Ahmadinedschad's Brief an George W. Bush

Zwei Welten trennen zwei Machthaber - auch ideologische. Verständlich, dass dieser Brief voller konkreter Fragen dem "Noch"-Präsidenten verdammt peinlich ist.  Noch peinlicher aber sind die Kommentare der Main-stream-Presse, die seit Jahren genau wie dieser Cowboy die Wahrheit kaum kennen, sondern von den Dunkelmächten gesteuert sind, deren Zeit nun ABGELAUFEN ist!

FULL TEXT: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S LETTER TO BUSH

Posted By: Il_Bagattel
Date: Thursday, 11 May 2006, 6:49 a.m.

These are not the words of a mad man. These are rational questions that deserve honest answers. Sadly, he won't get any from the recipient of the letter... and the American people will never even see the text, unless of course, they cruise a few sites on the internet. In France, it was published in full.

Full Text : The President of Iran's Letter To President Bush

Signs of the Times
Translated by Le Monde

05/09/06

Mr George Bush,

President of the United States of America

For sometime now I have been thinking, how one can justify the undeniable
contradictions that exist in the international arena - which are being
constantly debated, especially in political forums and amongst university
students. Many questions remain unanswered. These have prompted me to
discuss some of the contradictions and questions, in the hopes that it might
bring about an opportunity to redress them.

Can one be a follower of Jesus Christ, the great Messenger of God,

Feel obliged to respect human rights,

Present liberalism as a civilization model,

Announce one's opposition to the proliferation of nuclear weapons and WMDs,

Make "War and Terror" his slogan,

And finally, work towards the establishment of a unified international
community - a community which Christ and the virtuous of the Earth will one
day govern,

While at the same time:

Have countries attacked,

The lives, reputations and possessions of people destroyed and on the slight
chance of there being criminals in a village or city, or convoy for example,
have the entire village, city or convey set ablaze.

Or because of the possibility of the existence of WMDs in one country, it is
occupied, around one hundred thousand people killed, its water sources,
agriculture and industry destroyed, close to 180,000 foreign troops put on
the ground, the sanctity of private homes of citizens broken, and the
country pushed back perhaps fifty years.

At what price? Hundreds of billions of dollars spent from the treasury of
one country and certain other countries and tens of thousands of young men
and women - as occupation troops - put in harms way, taken away from family
and love ones, their hands stained with the blood of others, subjected to so
much psychological pressure that everyday some commit suicide and those
returning home suffer depression, become sickly and grapple with all sorts
of aliments

On the pretext of the existence of WMDs, this great tragedy came to engulf
both the peoples of the occupied and the occupying country. Later it was
revealed that no WMDs existed to begin with.

Of course Saddam was a murderous dictator. But the war was not waged to
topple him, the announced goal of the war was to find and destroy weapons of
mass destruction. He was toppled along the way towards another goal,
nevertheless the people of the region are happy about it. I point out that
throughout the many years of the war on Iran, Saddam was supported by the
West.

Mr President,

You might know that I am a teacher. My students ask me how can theses
actions be reconciled with the values outlined at the beginning of this
letter and duty to the tradition of Jesus Christ, the Messenger of peace and
forgiveness.

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There are prisoners in Guantanamo Bay that have not been tried, have no
legal representation, their families cannot see them and are obviously kept
in a strange land outside their own country. There is no international
monitoring of their conditions and fate. No one knows whether they are
prisoners, POWs, accused or criminals.

European investigators have confirmed the existence of secret prisons in
Europe too. I could not correlate the abduction of a person, and him or her
being kept in secret prisons, with the provisions of any judicial system.
For that matter, I fail to understand how such actions correspond to the
values outlined in the beginning of this letter, i.e. the teachings of Jesus
Christ, human rights and liberal values.

Young people, university students and ordinary people have many questions
about the phenomenon of Israel. I am sure you are familiar with some of
them.

Throughout history many countries have been occupied, but I think the
establishment of a new country with a new people, is a new phenomenon that
is exclusive to our times.

Students are saying that sixty years ago such a country did no exist. The
show old documents and globes and say try as we have, we have not been able
to find a country named Israel.

I tell them to study the history of WWI and II. One of my students told me
that during WWII, which more than tens of millions of people perished in,
news about the war, was quickly disseminated by the warring parties. Each
touted their victories and the most recent battlefront defeat of the other
party. After the war, they claimed that six million Jews had been killed.
Six million people that were surely related to at least two million
families.

Again let us assume that these events are true. Does that logically
translate into the establishment of the state of Israel in the Middle East
or support for such a state? How can this phenomenon be rationalised or
explained?

Mr President, I am sure you know how - and at what cost - Israel was
established:

- Many thousands were killed in the process.

- Millions of indigenous people were made refugees.

- Hundred of thousands of hectares of farmland, olive plantations, towns and
villages were destroyed.

This tragedy is not exclusive to the time of establishment of Israel;
unfortunately it has been ongoing for sixty years now.

A regime has been established which does not show mercy even to kids,
destroys houses while the occupants are still in them, announces beforehand
its list and plans to assassinate Palestinian figures and keeps thousands of
Palestinians in prison. Such a phenomenon is unique - or at the very least
extremely rare - in recent memory.

Another big question asked by people is why is this regime being supported?
Is support for this regime in line with the teachings of Jesus Christ or
Moses or liberal values?

Or are we to understand that allowing the original inhabitants of these
lands - inside and outside Palestine - whether they are Christian, Muslim or
Jew, to determine their fate, runs

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Contrary to principles of democracy, human rights and the teachings of
prophets? If not, why is there so much opposition to a referendum?

The newly elected Palestinian administration recently took office. All
independent observes have confirmed that this government represents the
electorate. Unbelievingly, they have put the elected government under
pressure and have advised it to recognise the Israeli regime, abandon the
struggle and follow the programs of the previous government.

If the current Palestinian government had run on the above platform, would
the Palestinian people have voted for it? Again, can such position taken in
opposition to the Palestinian government be reconciled with the values
outlined earlier? The people are also saying "why are all UNSC resolutions
in condemnation of Israel vetoed?"

Mr President,

As you are well aware, I live amongst the people and am in constant contact
with them -- many people from around the Middle East manage to contact me as
well. They do not have faith in these dubious policies either. There is
evidence that the people of the region are becoming increasingly angry with
such policies.

It is not my intention to pose too many questions, but I need to refer to
other points as well. Why is it that any technological and scientific
achievement reached in the Middle East regions is translated into and
portrayed as a threat to the Zionist regime? Is not scientific R&D one of
the basic rights of nations.

You are familiar with history. Aside from the Middle Ages, in what other
point in history has scientific and technical progress been a crime? Can the
possibility of scientific achievements being utilised for military purposes
be reason enough to oppose science and technology altogether? If such a
supposition is true, then all scientific disciplines, including physics,
chemistry, mathematics, medicine, engineering, etc. must be opposed.

Lies were told in the Iraqi matter. What was the result? I have no doubt
that telling lies is reprehensible in any culture, and you do not like to be
lied to.

Mr President, don't Latin Americans have the right to ask, why their elected
governments are being opposed and coup leaders supported? Or, why must they
constantly be threatened and live in fear?

The people of Africa are hardworking, creative and talented. They can play
an important and valuable role in providing for the needs of humanity and
contribute to its material and spiritual progress. Poverty and hardship in
large parts of Africa are preventing this from happening. Don't they have
the right to ask why their enormous wealth - including minerals - is being
looted, despite the fact that they need it more than others?

Again, do such actions correspond to the teachings of Christ and the tenets
of human rights?

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The brave and faithful people of Iran too have many questions and
grievances, including: the coup d'etat of 1953 and the subsequent toppling
of the legal government of the day, opposition to the Islamic revolution,
transformation of an Embassy into a headquarters supporting, the activities
of those opposing the Islamic Republic (many thousands of pages of documents
corroborates this claim), support for Saddam in the war waged against Iran,
the shooting down of the Iranian passenger plane, freezing the assets of the
Iranian nation, increasing threats, anger and displeasure vis-à-vis the
scientific and nuclear progress of the Iranian nation (just when all
Iranians are jubilant and collaborating their country's progress), and many
other grievances that I will not refer to in this letter.

Mr President,

September Eleven was a horrendous incident. The killing of innocents is
deplorable and appalling in any part of the world. Our government
immediately declared its disgust with the perpetrators and offered its
condolences to the bereaved and expressed its sympathies.

All governments have a duty to protect the lives, property and good standing
of their citizens. Reportedly your government employs extensive security,
protection and intelligence systems - and even hunts its opponents abroad.
September eleven was not a simple operation. Could it be planned and
executed without coordination with intelligence and security services - or
their extensive infiltration? Of course this is just an educated guess. Why
have the various aspects of the attacks been kept secret? Why are we not
told who botched their responsibilities? And, why aren't those responsible
and the guilty parties identified and put on trial?

All governments have a duty to provide security and peace of mind for their
citizens. For some years now, the people of your country and neighbours of
world trouble spots do not have peace of mind. After 9/11, instead of
healing and tending to the emotional wounds of the survivors and the
American people - who had been immensely traumatised by the attacks - some
Western media only intensified the climates of fear and insecurity - some
constantly talked about the possibility of new terror attacks and kept the
people in fear. Is that service to the American people? Is it possible to
calculate the damages incurred from fear and panic?

American citizens lived in constant fear of fresh attacks that could come at
any moment and in any place. They felt insecure in the streets, in their
place of work and at home. Who would be happy with this situation? Why was
the media, instead of conveying a feeling of security and providing peace of
mind, giving rise to a feeling of insecurity?

Some believe that the hype paved the way - and was the justification - for
an attack on Afghanistan. Again I need to refer to the role of media.

In media charters, correct dissemination of information and honest reporting
of a story are established tenets. I express my deep regret about the
disregard shown by certain Western media for these principles. The main
pretext for an attack on Iraq was the existence of WMDs. This was repeated
incessantly - for the public to, finally, believe - and the ground set for
an attack on Iraq.

Will the truth not be lost in a contrived and deceptive climate?

Again, if the truth is allowed to be lost, how can that be reconciled with
the earlier mentioned values?

Is the truth known to the Almighty lost as well?

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Mr President,

In countries around the world, citizens provide for the expenses of
governments so that their governments in turn are able to serve them.

The question here is "what has the hundreds of billions of dollars, spent
every year to pay for the Iraqi campaign, produced for the citizens?"

As your Excellency is aware, in some states of your country, people are
living in poverty. Many thousands are homeless and unemployment is a huge
problem. Of course these problems exist - to a larger or lesser extent - in
other countries as well. With these conditions in mind, can the gargantuan
expenses of the campaign - paid from the public treasury - be explained and
be consistent with the aforementioned principles?

What has been said, are some of the grievances of the people around the
world, in our region and in your country. But my main contention - which I
am hoping you will agree to some of - is:

Those in power have specific time in office, and do not rule indefinitely,
but their names will be recorded in history and will be constantly judged in
the immediate and distant futures. The people will scrutinize our
presidencies.

Did we manage to bring peace, security and prosperity for the people or
insecurity and unemployment?

Did we intend to establish justice, or just supported especial interest
groups, and by forcing many people to live in poverty and hardship, made a
few people rich and powerful - thus trading the approval of the people and
the Almighty with theirs'?

Did we defend the rights of the underprivileged or ignore them?

Did we defend the rights of all people around the world or imposed wars on
them, interfered illegally in their affairs, established hellish prisons and
incarcerated some of them?

Did we bring the world peace and security or raised the specter of
intimidation and threats?

Did we tell the truth to our nation and others around the world or presented
an inverted version of it?

Were we on the side of people or the occupiers and oppressors?

Did our administration set out to promote rational behaviour, logic, ethics,
peace, fulfilling obligations, justice, service to the people, prosperity,
progress and respect for human dignity or the force of guns.

Intimidation, insecurity, disregard for the people, delaying the progress
and excellence of other nations, and trample on people's rights?

And finally, they will judge us on whether we remained true to our oath of
office - to serve the people, which is our main task, and the traditions of
the prophets - or not?

Mr President,

How much longer can the world tolerate this situation? Where will this trend
lead the world to? How long must the people of the world pay for the
incorrect decisions of some rulers? How much longer will the specter of
insecurity - raised from the stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction -
hunt the people of the world?

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How much longer will the blood of the innocent men, women and children be
spilled on the streets, and people's houses destroyed over their heads?

Are you pleased with the current condition of the world?

Do you think present policies can continue?

If billions of dollars spent on security, military campaigns and troop
movement were instead spent on investment and assistance for poor countries,
promotion of health, combating different diseases, education and improvement
of mental and physical fitness, assistance to the victims of natural
disasters, creation of employment opportunities and production, development
projects and poverty alleviation, establishment of peace, mediation between
disputing states and distinguishing the flames of racial, ethnic and other
conflicts were would the world be today? Would not your government, and
people be justifiably proud? Would not your administration's political and
economic standing have been stronger? And I am most sorry to say, would
there have been an ever increasing global hatred of the American
governments?

Mr President, it is not my intention to distress anyone.

If prophet Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ishmael, Joseph or Jesus Christ were with
us today, how would they have judged such behaviour? Will we be given a role
to play in the promised world, where justice will become universal and Jesus
Christ will be present? Will they even accept us?

My basic question is this: Is there no better way to interact with the rest
of the world? Today there are hundreds of millions of Christians, hundreds
of millions of Moslems and millions of people who follow the teachings of
Moses. All divine religions share and respect one word and that is
"monotheism" or belief in a single God and no other in the world.

The holy Koran stresses this common word and calls on an followers of divine
religions and says: [3.64] Say: O followers of the Book! Come to an
equitable proposition between us and you that we shall not serve any but
Allah and (that) we shall not associate aught. With Him and (that) some of
us shall not take others for lords besides Allah, but if they turn back,
then say: Bear witness that we are Muslims. (The Family of Imran).

Mr President,

According to divine verses, we have all been called upon to worship one God
and follow the teachings of divine prophets.

"To worship a God which is above all powers in the world and can do all He
pleases." "The Lord which knows that which is hidden and visible, the past
and the future, knows what goes on in the Hearts of His servants and records
their deeds."

"The Lord who is the possessor of the heavens and the earth and all universe
is His court" "planning for the universe is done by His hands, and gives His
servants the glad tidings of mercy and forgiveness of sins". "He is the
companion of the oppressed and the enemy of oppressors". "He is the
Compassionate, the Merciful". "He is the recourse of the faithful and guides
them towards the light from darkness". "He is witness to the actions of His
servants", "He calls on servants to be faithful and do good deeds, and asks
them to stay on the path of righteousness and remain steadfast". "Calls on
servants to heed His prophets and He is a witness to their deeds." "A bad
ending belongs only to those who have chosen the life of this world and
disobey Him and oppress His servants". And "A good and eternal paradise
belong to those servants who fear His majesty and do not follow their
lascivious selves."

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We believe a return to the teachings of the divine prophets is the only road
leading to salvations. I have been told that Your Excellency follows the
teachings of Jesus, and believes in the divine promise of the rule of the
righteous on Earth.

We also believe that Jesus Christ was one of the great prophets of the
Almighty. He has been repeatedly praised in the Koran. Jesus has been quoted
in Koran as well; [19,36] And surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord,
therefore serves Him; this is the right path, Marium.

Service to and obedience of the Almighty is the credo of all divine
messengers. The God of all people in Europe, Asia, Africa, America, the
Pacific and the rest of the world is one. He is the Almighty who wants to
guide and give dignity to all His servants. He has given greatness to
Humans.

We again read in the Holy Book: "The Almighty God sent His prophets with
miracles and clear signs to guide the people and show them divine signs and
purity them from sins and pollutions. And He sent the Book and the balance
so that the people display justice and avoid the rebellious."

All of the above verses can be seen, one way or the other, in the Good Book
as well. Divine prophets have promised:

The day will come when all humans will congregate before the court of the
Almighty, so that their deeds are examined. The good will be directed
towards Haven and evildoers will meet divine retribution. I trust both of us
believe in such a day, but it will not be easy to calculate the actions of
rulers, because we must be answerable to our nations and all others whose
lives have been directly or indirectly effected by our actions.

All prophets, speak of peace and tranquillity for man - based on monotheism,
justice and respect for human dignity.

Do you not think that if all of us come to believe in and abide by these
principles, that is, monotheism, worship of God, justice, respect for the
dignity of man, belief in the Last Day, we can overcome the present problems
of the world - that are the result of disobedience to the Almighty and the
teachings of prophets - and improve our performance?

Do you not think that belief in these principles promotes and guarantees
peace, friendship and justice?

Do you not think that the aforementioned written or unwritten principles are
universally respected?

Will you not accept this invitation? That is, a genuine return to the
teachings of prophets, to monotheism and justice, to preserve human dignity
and obedience to the Almighty and His prophets?

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Mr President,

History tells us that repressive and cruel governments do not survive. God
has entrusted The fate of man to them. The Almighty has not left the
universe and humanity to their own devices. Many things have happened
contrary to the wishes and plans of governments. These tell us that there is
a higher power at work and all events are determined by Him.

Can one deny the signs of change in the world today?

Is this situation of the world today comparable to that of ten years ago?
Changes happen fast and come at a furious pace.

The people of the world are not happy with the status quo and pay little
heed to the promises and comments made by a number of influential world
leaders. Many people around the wolrd feel insecure and oppose the spreading
of insecurity and war and do not approve of and accept dubious policies.

The people are protesting the increasing gap between the haves and the
have-nots and the rich and poor countries.

The people are disgusted with increasing corruption.

The people of many countries are angry about the attacks on their cultural
foundations and the disintegration of families. They are equally dismayed
with the fading of care and compassion. The people of the world have no
faith in international organisations, because their rights are not advocated
by these organisations.

Liberalism and Western style democracy have not been able to help realize
the ideals of humanity. Today these two concepts have failed. Those with
insight can already hear the sounds of the shattering and fall of the
ideology and thoughts of the liberal democratic systems.

We increasingly see that people around the world are flocking towards a main
focal point - that is the Almighty God. Undoubtedly through faith in God and
the teachings of the prophets, the people will conquer their problems. My
question for you is: "Do you not want to join them?"

Mr President,

Whether we like it or not, the world is gravitating towards faith in the
Almighty and justice and the will of God will prevail over all things.

Vasalam Ala Man Ataba'al hoda

Mahmood Ahmadi-Najad

President of the Islamic Republic of Iran

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