Iranian Research Center Finds an Unlikely Socrates in Ahmadinejad
September 20, 2007 by pulkit
The height of Iranian propaganda is reached and bettered every other day. Now an Iranian research center under the wings of Ahmadinejad’s office has equated Ahmadinejad with the great Greek philosopher Socrates himself, calling him the Socrates of the third millennium.
They seem to be in awe of his incisive oratory skills and logic, to the extent that they have not found any other better historical match for Ahmadinejad than Socrates himself.
The 15 page report published by the research center uses Ahmadinejad’s numerous speeches and writings as a case in point.
Also, Iranian officials have given the go-ahead to Oliver Stone’s proposed documentary on Ahmadinejad and they would like the director to visit Iran to familiarize himself with the country and Socrates Version 2.0.
I just wonder, if the research center supplies its researchers with hallucinogens (drugs that cause outrageous hallucinations) instead of coffee to research through the night.
In the document, various speeches and letters written by the Iranian president are analysed and it concludes that “Ahmadinejad reasons and discusses exactly as Socrates did in ancient Greece, by disarming other speakers and through his sharp reasoning.” [source]
