Kucinich interviewed by Iranian Press

IRIB correspondent, Mehdi Garamifard interviewed Congressman Dennis Kucinich.

These comments were extracted from the report of that interview.

I think that we need to envision the world as one. The world is interconnected. It is interdependent. We need to start acting on the knowledge of a world as one and not trying to divide the world [on the] basis of religion.

There is a creeping type of thinking which separates the United States from people around the world [...] a thinking that says that somehow we have the right to tell the rest of the world how to live.

Yet we do not have to engage in aggression against any nation and we certainly shouldn’t be contemplating aggression against Iran. Iran can be our friend. We need to extend the hand of friendship and not extend the hand which is full of threats.

The congressman made further comments concerning Israel [full report: IRIB]

Lo posted a video of Kucinich speaking about Iraq & Iran [dandelion salad] which caused me to back-pedal on my initial pessimism regarding the 2008 US election. When one observes a fresh breeze of intelligence and integrity, it is like a seed of hope appearing on the horizon. Hope for America and for the world. One should note that Kucinich made these and other rational statements, well before the National Intelligence Estimate released it’s controversial report a few days ago; a report which effectively stymied Bush’s war march and confirmed the validity of the arguments of those opposed to unilateralism and preemptive aggression [report at NPR and Kucinich's statement].

It is clear, the congressman impressed me to no end. His views reminded me of this movie I saw. It sums up neatly, the lesson he has for the world and for politicians in particular.

(A short film by Iranian Film maker, Abbas Kiarostami. Simply portrayed, a very powerful lesson from the young actors and the film makers.)