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Originally Posted by rainheart
It's quite poignant really, while I disagree with the man and his policies and his views that the belief in an abrahamic monotheist god is the proper solution, he covers a lot of important points about the inherent contradictions of such styles of political parties- parties which preach the opposite of what they do and deliberately fail to distinguish such things, and at the same time those very parties are cheered on by a stupified populous who, as it turns out, is ridiculously bad at judging what is in it's best interests.
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My second read of the letter found greater inner coherence and a more respectful tone. Ahmadinejad (A) first acknowledges the faith shared by he and Bush (B). B has certainly presented himself as being guided by God, so this would be appropriate. A also emphasizes our shared profit, Jesus, which is always followed by "peace be unto him." I believe that phrase is ordinarily reserved for Mohammed so clearly A wishes to be respectful.
Then, very much like the teacher that he is, A lays out the tenets of faith and asks B to compare his behavior to those tenents. He remains respectful, but one can only come away with B is seriously misguided or a hypocrite. Ouch.
I don't think the letter is going to budge B in any way and perhaps it was never intended to. I read recently that political and religious leaders of Islam attempt to model their behavior after Mohammed. One specific behavior was that he wrote letters to his enemies.