The year started out hopeful enough . . .
. . . but it's ending on a very low, very sour note.
... Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did not just reject President Obama's latest feckless floating nuclear deadline. He spat on it, declaring that Iran "will continue resisting" until the United States has gotten rid of its 8,000 nuclear warheads.
So ends 2009, the year of "engagement," of the extended hand...
.... Ahmadinejad rejected Obama's speech in which he said "if countries like Iran are willing to unclench their fists, they will find an extended hand from us."
"Which hand did he extend? His right hand or left hand?" Ahmadinejad asked....
In case you don't understand the question, Wikipedia explains the fine points of Islamic etiquette:
Among Muslims, shaking hands or handing over an item with one's left hand is an insult. The right hand should be used for eating [as] the left hand is reserved for bodily hygiene and considered unclean.
Ew.
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