I cannot believe the comments on the BBCs Have Your Say on the Iranian presidents visit. Three things are striking about this debate.
Firstly, the positions of the posters are very much split down nationality lines. Americans consistently take an aggressive anti-Ahmadinejad and anti-Iran line. Non-Americans do too, but not so much.
Secondly, people are failing to distinguish between “is Ahmadinejad bad” and “is Iran bad”. They assume they must be equal, despite the President of Iran not actually being that powerful (he doesn’t control the armed forces, for one).
It saddens me to watch the buildup for yet another invasion in the East. For the third time, the US administration is pouring out a non-stop river of bile aimed against a foreign nation, despite the immense hypocrisy or outright deception in everything that is said. And for the third time, some people are swallowing it wholesale. How will history judge us? As a civilisation of gullible idiots?
