Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vs. President George Bush

I heard Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 60 Minutes last night. Oh he lies through his teeth, however one thing I walked away with is this. He speaks coherently, unlike our President. He lies like President Bush, but uses coherent language, but unfortunatley it is not based upon a logical argument. But there is something to be said for his education in Iran and Bush's here at Yale, for his Bachelor of Arts degree and Harvard, for his Masters of Business Administration. Maybe President Bush should have gotten an Engineering degree. And just maybe, both Yale and Harvard wished they could get back their degree's bestowed upon him.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made Iran's Tehran’s University of Science and Technology proud, where Ahmadinejad studied Civil Engineering. He earned a Master’s degree there and a Ph.D. in engineering and traffic transportation planning. Hmmm, we could have used him after Katrina.

Obviously Ahmadinejad is more educated than Bush, and it shows even though both are expert liars. With Ahmadinejad we don't know exactly which are the lies as we still hope that he isn't pursuing nuclear weapons, although we don't believe him and neither does the UN. We know he is lying about not stiring up trouble in Iraq at the expense of our troops and the Iraqi's as well. The problem is our President has lied to us for so long and over and over again on the same issues we know he is never telling the truth, so we have become cynics and don't believe him even when he might tell a truth. He has lost credibility completely with the American people. So has Ahmadinejad with the Iranian people regarding their domestic issues.

UPDATE: 11:45am PST.

Listening to the Ahmadinejad at Columbia University, it is clear he can debate and use this Forum effectively. However, he did not shed any new light or openings into a further dialogue, which in my view is a missed opportunity. I agree that he was insulted before his speech was given by the scathing introduction given by Columbia's President Bollinger. Some can rightfully argue he deserved this but it made the Institution look small. He was not respected. I hope he does take the opportunity to invite the President of Columbia to speak at the University in Iran and give him better treatment than he received.

Update: U.S. Fatalities for August surprisingly jump!

I posted a few days ago under “US. Fatalities in Iraq for the month of August” that there were 81 deaths. The Bush Administration had hyped “the number was lower at 79 and lower than previous months” and that was the press on all major outlets including CNN. I look back today on September 5th at the actual numbers posted for August and surprisingly there are now 84 recorded deaths in Iraq of US. Forces, according to D.O.D and posted at i-Casualties.com.

What does this do to the news of a week ago.? It proves we were deceived for political reasons again by this Administration in their leadership over the military in what they want reported back to us. With 84 deaths of US soldiers in Iraq for August, they cannot claim that the numbers are going lower each month. This year, August, has surpassed July in deaths. In fact, it turns out that this August was just like any other August of the war, it surpassed the number of deaths in July as it has for the past 4 years. So everything you have heard has been used to manipulate the truth to support a position that is counter to what Americans want by an overwhelming number of us, 72% to be exact, from the last poll taken. We want the troops to be brought home and this President has no intention to do it and in fact is trying to manipulate facts on the ground so that both political parties must keep the war going on indefinitely. Shame on you, Mr. Bush. You are not my President, as you no longer deserve the respect to be called Mr. President, just George or hey you, will do.

I have updated my numbers and chart above to reflect the truth. 84 brave men and women died in Iraq in August. Bless and comfort their families in their grief. And I hope that George is tormented by the agony he has caused for so many families across America and in Iraq.