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Originally Posted by Elphaba
I have provided sources. Please provide yours, unless this is merely your personal opinion. Bush haters? I hope you realize how stuck you are in your ideology.
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Provide sources for what? Above I simply made a logical inference (a sincere attempt for diplomacy would not involve a public letter but a direct contact) and asked you a question ( what would you do?).
Then I agreed with your original post:
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My initial thought is that Ahmadinejad is hoping to gain world sympathy for Iran, rather than offering diplomatic engagement to resolve the nuclear standoff. I need to read the letter more closely and give more thought to it.
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Then I gave an added opinion based on emperical observation (Bush haters being stirred up). I don't have an citable source for this, but do I need one?
Then I gave an opinion about the intent of the letter (pretext for war). That is what the original post was seeking:
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I would like to discuss what each of us believes is the intent of this letter.
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The last paragraph was clearly my "hope" and a statement of the obvious.
Your are 100% correct that I am "stuck" in my ideology. I look for my ideology to be challenged, that's why I participate in these discussions. So far nothing said has caused me to become un-stuck.
Thanks for trying to trivialize my positions