A FINE GESTURE...:

Bush to Reach Out to Iranians from Across the Gulf (AFP, 1/13/08)

US President George W. Bush arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday for a visit in which he was set to reach out to ordinary Iranians across the Gulf in a new swipe at the Tehran government.

Bush was to deliver a keynote speech in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi telling Iranians, for whom the UAE is their main trading partner, that there is a better alternative to the current regime, his spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters.

"When he speaks to different people in the region, he will again speak to the Iranians themselves and tell them that there is a better future for them, a better way to live than what their current government is providing for them," Perino said.

...but he should be making the speech at a university in Iran.

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 13, 2008 9:27 AM