Ahmadinejad: “I’m Sure That The United States Will Change, And It Will Have Reduced Influence”
Agencie France Presse:
Iran expects a “different approach” from the next US president, whoever wins the November elections, President Mahmoud Ahmadenijad said in an interview published in Italy Wednesday.
“Whoever wins the elections, I’m sure that the United States will change, it will have a different approach,” the Iranian leader told the Italian daily La Repubblica.
“The United States will have a reduced sphere of influence in the world,” he predicted, adding: “The new president will have to respond to the real demands of the American people: 40 million American citizens do not have health insurance, the victims of the New Orleans hurricane still have no homes.”
In addition, the United States “will have to withdraw the soldiers from Iraq (since) the American people will not tolerate continued spending of billions of dollars on weapons,” said Ahmadenijad, in Rome to attend the UN food agency’s summit on food security.
Asked whether he would negotiate with the new US leadership come January 2009, Ahmadenijad said: “It is they who cut off the links with us, hoping to suffocate us. Today Iran is an advanced country. We are ready for dialogue with anyone, except with the Zionist regime, in relations based on mutual respect and fairness.”
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“Asked whether he would negotiate with the new US leadership come January 2009, Ahmadenijad said: “It is they who cut off the links with us, hoping to suffocate us. Today Iran is an advanced country. We are ready for dialogue with anyone, except with the Zionist regime, in relations based on mutual respect and fairness.””
Just how the fuck does one reason with madness anyway when it makes statements like this?
June 4th, 2008 at 11:06 amIts hard to imagine why this newspaper took this asshole on in a legitimate forum. asking questions and publishing his answers.
My prediction is that Iran will change also. they will have a new leader within the next year because the current one will be removed by force.
June 4th, 2008 at 11:12 amDon’y worry. Bambi has a plan.
June 4th, 2008 at 11:41 amHe told AIPAC he’d even defend Israel’s right to *defend itself* from annihlation in front of the U.N.!!!
Kurt, sorry there isn’t an Agencie Italia Presse, though I don’t wonder in which language the interview was made ; then one can expect that the journalist is of an english speaking nationality ; AFP has offices in world wide, alike AP, Reuters…
June 4th, 2008 at 12:18 pmHey, he has the dem talking points. Yea!
June 4th, 2008 at 1:02 pmClearly, a Barack Hussein Obama endorsement!
June 4th, 2008 at 1:59 pmWod and Dumbo look like brother’s.
June 4th, 2008 at 2:41 pm