Posted on 02/10/2009 8:33:23 AM PST by Lucky9teen
TEHRAN, Iran Iran's president said Tuesday the world was "entering an era of dialogue" and that his country would welcome talks with its longtime adversary, the United States, if they are based on mutual respect.
The hard-line Iranian leader said terrorism, the elimination of nuclear weapons, restructuring the U.N. Security Council and fighting drug trafficking could be topics for the two sides to talk about.
"If you really want to fight terrorism, come and cooperate with the Iranian nation, which is the biggest victim of terrorism so that terrorism is eliminated. ... If you want to confront nuclear weapons ... you need to stand beside Iran so it can introduce a correct path to you," he said.
Ahmadinejad said the world was at a "crossroads" because it had been proven that military power has not been successful a reference to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tehran and Washington severed relations nearly three decades ago after the 1979 Iranian revolution and the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran by hard-line Iranian students.
The U.S. believes Iran is secretly trying to pursue nuclear weapons, but Iran has denied this accusation, saying its program is solely for peaceful purposes such as electricity.
Ahmadinejad sent Obama a message of congratulations after he was elected the first time an Iranian leader offered such wishes to the winner of a U.S. presidential race since the two countries broke off relations.
In his speech, Ahmadinejad declared Iran a "superpower" and said threats against it had disappeared. He didn't elaborate but apparently meant that the U.S. should treat Iran as an equal.
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I’ll bet he’s anxious to talk to our new, old socialist-communist leader.
I misread that as OBAMA saying that talks with US might be possible.
And, you know, it kind of made sense....
That Imindamood4jihad ends every speech with a call for the 12 Imam to reappear, and that direct implication, is being ignored by the new US administration will prove disasterous sometime in the next couple of years.
Mark it down.
That Imindamood4jihad ends every speech with a call for the 12 Imam to reappear, and that direct implication, is being ignored by the new US administration will prove disasterous sometime in the next couple of years.
Mark it down.
“Ahmadinejad said the world was at a “crossroads” because it had been proven that military power has not been successful”.....
Bull crap! Imadinajacket says that because he doesn’t have a pot to piss in!
Didn’t 0 say that “there is no religion that supports the murder of innocent lives”? How does that translate to the unborn?? Not to mention the jihadists.
HAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA!! Stop it, yer killin' me! HAHAHAHAHAhahahahahahaha.....
Nut-men-a-job is just buying more time to develop more nukes. While we “talk”, he walks.
No worries, given him a week he’ll change his mind again...
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