Khomeini: U.S. is best example of freedom

The name is the same, but the words from the younger Ayatollah Khomeini's mouth could hardly be more jolting for those who remember his grandfather's explosive revolution in Iran with the chants of "Death to America!"

"America" says Ayatollah Seyed Hussein Khomeini, "is the symbol of freedom."

Seated in the sprawling living room of his temporary Baghdad home, where he lives under armed guard, Khomeini says, "The best example of freedom in our life now is America, especially its Constitution."

Y'know, sometimes you despair. And then, something like this pops up. There are people in the middle-east who really do get it. Sometimes better than our own politicians.

Posted on 2003-08-09 22:22:24.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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