What have I been telling you about Iran being a key component of Obama administration's foreign policy?
About Ahmedinejad -- he is not your garden variety of fundamentalist.
Last Christmas he delivered a moving mesage showing his devotional feelings for Hazrat Isa (Jesus) that would be unthinkable coming out of the Wahhabi Sunni fundamentalists that are making our lives hell in the subcontinent.
Ahmedinejad is crazy as a coote! He was elected as a 'champion of the poor' but has done almost nothing to alleviate dire poverty in pockets of Iranian society. His idiotic comments against Israel delighted the cockles of the hearts of AIPAC and the neo-cons in Bush regime. My Iranian co-activists in 'women against Islamic fundamentalism' swear that poverty and fundamentalism are directly related.
What do you make of these pictures I got sent by a Pakistani forum?
I'll send you an excellent article on American policy changes regarding Iran.
-- Farida
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:27:56 -0700
Subject: State Dinner For Evo Morales, President of Bolivia
State dinner for Evo Morales, the President of Bolivia . Some pictures say more than a thousand words...
These pictures were taken at President Ahmedinejad's state dinner for Evo Morales, the President of Bolivia on a state visit to Tehran Sitting on the floor and partaking from a common man's meal, Evo does not seem to mind at all. In fact he seems to be having a great time. And I am sure the hosts paid for the dinner out of their own pockets. I would not be surprised if their wives cooked for them, just to save some tax-payer's money which is considered sacred by Islam.
If only the Pakistani leaders would take pity on the poor, hapless Pakistani nation and show such austerity... 
Bolivia's president lands in Iran  Bolivia's president is seeking new allies and overseas investment | Bolivian President Evo Morales has arrived in Iran to discuss trade and closer ties with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. His visit follows a trip made by Mr Ahmadinejad to La Paz last year, during which he pledged a $1.1bn (£600m) investment in the Andean nation. The trip will be closely watched by the US, which has tense relations with Tehran over its nuclear programme. Mr Morales has also been in Libya, for talks with leader Muammar Gaddafi. Bolivia and Libya recently established diplomatic relations and the two men were expected to sign energy agreements. Little in common Mr Morales and his trade delegation were met from the plane at Tehran airport by Iran's Industries Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian. He was due to meet Mr Ahmadinejad later in the day, Iranian press reported. Bolivia had described the trip as an attempt to reach out to other nations "rejected by the international community". Mr Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous president, described his country and Iran as "two friendly and revolutionary countries" that are strengthening ties.  Iran's president is said to be interested in Bolivia's uranium reserves | In a recent speech, he had said Iran's efforts to provide economic and political backing would "support the peasant struggle in Latin America". Iran's investment will be directed at boosting bilateral economic and agricultural ties, from milk processing plants, to TV and radio stations to funding hydrocarbon and hydroelectric exploration. Reports also suggest Mr Ahmadinejad is interested in Bolivia's reserves of uranium and lithium for use in Iran's nuclear projects. The growing relationship between the two governments has raised eyebrows amongst Bolivia's right-wing opposition and in the United States - which takes a dim view of Iranian influence in its backyard, the BBC's Andres Schipani in Bolivia says. To some analysts, Iran is seeking to gain geopolitical control in Latin America with the aid of Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez, an unconditional ally of Mr Morales. Mr Morales has joked on several occasions that he is part of the "axis of evil". But apart from the fact that both presidents are strong critics of the US, analysts say there is very little in common between Mr Morales and Mr Ahmadinejad.
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It is not if we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists will we be?
- Dr Martin Luther King, Jr
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends".
- Dr Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music."
- Angela Monet
"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do."
- Voltaire
"The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never do."
- Samuel P. Huntington (author The Clash Of Civilisations)
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