A little from a speech by Ahmadinejad

I don't know why, I just found this interesting. Perhaps the veiled threat to impact the oil supplies, perhaps the vague threat in the second paragraph.

Addressing a rare press conference in Tehran, he appeared to issue thinly veiled threats against Western countries, implying that they could face serious consequences unless they backed down. 'You need us more than we need you. All of you today need the Iranian nation,' Ahmadinejad said. 'Why are you putting on airs? You don't have that might.'

Reminding the West that it had supported the monarchical regime of the former Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi - overthrown in the 1979 Islamic revolution - he went on: 'Those same powers have done their utmost to oppress us, but this nation, because of its dignity, has forgiven them to a large extent. But if they persist with their present stance, maybe the day will come when the Iranian nation will reconsider.' He added: 'If they want to deny us our rights, we have ways to secure those rights.'

By the way, it appears that, at least temporarily, the Bush administration succeeded. People are talking about Alito and Iran, not Abramoff and Iraq. And NSA spying, that's so 2005. But it looks like Abramoff will be back in the spring as the staffers are all indicted, and unfortunately, Iraq will flare up again very shortly.

And, on the NSA spying, Specter whose judiciary committee will be holding the hearings early Feb,(oh, boy, more Biden and Hatch,) spoke of impeachment today if Bush broke the law. Not too likely, but that should sufficiently fracture the Republicans before the hearings with Al Gonzales.

So, at the same time the topic was changed, the Bush poll numbers staggered back down below 40%.