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Iran's Not-So-Secret Hatred
(Chicago Tribune) Many countries must be exhausting their supply of adjectives to condemn the statements of Iran's new president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He might be dismissed as just another bigot were he not the president of a nation of 68 million people that has nuclear ambitions. Since taking office, Ahmadinejad has pushed Iran further into hatred, intolerance and theocratic tyranny - quite a feat in a repressive country that funds terrorists around the world. In a way, Ahmadinejad's angry rhetoric is valuable. Iran has tried with some success to keep its nuclear ambitions under wraps, but its zealotry and hatred have been put on display for all the world to see.