I enjoyed the visit from Jahan Aghdai on Wednesday. It seemed he confirmed a lot of our thoughts about Iran and about the US government intervening and calling for more sanctions and resolutions against his country, and was reserved in his own right. I also hope that he has a safe trip back to Tehran to visit his mom and friends. To be completely honest, his visiting his mother really personalized this current political issue for me. You have all these ideas in your head about America patrolling the globe to weed out the "evil," and sometimes it is easy to get caught up in that mantra, and lose sight of individual values and what's really going on. Especially when Andy and I discuss these topics, I feel like he has the "sickness" of taking all of the hype and controversy at face-value. I feel like President Bush's accusations are almost comparable to the Hollywood tabloids- outrageous claims that no one really take seriously. From a BBC online atricle addressing the topic:
Some Western powers believed the process was being used as part of a weapons programme although Tehran has always said its work is for peaceful energy purposes.
The NIE report also said Iran was keeping its options open on developing nuclear weapons. It said Tehran could have enough highly enriched uranium to build a bomb within three to eight years.
Mr Bush called the report a "warning signal".
"Iran was dangerous, Iran is dangerous and Iran will be dangerous if they have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon," he said.
If I had to guess, our actions are not facilitating a peaceful relationship by accusing them after they have found evidence supporting their innocence. As a good friend of mine would say, "Whatcha doin Mr. Bush?"
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