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...references to movies, hip-hop, websites or drugs not advertised on television. I wound up sending him several political bits, including one about the silliness of not wanting terrorist prisoners on American soil. "There are already too many things we don't want on our soil: carmakers, soccer, nuclear power, Roman Polanski, ants, Mexicans and French soil." I also gave him a spelling-bee riff. "I assume that in India, nothing is misspelled. And have you noticed that none of these seemingly genius kids go on to do anything? When will parents figure out that turning your kid into...
...attacks and rambunctious rallies. But Western onlookers weary of Ahmadinejad's antagonizing would be wise not to expect a sea change in Iranian policy. Though he has stressed the need to engage with the U.S., Mousavi has indicated he would not budge on Iran's right to pursue nuclear power...
...fall of communism, Moscow, knowing that a secular or Orthodox Christian government would have little influence over the region's Muslim population, struck an informal deal with the republics: Moscow would appoint a governor who would be loyal to the Kremlin and, in return, that governor would remain in power provided no large-scale conflicts erupted...
...country's disparity in wealth are both on the decline, and he casts himself as an Iranian Robin Hood, depicted on banners as bowing to poor old farmers and deprived children. And in a neat trick for an incumbent, he styles himself as an insurgent outsider: "For four years, power has been out of their hands," says one Ahmadinejad campaign ad. "If we stay for another four years, we will forever eliminate the gang of power and wealth and rescue the revolution completely." (See the photo essay "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Iranian Paradox...
...with the resources. We have no resources," he said and repeated a previous offer to negotiate an arrangement based on Israel's withdrawing to pre-1967 borders. What about formal recognition of Israel? "Who is more in need of recognition," he asked, "Israel, which has a nuclear arsenal, great power and resources, or the Palestinian people? Which party should be given attention, the hangman or the victim, the oppressor or the oppressed?" He also had no apologies for Hamas' history of attacks directed against innocent Israelis, saying it was a matter of self-defense. (Watch TIME's video "Protesting Gaza...