This Isn't Going Well At All

Its like trying to deal with Bush. Iran's Ahmadinejad just isn't biting the EU's carrot.

Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ridiculed a European Union plan to offer incentives in exchange for his country agreeing to halt sensitive nuclear work.

"They say they want to give us incentives. They think they can take away our gold and give us some nuts and chocolate in exchange," Ahmadinejad a [sic] rally in the town of Arak.

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"We accepted a suspension for two years," Ahmadinejad said, referring to a now-moribund deal with leading EU members Britain, France and Germany.

"This was a bitter experience for the Iranian people. The Iranians won't be bitten twice on the same spot," he told a crowd of thousands, drawing chants of "Death to America" and "Ahmadinejad, we love you."

Now I just wish I could avoid seeing Ahmadinejad's side of it.

He runs an independent country and doesn't want others dictating what he can and can't do. He has signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which he is threatening to ignore, which gives him the right to enrich uranium, but only for peaceful purposes. He does have some good points.

I also wish I didn't see his words as a taunt that will ultimately get Iran invaded.

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