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July 9, 2006 College English teacher John M. Crisp writes: “It’s hard to blame President Bush for not paying much attention to the letter sent to him on May 8th by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran.” I wish this academic had left it at that, but in his leftist zeal to make President Bush look diplomatically weak and negligent, he gives credibility to Ahmadinejad by labeling him a “bad guy” who “deviates from the script with a diplomatic opening…” which was really nothing more than a diplomatic posturing in an attempt to get America to back off from its demand that Iran adhere to the nuclear treaty it signed. The commentary is entitled: “Iran’s letter deserves more than contempt”. Professor Crisp describes parts of the letter as “…disjointed and rambling, and near the end it lapses into a scripture quoting enthusiasm that’s vaguely creepy.” So why is it necessary to pay any special attention to someone who is obviously attempting to place himself in the superior diplomatic position? The “interesting questions” Mr. Crisp suggests are posed by the ‘poser” are nothing more than Ted Kennedy and John Murtha talking points with a hefty dose of Harry Reid and John Kerry tossed in. Mr. Crisp thinks the following items from Ahmadinejad’s letter are important questions. Crisp paraphrases: “…one can be a follower of Jesus Christ and at the same time, relying on the pretext of nonexistent WMDs [that are probably in his Iranian basement] occupy another country, kill 100,000 people and destroy water sources, agriculture and industry as well as the sanctity of private homes, all at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars and tens of thousands of innocent young men and women put in harm’s way?” “Good questions”; says Mr. Crisp – totally ignoring the fact that Iran has trained hundreds of homicide killers and sent them into Iraq to attack innocent people. But these are the same talking points of the American left. Apparently the liberal media propaganda has given Ahmadinejad all the correct phraseology to push the buttons of the Senate’s left side. Mr Crisp quotes another question: “…at length since it’s one of the places where [the] translator gets the English rolling along nicely…” “If billions of dollars spent on security, military campaigns and troop movement were instead spent on investment [NAFTA, CAFTA] and assistance for poor countries [Haiti, Pakistan, Somalia, Djibouti, Bangladesh etc] promotion of health [$15 billion to Africa for AIDS] combating different diseases [AIDS, HIV, Smallpox, Measles etc] education [women in Muslim countries, Taliban at Yale] and improvement of mental and physical fitness [AMA, WHO, OSG] assistance to victims of natural disasters [Iranian Bam earthquake, tsunami relief, Katrina etc] creation of employment opportunities [4.7 percent unemployment rate] and production [ over 4 million jobs in 6 years] development projects [enterprise zones] and poverty alleviation [tax cuts and see jobs above] establishment of peace [by the eradication of all terrorist supporting elements worldwide] mediation between disputing states [first, why is that solely our problem, but then we have the Roadmaps all being ignored and the six nation talks being stalled by idiot communists] and extinguishing the flames of racial, ethnic and other conflicts [again, where that shouldn’t be our problem but we get involved in all these Muslim countries and Islamic dictatorships that insist on killing within their own borders their own populations] Where would the world be today? Would not your government and people be justifiably proud?” Mr. Crisp says: “These are two more good questions. Suppose the pope or Kofi Annan had asked them? Well, only a deliberately blind person cannot see America does all of that and more but none of it does any good when dealing with idiot Islamists and silly leftists who can’t see the forest because they insist upon standing in the desert. The real question is why no other country allies itself with all the good works of America. Why must Russia, China, Germany, France and all those Muslim nations ally themselves with the promoters of terrorism? Mr. Crisp writes: “So I think we should read Ahmadinejad’s letter closely. In the English version, at least, he betrays a naïve earnestness. One can imagine him, staying up late laboring over this letter himself, almost begging to be courted with a little respect. Does he deserve respect?” My answer would be, No. But Mr. Crisp says: “Maybe not. But to dismiss the Iranians themselves with contempt is blunt, heavy-handed statesmanship when subtlety is called for.” Mr. Crisp ignores the words of the American President who told “the Iranians” that America would support them a thousand percent if they decide they prefer freedom over an Islamic dictatorship. He also ignores the fact that America has poured thousands of man hours into Iranian diplomatic efforts over the past two decades and all we have to show for it is more Americans killed at the hands of Iranian trained homicide killers and a possibility of a completely homicidal nation gaining a nuclear capability they are sure to use. Perhaps Ahmadinejad doesn’t deserve “contempt”, but in no way does he deserve respect for harboring and training terrorists. ------------ About the Author: Michael John McCrae has contributed over 500 articles to Useless-Knowledge.com. 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