Iran Views Obama's Offers To Talk As Weakness

Obama declared in his Al-Arabiya interview, picking up on his campaign promise, that he wants to open up communication with Iran. He said that he is willing to open up diplomatic channels with Iran but that Iran should "unclench its fist." Suffice it to say that the response from Iran was a clenched fist. The lesson being drawn by Iran from Obama's pandering to the Islamic world is that the West is weak and faltering.

The AP reports that "US President Barack Obama's offer to talk to Iran shows that America's policy of 'domination' has failed, the government spokesman said on Saturday. 'This request means Western ideology has become passive, that capitalist thought and the system of domination have failed,' Gholam Hossein Elham was quoted as saying by the Mehr news agency. 'Negotiation is secondary, the main issue is that there is no way but for (the United States) to change,' he added." Further, "in response, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched a fresh tirade against the United States, demanding an apology for its 'crimes' against Iran and saying he expected 'deep and fundamental' change from Obama."


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