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The Mouth That Roared

The title of this article is not a typographical error. Rather, this was how an acquaintance, an analyst well familiar with the Middle East, referred to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s latest rant last week.

No sooner had U.S. President Barack Obama declared in front of the world a drastic change in U.S. foreign policy, criticizing past dealings with the Arab and Muslim worlds, and announcing that henceforth the Arabs and Muslims would be treated with the respect and dignity they deserve, Ahmadinejad refuted the hand of friendship extended from Washington.

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