President Bush and Prseident of Iran some Similarity?

[SharkieJones]

Ahmadinejad and Bush: The Nuclear Shadowboxers
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
By John Moody




TEHRAN, Iran — “If he’s convinced he’s right, he’s not going to change his mind, no matter what anyone says,” said the president’s friend. Though such assessments are frequently used to characterize President Bush, in this case it was a description of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Bush’s counterpart in Iran.

The friend in this case is Nasser Hadian-Jazy, an associate professor of political science at Tehran University, who has known Ahmadinejad since grade school, and has recently become a minor celebrity in the West because of his friend’s ascent to power.

“I wonder why more people haven’t noticed how much alike they are,” he says, speaking of the two leaders.

Though both men would deny it emphatically, the parallels between their presidencies are obvious and unavoidable. Each came to power in controversial elections, and each brought with him a new and decidedly conservative outlook on governing.

Each invokes the name of God frequently in speeches, a habit that has attracted the disdain of the country’s elite, while drawing the rock-ribbed, fundamentalist religious believers closer to him.

Each has made statements that ricocheted around the world and were variously interpreted as straight talk or heedless bellicosity, verging on war fervor.

Neither dresses with particular élan. And neither, to put it kindly, has a reputation for elegance in public speaking

This was an amusing article on Fox News that I thought you might enjoy. There does seem to be some similarity, but it's like in a bizarro way.

[AKA_MoeSkizac]

[Bromius]

I noticed something similar during the lead up to the second gulf war. Hussein and Bush sounded a lot alike, as if you could swap the names in their speeches and get the same effect.

[Hippie3]

yawn.
they both have dicks too,
so what ?
i'm informed enough
and wise enough to know
that superficial similarities can be found
between almost any two people
means not one damn thing
except it gives the bush haters
some one besides hitler
to compare with bush.

10 out of 10 terrorist agree....."anybody but Bush"

[Lefty]

It hardly sets a prseident

[Bromius]

Standard fight ettiquette involves talking a little smack before blows are exchanged. For nations, this usually takes the form of official speeches. That job usually falls to the head of state, although you do occasionally hear from some other guys in each crew.

It would be the same if there was a Democrat in office, so don't dismiss this as just some more Bush hating. As a citizen, you should be skeptical any time the people in charge start encouraging you to pick up arms and do harm to people you would otherwise never even meet. As Carl Sagan said, "Real patriots ask questions."

[Hippie3]

most people lack the needed information to assess the dangers,
such people do us all a favor by
doing what they are told.

[Bromius]

Originally Posted by Hippie3

most people lack the needed information to assess the dangers,
such people do us all a favor by
doing what they are told.

I suppose I have to agree. People that fight without thinking through all of the ramifications of doing so reducing the numbers of the same sort of people on the other side seems like it would provide some overall benefit to humanity. Not to say all those who fight haven't really given it some hard thought because I'm sure many have. I suppose if they want to fight let them, I've just reached a different conclusion about what I should do with my life.