(Iran)President says his letter to President Bush was invitation to Islam

the "following Jesus" thing wasn't working out too well for him (he appears to have difficulty following the teachings)...so hey....

Ahmedinejad references theology that, in most forms of Xianity, is blasphemous. And was calling on * to join him in monotheism--Jesus isn't God, and not the son of God--or to submit. The word 'invitation' even shows up in the translation. Ahmedinejad's Jesus is not the Jesus believed in by nearly any Xian sect; if there's one that accepts the Muslim's Jesus, I haven't heard of it.

The letter is a peace overture. Ahmedinejad's Islam is a religion of peace: when everybody submits to Allah, or properly submits to Muslim rule, there will be peace. The letter also a slap in the face, rather like having * write to Ahmedinejad or Olmert asking him to convert.

That people read a writing from a foreign head of state in terms of their own preconceptions and wants is the antithesis and a denial of multiculturalism and inter-cultural understanding, but there you have it. Only RWers, as far as I know, picked up on it and were brave enough to say it. Paradoxical, isn't it? Nice to see it confirmed by the source.

Conservatives everywhere, whether Jewish or Christan, paleocon or neocon, in Europe, in America or in Asia, are not that religious but they hate these kind of zingers. To them its all about "pride", "purity of ideals", "always right, even when wrong", and other Nazi-like bullshit. This was a clear shot at conservative soft spot.