How does that relate to Bushs comments about the axis of evil?
Ahmadinejad wasn’t president then. At the time of the “axis of evil” speech you have the most liberal of Iran’s presidents. Khatami was the president and it was still the axis of evil because of the people who want to destroy the Islamic Republic of Iran are simply making use of the, let’s say, the modest intellectual stature of Ahmadinejad as if he were the problem. Whereas in fact they think the entire system should be destroyed, and he’s simply the punching bag. But axis of evil precedes Ahmadinejad. In 1959, I remember sitting on the grass in front of the Harvard field house– there’s a balcony in front of the field house– and there was Fidel Castro speaking to about 10,000 students and others who came to this outdoor event that was sponsored by Harvard. And I remember in the skyline of Harvard stadium you could see sharpshooters up there with rifles to offer protection and so forth. And between then and now [Monday] I don’t think there has been any campus speech of equivalent imp
How does that relate to Bushs comments about the axis of evil?