A Lesson in Tact, Iranian Style

I meant to blog about this before, but better late than never. Iran has been under international scrutiny for its nuclear program, which is perceived by most reasonable people to be a step towards getting the bomb. In response to continued criticism, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the following:

“These foolish people who are in charge are like stupid, retarded people who brandish their swords whenever they face shortcomings, without realizing that the time for this type of thing is over.”

This is absolutely comical, but it just goes to show exactly what the Western World is going to deal with moving forward with Iran, as we negotiate about nuclear weapons and state-sponsored terrorism. I also cannot imagine what would happen if Former President Bush or President Obama said something like that. Maybe it is because we expect more from our leaders…but still, “retarded?”

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