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18 Jun 2009 06:29 pm
The Mousavi-Ahmadinejad Comparison
Obama has been pretty great so far but his absurd conflation of Mousavi and Ahmadinejad was bewildering and offensive. It's good to see Mousavi's spokesman pushing back on it today:
FP: There has been
growing criticism here in Washington that U.S. President Barack Obama hasn't
said or done enough to support those demonstrating in the streets of Iran. Do
you think Obama is being too careful? Or even that he is helping Ahmadinejad by
being cautious?
MM: Obama has
said that there is no difference between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi. Does he like
it himself [when someone is] saying that there is no difference between Obama
and [George W.] Bush? Ahmadinejad is the Bush of Iran. And Mousavi is the Obama
of Iran.
I winced too.
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