July 21, 2004

Bush and Armitage on Iran

And speaking of Iran, The Washington Post's In The Loop column has this interesting combination of comments by President Bush and Deputy Secretary of State Armitage on Iran.

President Bush, chatting with reporters Monday about Iran's alleged aid to the 9/11 terrorists, said: "I have long expressed my concerns about Iran. After all, it's a totalitarian society where free people are not allowed to, you know, exercise the -- their rights as human beings." Hmm . . . But here's Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage, telling a colleague of ours in February 2003: "The axis of evil was a valid comment, [but ] I would note there's one dramatic difference between Iran and the other two axes of evil, and that would be it's a democracy. [And] you approach a democracy differently."
So it's a totalitarian democracy?
Posted by armand at July 21, 2004 11:22 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics


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