Reception

Reception

Tonight, let me speak directly to the citizens of Iran: America respects you, and we respect your country. We respect your right to choose your own future and win your own freedom. And our nation hopes one day to be the closest of friends with a free and democratic Iran.
George Bush SOTU 2006

Now if only the Iranian people could hear Bush speak. They missed out on hearing that the US respects them so much, and their rights to choose and win their freedom. Of course, this respect is predicated upon whether or not the Iranian government, in whatever form it takes, doesn't want nuclear power and the desire to process their own uranium and complete the nuclear fuel cycle.