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Seems like his harsh words are a bit of pre-presidential-run bluster though...
Calling Mohammed Khatami a "terrorist" isn't really going to help anything much. This was a person freely elected on a platform of moderation and reform.
Think of the message this sends to the Iranian people, the majority of whom are not religious fanatics.
It's basically calling all of the Iranian people terrorists and doing nothing but creating more of a divide between us and all the people of that region.
When what we should be doing is seeking ways to divde moderate Iranians (who are not all Muslim by the way) and the politically motivated religious fanatics who we wish to constrain.
-spence
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