Ahmadinejad's Threatning Remarks

Posted below are remarks make by Ahmadinejad in a speech to the people of Gavbandi:

"I wish to send a message to these oppressive powers on behalf of you, and the entire Iranian nation, asking them to get back to the path put before them by the prophets, that is the path of divine guidance, justice, friendship, and being faithful to the covenants they have vowed with their nations."...
"Beware! If you do not get back to this path; if you do not end your oppressive methods; if you do not keep on looting the other nations and try to keep on imposing your illegitimate hegemony over other nations, you will face the destiny of the past tyrants in history, that is none but death, and downfall for yourselves, and wretched lives for your nations." Further addressing the oppressive powers, Ahmadinejad said, "Today you selfishly and arrogantly insist on halting the path of nations' progress, including Iran, resorting to telling lies to the world public opinion and even cheating your own nations."
He added, "Our nation tells you that you are repeating your old mistakes. You have so far kept trying for 28 years to halt the path of our nation's progress, all in vain. You can see today that our nation's youth, believing in their might and relying on their strong will, have mastered all modern sciences and technologies, and presented them humbly to the noble Iranian nation."

It appears that Ahmadinejad is pursuing a policy of disengagment from the Western states. The same policy which he criticizes the Bush administration for adopting, is exactly the path Ahmadinejad is going down. Such threats made against America, regarding its impending destruction will never lead to communication or diplomatic negotiations. The question we must ask ourselves, is whether the Iranian people can see through Ahmadinejad`s hypocrisy, when he discusses issues of liberty, freedom and peace. The most important policy and course of action we must pursue, is to create a stable and peaceful Middle East. This can only come about when we are able to implement free societies. As Natan Sharansky discusses throughout his book (Case for Democracy- a must read), A true free society is when one can stand in the middle of the town square and speak anything he wishes, without the fear of being attacked. How do we go about implementing free societies? That is the trillion dollar question!