Bush endorsement -- from IRAN.
Oct. 19th, 2004 05:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kuangningThat's gotta sting.
Excerpt -- emphasis mine, of course.
... yeah. See, that's a problem for some of us over here. He hasn't done anything about y'all out there in Iran, who are a bigger threat than Saddam ever was. But, y'know, I wouldn't be so quick to say so, if I were you; he might decide that cracking down on you tomorrow morning would boost his ratings, and then where would you be?
Excerpt -- emphasis mine, of course.
"We should not forget that most sanctions and economic pressures were imposed on Iran during the time of Clinton," Rowhani said of the former Democratic president. "And we should not forget that during Bush's era - despite his hard-line and baseless rhetoric against Iran - he didn't take, in practical terms, any dangerous action against Iran."
Though Iran generally does not publicly wade into U.S. presidential politics, it has a history of preferring Republicans over Democrats, who tend to press human rights issues.
"We do not desire to see Democrats take over," Rowhani said when asked if Iran was supporting Kerry against Bush.
... yeah. See, that's a problem for some of us over here. He hasn't done anything about y'all out there in Iran, who are a bigger threat than Saddam ever was. But, y'know, I wouldn't be so quick to say so, if I were you; he might decide that cracking down on you tomorrow morning would boost his ratings, and then where would you be?
