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The Mousavi-Ahmadinejad Comparison
ByObama has been pretty great so far but his absurd conflation of Mousavi and Ahmadinejad was bewildering and offensive. It's good to see Mousavi's spokesman pushing back on it today:
FP: There has been growing criticism here in Washington that U.S. President Barack Obama hasn't said or done enough to support those demonstrating in the streets of Iran. Do you think Obama is being too careful? Or even that he is helping Ahmadinejad by being cautious?
MM: Obama has said that there is no difference between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi. Does he like it himself [when someone is] saying that there is no difference between Obama and [George W.] Bush? Ahmadinejad is the Bush of Iran. And Mousavi is the Obama of Iran.
I winced too.
