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A conversation with Vali Nasr of the Council on Foreign Relations and Robin Wright of "The Washington Post" about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad`s speech to the United Nations and its potential impact on U.S. foreign policy.
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Shalom Freedman 05/14/2008 04:21 AM Report
Robin Wright speaks as if she is an apologist for Ahmadinejad. She shows no moral outrage whatsoever at the absolutely evil ambitions of Ahmadinejad. She speaks about him as a 'rhetorician' because he does not answer questions directly. She does not talk about his factual innaccuracy, his substition of 'mythic material' for historical fact. She says nothing about his Messianic aims. She totally misinterprets his thrust for 'nuclear power' as involving civilian purposes primarily. She shows no awareness of the strategic uses of nuclear weapons for Iran.
Vali Nasr also shows little outrage. But he makes a good point when he says that Iran's getting its way so easily may lead it to overplay its hand.
I too believe Charlie Rose was not tough enough here.