[MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] letter from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I'm not religious, so the religious aspects bug me some, but 90% of 
Americans say that they believe in God, so I guess I can let it slide. 
Anyway, here is the recent letter from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the American 
people:

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/international/29letter.1.pdf

I think you can all access that letter.  If not, let me know.

So is Ahmadinejad saying anything that is patently false or disturbing? 
I read through it quickly and, giving him the benefit of the doubt here 
and there, I think he makes a lot of good points.

Check out what gentle peacenik Jimmy Carter is saying about Israel:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec06/carter_11-28.html

Of course, not everyone agrees with him...

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec06/carter_11-28.html

...but are Carter's *facts* wrong?  Is it not true that Israel was holding 
more than 9,000 Palestinian prisoners including many women and hundreds of 
children at the time when Palestinians kidnapped a single Israeli soldier? 
Is it not true that Israel (with the [almost pathologically] strong 
support and encouragement of Bush/Rice) massively overreacted to this 
minor event?  Is it not true that the reporting in the US was highly 
slanted to favor Israel?

Mike

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