Iran And Hamas Reject Bush's Call For Change

[sabra]

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=nation_world&id=3865563

Iran And Hamas Reject Bush's Call For Change
Many Europeans Praise Him For Energy Initiatives

Feb. 1 - Iranian and Hamas leaders rejected President Bush's call for change in his State of the Union address, but many Europeans welcomed his recognition that America's gas guzzling days must end.

Bush had harsh words for Iran, which he said was being "held hostage by a small clerical elite that is isolating and repressing its people" and the militant Palestinian group Hamas in his speech Tuesday night.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at the United States Wednesday, calling it a "hollow superpower" that is "tainted with the blood of nations" and said Tehran would continue its nuclear program.

The speech drew mixed reactions in Europe, with some saying it was a bid by Bush to regain popularity with unrealistic promises and others welcoming his energy initiatives.

[hadrons]

1. "held hostage by a small clerical elite that is isolating and repressing

its people"


psssst, this is Pat Robertson's vision

[Patrick Henry]

2. Democracy in action. Wish we had it here so we could kick Bush out.

[pinniped]

3. Recognition is just a word.

The POS will do what he usually does, absolutely nothing.

[MiniMe]

4. "held hostage by a small clerical elite that is isolating and repressing i

And that is exactly what is happening right now in the US, except its fundies instead of Muslim clerics.

[HuffleClaw]

5. bush has really been making a lot of demands of other nations of late

far too many, and those other nations have had enough. china, venezuela, taiwan, india, iran and palestine have all been told what they MUST do. and so has the entire IAEA and UN for that matter. i think the world is real tired of demands from a failing and faded superpower.