what would happen to politics in the U.S. if the American people at large - instead of just history grad students - became enlightened about what evils we have done in the Middle East. The U.S. will break down if it doesn't face its past. James Earl Jones said this about Viet Nam on Charlies Rose years ago. It is more true now than ever. The political "right" is blind and dumb but eventually the cancer and gangrene will come out.

How can you not mention the deal then ex-CIA head George Bush made with the Iranians to keep the hostages until after the 1980 election? This is not fringe conspiracy politics. In France, the exile home of Ayatollah Khomeini it is common knowledge that the Reagan-Bush campaign had cut a deal with the Iranians to delay the release of the American hostages until after the 1980 US presidential election.

Good interview of Ahmadinejad

http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11211

AP Interview: Ahmadinejad Says Future Is Iran's
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that "the future belongs to Iran," and challenged the United States to accept that his country has a major role in the world. http://www.newslook.com/videos/251443-ap-interview-ahmadinejad-says-future-is-iran-s?autoplay=true
grandiosity can prove dangerous. Like nation building...

Please ask Scott if he is a student of Christian Science and if that helped his work in Iran.