The letter that said nothing?

I read President Ahmadinejad's letter today. I also listened to talk radio and bloggers dismiss him and his comments and most of what they said was true. He is a lunatic, he is deluded to the extreme and he is on a mission. But does that make all of what he said untrue? I think not. I will not lay this at the door of George W Bush, but America as a country in history has been agressively behind the killing of many innocents and this hatred that many in the Mid-East have for us is a result of decades we have spent "doing the right thing". I might even say I agree with much of what our country has done over the years, supporting an Anti-Islamic Iran, supporting Iraq in the Iran-Iraq war, helping Israel to establish a state after WWII, Invading Afghanistan and Iraq, and the list goes on. It occurs to me though that many of these people who hate us have a reason. Do I think that makes us wrong? No. Do I think that they have a right to terrorize us? Absolutely not. But they do have a reason to hate us, point blank. We are diametricaly opposed forces in culture, spiritual belief, morality, and basic ideals that govern our daily lives here and there. I say this and think at the same time that maybe we are beyond (but for the Love of Christ) a way to reconcile one anothers various misdeeds and thus far incapable of forgiveness and the ability to trust one another with a true mind toward peace. Not peace in a Cindy Sheehan sort of way, but real lasting peace that would see our world not in constant fear of invasion or Nuclear attack. I am a Red Blooded American and would defend my country and her actions to the death. But this letter made me realise the dark situation we find ourselves in, and helped to draw for me the stark contrasts between what both of our governments say and what their true intentions are in reality. Remember that movie Liar, Liar where the main charachter was incapable of lying. I wonder what it would be like if our world leaders were incapable of lying for the forseeable furture. I mean if we are intent on destroying ourselves, each other why mince words right? Lets get to it!