The Letter

It's rather absurd to think James Baker will soon suggest opening a dialog with this nut.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's love letter to the American people was just as condescending as his first attempt, but a little less bizarre. Expert analysis abounds on the web (except from web sites in Iran) but here's my two cent rant, for what it's worth:

But regrettably, the US administration disregards even its own public opinion and remains in the forefront of supporting the trampling of the rights of the Palestinian people.

I wasn't aware polls showed we were in favor of wiping Israel off the map. Go figure.

Terrorism in Iraq has grown exponentially. With the presence of the US military in Iraq, nothing has been done to rebuild the ruins, to restore the infrastructure or to alleviate poverty. The US Government used the pretext of the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but later it became clear that that was just a lie and a deception.

This could be one of the most ludicrous paragraphs ever placed on paper, subtracting anything Jimmy Carter has recently penned. The lies are so dastardly they aren't worth refuting one by one, but what a nice touch with the "Bush lied, people died" reference. Wonder if Michael Moore gets any residuals?

Noble Americans,

Wait, doesn't he mean "Death to America"? Probably just got lost in translation.

As you know very well, many victims of Katrina continue to suffer, and countless Americans continue to live in poverty and homelessness.

I'm calling extreme hypocrisy on this one. Just how much aid money did Iran give to help Karina victims? Apparently less than I did.. Even Afghanistan gave 100K. Remember the 2003 earthquake in Iran? The US gave millions. Oh, and how much did they give to help the tsunami victims? Less than a million. That's sort of like an Al Gore tax return by comparison.

But speaking of suffering, people continue to die in Darfur at the hands of a radical Islamist government. It appears Mahmoud doesn't care much about black Africans, either.

Finally, for some reason this paragraph stood out as odd to me:

Hundreds of thousands of my Iranian compatriots are living amongst you in friendship and peace, and are contributing positively to your society. Our people have been in contact with you over the past many years and have maintained these contacts despite the unnecessary restrictions of US authorities

Is this a reminder of potential 'sleeper cells' here, or am I misreading it?

Anyway, my first thought upon reading this was a line from 'Rush Hour' where Chris Tucker's character says to Jackie Chan's, paraphrasing, "do you really believe the s$$t that's coming outa yo mouth?". But using that analogy would be a serious disservice to both Tucker and Chan.

MORE 11/30/06

ABC (per Drudge) is reporting possible smoking gun evidence of Iranian weapons being shipped to the Shia militias in Iraq. If true, kinda makes A'jad's letter a joke before the left can effectively de-spin themselves from it. Not to mention the effect on James Baker's ISG report.