Two Sides To The Argument

What Mah- I'm in the -moud for some Shi'itty diplomacy Ahmadinejad (rhymes with "Keep our EFPs away from me, lads!") had to say during his visit to Iraq yesterday:

"Of course American officials make such remarks and such statements [regarding Iran's arming and training of Shi'a militia in Iraq], and we do not care ... because they make statements on the basis of erroneous information, We cannot count on what they say." (source)

What one of the hand-letter signs held by anti-Ahmadinejad protesters said:

"Your mortars preceded your visit."

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