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Ahmadeenajad: "Assad Needs to Stop the Violence." A Skeptically Open Thread

Ducks will next fly out of my hindquarters:

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should back away from his violent crackdown on protesters and enter talks with the opposition.

“There should be talks” between the Syrian government and its opponents, Ahmadinejad said Wednesday in a live interview with Portuguese broadcaster Radiotelevisao Portuguesa.

“A military solution is never the right solution,” Ahmadinejad said, according to a simultaneous Portuguese translation of his comments.

“Problems have to be dealt with through dialogue,” he said.

Iran, Damascus’ chief ally, has blamed the US and Israel for instigating more than five months of protests in Syria.

The U.S. and other nations have accused Iran of helping Assad crush the uprising. – Associated Press

So, Mooses, what do you think? Is I’mADinnerjacket reaching for the Ghandi Award or just being his usual irrational self?

Consider this a Skeptically Open Thread


8 comments

  1. creamer

    As long as their is news in Egypt, Lybia, Syria etc. the focus is off Iran. It would seem like a time for him to keep his head down and keep attention focused elsewere.

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