March 6, 2007

President Ahmadinejad urged all Muslim governments to support the Palestinian government, despite its unpopularity among the Western nations. The President blamed many of the current internal Palestinian hardships on calculated plots conducted by the enemies of Islam. Ahmadinejad also described Israel`s current political situation as the worst in its history (one of the few times I actually agree with Ahmadinejad).

The President depicted the ongoing conflict through a religious frame when he said, "The divine victory, which will be the result of the resistance and faith of the oppressed Palestinian nation, will soon materialize, and by supporting their elected government, the Palestinian people will prepare the ground for the liberation of holy Qods and their release from the clutches of the Zionist regime."

To further Ahnmadinejad`s record of making anti-semitic and genocidal comments towards Israel and its Jews the President said, "from now on the Palestinian groups should prepare the ground for the expulsion of Zionist usurpers from the holy land of Palestine by maintaining unity and resistance and relying on God so that even one inch of the Palestinian land will not remain occupied."

Such blatant and aggressive language by a soon to be nuclear power, is asking for a confrontation. Perhaps the reason we here in the West have become complacent with such inflammatory remarks is due to our inability to gain media access to Ahmadinejad`s constant threats against Israel and America. Imagine what our public response would be, should Canada`s President rise up in parliament every week and call for the destruction and removal of the American presence in order to cleanse North America. However, even that comparison is not sufficient because Canada is run by a distinct political philosophy not a religious one, which makes Iran so dangerous and unpredictable. It is much more difficult to calculate and strategize international relations under a religious framework. If we continue to ignore the true intentions of Ahmadinejad, our only hope of mitigating his threat will come from himself and his terrible economic policies which are degrading his country. Its a slim possibility, but if the economic situation in Iran continues to deteriorate and the UN sanctions are successful, the Iranian people may be the worlds only hope in deposing a would be mass murderer from unleashing a nuclear arsenal, guaranteed to disrupt any possibilities of future progress for the Middle East.