Re: SPEECHES BY AHMEDDENAJAD AND CHAVEZ
Chavez’s style may damage his reputation among non-aligned countries. Ahmadinejad was much more calculated. Earlier he has had a great interview with Jon Snow, and now again he gave a good interview to CNN. Contrary to Zionist/Amreeki propaganda presenting him as a mad man, he appeared as an intellectual.
Chavez on the other hand had very personal attacks against Bush.
Some analysis from American point of view:
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1203787.php/Ahmadinejad_and_Chavez_the_straight_guy_and_his_sidekick
For critics of Iran and Venezuela’s policies, a comparison of their styles is reminiscent of the age-old format for a comic duo, along the lines of Laurel and Hardy: one provides the slapstick, thoughtless humour while the other seeks to emanate a more intelligent air.
or his part, Ahmadinejad’s attacks on the US and Britain were less personal and more nuanced, focussed on policies rather than on people and rarely even mentioning countries by name.
He appealed to the international community to intervene on the side of ‘justice and wisdom’ and called the UN Security Council the ‘most universal system of collective security.’
The differing rhetoric is a sign of the two country’s standing in the world.
…whether successful or not, during his visit to New York, the Iranian leader appeared eager to engage the US and its people in dialogue and to convince the world of his own views.