[Telegraph-UK] David Blair - It is suspected that if Iran's Westernized youths were given the choice of Barack Obama or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a free election, an overwhelming majority would back the American. When Tehran's leaders claim that America is leading a "crusade" to wipe out the Muslim faith, young Iranians will know that Obama's father was a Muslim and the new president spent some of his childhood in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country. When Tehran condemns America as a country riddled with racial prejudice, Obama's presence in the White House will be the most eloquent rebuttal.
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