Why did US president refuse an offer of a live TV debate with the Iranian president?
If world leaders really could sort out their differences through an open debate the world would be a safer place. However the truth is that humanity has a track record of sorting out it’s differences through physical force. Diplomacy has tended to be used to paper over the cracks and maintain the status quo. From the days of Imperial conquest (white) Western Governments have interfered both militarily and through shady meddling, bribery and espionage to maintain their grip on world trade and resources. Many people here have been taught that the Iranians are dangerous and evil – just the same way that many Iranians are being taught that the West and the USA especially is in league with the devil. Let’s not forget however that politics in the Middle East as a whole are a product of Western interference on a grand scale. The Shah of Iran was a monster to his own people and was backed to the hilt by the West – who got a nasty shock, when despite all their chicanery the Shah was ousted by a
