Iran's leader calls for TV debate with Bush

Saeph said:

Do you also think that Israel should be erased from the map and that holocaust never took place?

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No and no. I think what he's said has been taken out of context and I think the media has given zero attention to legitimate grievances Israel has caused some arabs. Does it really make sense to you that every single muslim country around Israel hates their guts for no good reason?

I thought the official story was that Israel is the chosen people, while the surrounding neighbors are all illegitimate sons of Ishmael and they're just infilled with Satan and envious. Something like that.

On front-page cnn.com the poll is who the public thinks would win in a Bush/Ahmadinejad debate. Ahmadinejad is winning the poll 2-to-1. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

draper said:

An unsurprising, cowardly response from the Bush regime.

Honestly -- why do these people fear an honest, open debate?

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I see Ahmadinejad's pathetic attempt to give himself a platform has already worked on some. What does he have to lose by throwing out various challenges? On the other hand what would President Bush have to gain by wasting his time and accepting any?

draper said:

An unsurprising, cowardly response from the Bush regime.

Honestly -- why do these people fear an honest, open debate?

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It would be retarded for Bush to debate this nutcase
What would it prove?
This is publicity stunt, pure and simple

applepowerpc said:

On front-page cnn.com the poll is who the public thinks would win in a Bush/Ahmadinejad debate. Ahmadinejad is winning the poll 2-to-1. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

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That just shows how ill informed the public is

steelerguy99 said:

It would be retarded for Bush to debate this nutcase
What would it prove?
This is publicity stunt, pure and simple

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Actually, Bush only stands to gain by having a debate, right? By walking away from it, it looks as though he has something to hide or he is afraid.

ElvisFan42 said:

Actually, Bush only stands to gain by having a debate, right? By walking away from it, it looks as though he has something to hide or he is afraid.

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What does he have to gain?
There has never been a debate between world leaders and for good reason. It is pointless

There has never been a debate between world leaders and for good reason. It is pointless

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Other than to avoid wars, but disregarding that minor detail....

applepowerpc said:

Other than to avoid wars, but disregarding that minor detail....

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When and where did two world leaders have a public debate to avoid war?

One would think that if the leader of Iran is just a crazy hate-filled lunatic, Bush could easily expose that in a live uncensored debate. If he was capable of doing that, those of us who are skeptical about his agenda in Iran might come around a bit. One would think that this would be a major gain... especially given the shrinking support for Iraq. If he wants to pursue his agenda in Iran, Bush better be able to convince people that it is a good idea.

steelerguy99 said:

What does he have to gain?
There has never been a debate between world leaders and for good reason. It is pointless

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The question is what does he have to lose?

Bush won't do it because it would look like he was capitulating to a dare, which in turn would make it look like he was weakening in his hard-core stance against Iran.

Part of me would like to see that debate.

ElvisFan42 said:

The question is what does he have to lose?

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The question is what does he have to gain?
Is he really going to change the leader of Iran's decision regarding nuclear weapons?

It would be a pointless spectacle and a total waste of time

Obviously a dumb idea, but [SIZE=-1]Ahmadinejad is doing a great job of schooling Bush in the rough art of politics. He's kinda making Bush look real stupid. As if Bush needed help, but whatever.
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Ginny said:

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on U.S. President George W. Bush to participate in a "direct television debate with us," so Iran can voice its point of view on how to end problems in the world. "But the condition is that there can be no censorship, especially for the American nation," he said Tuesday.
The White House called the offer to debate Bush a "diversion" from international concerns over Iran's nuclear program, Reuters reported.

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hmmmmmmmm...one we can't understand in english and the other speaks no english at all....lol

seriously,
all the president of Iran wants is to make Bush look like a fool to the other Arab countries. And I think he would accomplish his goal as we are already in poor standing with most Arabs. Or he would use this debate to assinate Bush. I think the Bush administration is wise for not taking him up on it.

Inconel said:

I see Ahmadinejad's pathetic attempt to give himself a platform has already worked on some. What does he have to lose by throwing out various challenges? On the other hand what would President Bush have to gain by wasting his time and accepting any?

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Challenging someone to an open, uncensored debate is a 'pathetic attempt'? The man writes open letters, challenges people to open debates on TV and is STILL dismissed out of hand, often with no concrete reason for doing so.

What would Bush get from it? Well, if Ahmadinejad is such a narrow, hateful and loon-crazy nutcase, surely GWB -- the leader of the free world & worldwide ambassador of goodwill -- would have no problems demonstrating this in an open debate and would thus gain international consensus for his case against Iran. Because, you know, other than most of America, people do like to hear both sides of a contentious issue before making up their mind and proceeding with a course of action.

steelerguy99 said:

It would be retarded for Bush to debate this nutcase
What would it prove?
This is publicity stunt, pure and simple

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With attitudes like yours it isn't difficult to miss where the culture of intolerance & lack of willingness to harbour honest discuss that permeates American foreign policy discussion comes from.