he does, he'll prove he's weak.

    Hand well played Iran. You win this round....
    • kenroser, on 10/10/2007, -10/+7Do you think Bush really gives a ***** that much?
      • ZenMojo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Bush doesn't give a ***** about much at all. Which is why everyone hates him.....
        • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6That doesn't adequately describe why I hate Bush so much. I hate Bush for what he has done to erode the fabric of America. I hate Bush and his father for waging wars that have killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people. I hate Bush for the rights and freedoms he has taken away from me. I hate Bush for turning the world against the USA. I hate Bush for who he is.
      • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Nope, not in the slightest.
    • Stewmoney, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5"You can either be silent and make everyone think you are a fool, or you can open your mouth and prove them right"
  • copaceticZ, on 10/10/2007, -3/+21I get a wierd feeling like he'd have to bring the whole army with him to that speech.......send cheney :)
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Cheney? Haw, that guy doesn't do anything. Er, other then threaten people and take bribe money that is.
  • Fi9nutz, on 10/10/2007, -4/+16Talk about turning the other cheek
  • meachen, on 10/10/2007, -5/+35Bush will be doing his victory speech from an aircraft carrier soon.........Mission Accomplished
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5From his view, the mission -was- accomplished. He placed his loyal troops in Iraq and took over the country as much as he needed to. He was/is not concerned about anything else other then maintaining a tenuous grip.
  • hunchback, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7its sad that this guy invites Bush over and there is no possible chance that Bush can counter, either "guilt" over the whole middle east situation or because Bush has nothing to say.
  • SuckMyDigg, on 10/10/2007, -3/+63Imagine Bush getting up in front of a hostile crowd that was prepped with the opener talking about how he was the biggest piece of ***** ever. It would never happen, and it's hard to even imagine it, but I bet Bush would lose his cool faster than he can squint his eyes. Iran's president remained cool throughout his entire ordeal in America. Being called a terrorist by Bush via a news interviewer was about as low and cowardly a situation a president would ever face on a domestic trip to another country, but he still handled himself very well.
    • pintomp3, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21when i saw the ahmadinejad speech at columbia, i just thought to myself "i wonder if bush has ever had this kind of intro and these kind of questions". every single one of bush's events are so staged, from the screened audience and pre-approved questions to the protest containment, that he wouldn't know what to do. even the 60 minutes interview; if our media asked tough questions of our own leadership we might not be in iraq today.
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18Bush will only speak in front of selected reporters, selected US military, and selected employees from companies who have CEOs who have donated money to him. Even then, he will only answer selected questions.

      Bush would never, ever, ever speak in front of an audience that he could not carefully control. He never has, and he never will.
  • pintomp3, on 10/10/2007, -4/+34bush can claim we don't have gays in our military.
    • xjeffx, on 10/10/2007, -5/+10...because they all died in Iraq :-X
    • doctorfungi, on 10/10/2007, -10/+2Saying there are no gays in a military that doesn't accept gay entrants is a far more rational statement than saying that there are no gays in an entire nation.
      • benjihad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11you are trying to debate a joke. stop it.
    • Poovey, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2So can Bill.
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Why is everyone discussing the sexual preference of others? How does what another man does in his private life have anything to do with me? Why aren't we talking about serious issues, such as the thousands and thousands of dead? Or the horrible conditions we have subjected the Iraqi people to, or the status of their country?
      • EarlOfLade, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Because all the religio-fascists are more concerned with who you put your dick in than how you are going to get treated for your cancer.
    • bpapa, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5It was a joke
  • xjeffx, on 10/10/2007, -9/+3Bush over there, Ahmadinejad over here. Either way, both are HILARIOUS!
  • Sp4nk, on 10/10/2007, -3/+24Do it for the childrens!
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I wish the situation was humorous. Thanks for trying though.
  • dougbarrett, on 10/10/2007, -2/+26I'll pay for Bush's plane ticket.
  • Poovey, on 10/10/2007, -16/+2The bare asses of Ahmadinejad + Chavez + Morales = A liberals kissing buffet
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6the bare ass of Bush = Poovey kissing buffet Do you wish to continue trading more childish insults, or will you join the rest of us and discuss the matters at hand?
      • Poovey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1You've got to be kidding right? I don't see a thread in here that isn't childish and full of puppy love for oppressive dictators. All you have to do to get on the good side of most diggers is hate Bush.
    • Trublmakr, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2And the dicks of Cheney & Bush to Conservatives?
    • Murdats, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1yes we do love our morals :)
  • fLUx1337, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15Todays Lesson: Sniping.
  • keyme, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Yeah, right. If Bush does this, I'm going to eat my socks.
  • spyd3rweb, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19Bush... make up answers to random questions on the spot... UNPOSSIBLE!
    • Pacificblue, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1hmmm IM-Possible, is it. Anyway, well said ;)
      • mishabear, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2*pssst* I think that was the point he was trying to make. Our president's vocabulary (another big word for him) isn't exactly stellar.
  • phauwn, on 10/10/2007, -2/+28From Article: He faced tough questioning and the university's president introduced him by saying Ahmadinejad exhibited "all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator."

    Yea... all the signs except the fact that he was democratically elected.
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Bush also exhibits all of the signs of a petty and cruel dictator. I believe the president of the university was jealous of the Iranian people, but had to save face. Ahmadinejad is not without faults, but he has less faults then Bush. And no, I will not move to Iran. I'm going to stay right here and fight for what I believe, sorry.
    • megarobotguy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yea, right. Democratically? With our RIGGED voting system. I didn't vote for the guy but I did vote for the other pussy. What's his name again?
  • dig88, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2Bush is soooo afraid.lol
  • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13Well played, Ahmadinejad. Bush will never visit an Iranian university. The administration will simply say it is too risky, and Bush will cower.
  • sub1, on 10/10/2007, -13/+4Well considering Ahmadinejad was completely humiliated (no homosexuals in Iran LMAO YEAH RIGHT!) during his visit I'm sure the Iranians people would want to get even.
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Typical. Completely ignore all important topics discussed and pick the least important matter and pick at it. Please discuss something more important to the world.
  • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Posted elsewhere by myself:

    I think the administration is shifting attention to Myanamar because they know that war with Iran is not looking good for them. It's much much easier to wage war on Myanamar, which is in chaos. Myanamar, by the way, has vast oil riches and is one of the largest producers of illegal drugs in the world. They also have vast mineral wealth. A war with them would be easy to start, and would be very profitable.
    • thailand1972, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3It's not like there's been monks protesting in Burma every single day for the last 20 years and now the western media decides to focus on Burma (or Myanamar if you insist) - the large-scale protests started just last week.
    • ccrt6y, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1it is Myanmar the official name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar
  • WikiEasy, on 10/10/2007, -8/+5That would be quite a suicide mission. Ahmadinejad can speak in the U.S.A., even against what the government likes. However that's the beauty of a free country. If Bush talks in Iran he will probably get murdered.
    • ciaran036, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3how would he?
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Possible, yes, but that would be a risk he would have to take. To not visit Iran would be cowardly, and an admission that he has no trust in his secret service to protect him. Ahmadinejad was very willing to visit our country at great personal risk to himself. Is Bush willing to take the same risk?
      • jooboy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0How free is this country? We would not even allow him to see ground zero.
    • shupy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Well he wouldn't do so well here if he didn't have an army of secret service guys. Bush is hardly a well-loved or respected leader.
  • fxu1989, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Definitely hilarious to see.

    But it's obvious he's gonna deny.
  • TheMatrix31, on 10/10/2007, -10/+0If you guys have such a hard-on for the freakin' guy, why not just move to Iran and save all of us the trouble of listening to your incessant bitching, moaning and "funny comments".
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I do not have a "hard-on" for Ahmadinejad. I also believe your disrespect for our country is distasteful. I refuse to move, and I will continue voicing my opinions on every matter that I see fit. Anyone who has a problem with that, can take it up with me personally.
  • MonkeyHugger, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23Bush won't do this for one simple reason. He is an awful public speaker. He couldn't stand one question on the spot nevermind hundreds of them.

    If he accepts I will eat my own shoes and put it on youtube.
  • ciaran036, on 10/10/2007, -3/+15If he does not accept, George Bush will officially be number #1 ***** president
  • quaxon, on 10/10/2007, -2/+28has bush even spoken at an american university without a pre-screened crowd, allowed to ask questions that arent obvious fluff and slanted *****? in other words has bush ever been confronted with a tough question since his presidency started?
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1A few, but not very god damned many.
    • pukufek, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I believe he has, sometimes people slip through the net and ask an "outrageous" question. What usually follows is 2 minutes of George Bush completely avoiding the question, laughing at himself at the fact that hes an idiot and then thanking the person, who is usually escorted out of the room 20 minutes later and who very often finds their job or relevent memberships or ties severed the next day.
  • daxsymbiont, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14"We don't have douchebags in America".
    • LoveWidescreen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You're new to DIgg, aren't you:
  • davrobi, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16The emperor will not step foot on any soil until it is subjugated.
    • Pacificblue, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Another Lesson for Today: Lightweight LandMines ;)
  • pukufek, on 10/10/2007, -12/+3Americans were too pussy to shoot Ahmedinijad in New York, I would hope that if Bush arrived in Iran he would leave in a box.
    • rfliss, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4We didn't shoot Ahmedinijad because he's not the true leading force in Iran, the clerics are. He's just a figure head and we built him up by bringing him here. All we would gain by shooting him is a nuclear war. Next time maybe you should know a little bit more about the countries your insulting?
      • pukufek, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1Oh suck my balls please.

        ***** moran
        • worthone, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4It's people like you who give a bad name to idiots. Nice try with moran though.
        • rfliss, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Haha, yeah, I'm the "moran" because I actually know what the hell is going on.
    • AdamGeld, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Shooting him would have been the wrong thing to do at the time anyway. The invitation was a diplomatic one. Assassinating Ahmedinijad would have simply strengthened the hatred of those who are angry at America and given them more credence.
      • pukufek, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2***** that *****, America is number one.
        • chsbrgr, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Amazing isn't it? we don't even have the home field advantage. /sarcasm
  • theghoul, on 10/10/2007, -3/+14Bush's dumb ass would not speak in front of scholars , foreign or domestic.
    • captric, on 10/10/2007, -7/+0Busch speaks in front of scholars all the time! Where are you from? Your cartoonish understanding of the US President is juvenile.
      • TonyLocNE, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3and you must be one of the childrens BUSH's new educational spending bill is going to...
  • GaiaAP, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1touché
  • tehxen3, on 10/10/2007, -9/+2If Bush went to Iran, he'd get shot.
    Too bad US didn't shoot Ahmadinejad in New York.
    • lothar250, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yea too bad, because otherwise you'd be covered in bombs now
    • chsbrgr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I guess you're not a fan of diplomacy, I see you're point though - everyone should at least TRY to kill everyone else ... psychopath.
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