Iran's president wants to take on Obama in a TV debate

In a Hulk Hoganian summons, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he's ready to meet "face-to-face" with President Obama in a televised debate -- presumably to challenge him for the WWF middleweight title.

Obama hasn't responded to the challenge yet (neither has the Macho Man Randy Savage), but Ahmadinejad discussed plans on Monday to travel to New York in September for the U.N. General Assembly, as reported by the Associated Press.

"We are ready to sit with his excellency Obama, face to face, free and before media, to put the world's issues on the table to find out whose solution is better," Ahmadinejad said in a speech aired live on state TV.

Past U.S. presidents have dismissed Ahmadinejad's requests to meet for debates. However, former presidents have also passed on hanging out on the set of "The View."

Let's get Obama and Ahmadinejad on a cream-colored couch with Whoopi Goldberg to officiate. Elbow drop!

-- Mark Milian
twitter.com/markmilian

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Photo: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses expatriate Iranians in a televised speech, in which he said he was ready for face-to-face talks with President Obama. Credit: Atta Kenare / AFP/Getty Images

Comments

[Esther Haman]

Well, Our best man against their best man, that should resolve something! But I forgot, our best man needs to get his permission from "Bibi". Never mind.

[Christopher Sadoun]

Jesus died for You
You will go to Heaven

New Jerusalem
Jesus died for All

Jesus and The New Jerusalem

Eden is earth's only Jerusalem

[Honneymoon in Tehran]

Excellent opportunity for Obama to win votes in Iran and position himself
to run for world grand Calif.Obama cant turn down a friend of a friend and
that friend,his excellency Hugo Chavez would be the ideal moderator of such
a historical tête à tête.So, for now it's Mahmoud 1, Barak o.

[Neil Price]

This is a great opportunity for peace. A conversation would be more appropriate than a debate. Arms limitation and monitoring like the S.A.L.T treaty takes heat off America and Iran. A disscussion about heroin production in Afghanistan, Iran has big problems with that, as does Pakistan. With Afghanistan urging America to attack the taliban in Pakistan, again, better to involve and include the neighbours. Rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan, It would be easier with Iran. discouraging shia groups from attacking Iraq would help bring peace to Iraq, Iran on side would make that easier.
Who would refuse the opportuinty to talk peace after so many years of war?
Engaging Iran's bloggers, building security with America, this is the last thing Al Quieda wants, it is a very sensible move, and Obama is a man more than competent for the task.

[Neil Price]

Oh yeah, :-)
You (America) should nationalise BP, like Chavez. Cut the golden Parachutes no responsible individual or group should survive a disaster like your spill. Don't let BP get away with it, and send a message to the Corporatocracy, not scared, very angry!

Don't get mad, get everything :-). With the revenue of your national petroleum company, you could build yourselves a welfare state, like the rest of the developed world. Fund medicare, and invest in your education system, pay your teachers, clean out the corporate vultures dumbing down your children, as a ally of America, it hurts to see the obscene greed your children face from the top end of town, never been to you country, we know though.

God bless America Amen.

[lipservice1`]

OBAMA CHICKENED OUT TO FACE OFF WITH IRANIAN PRESIDENT BECAUSE OBAMA IS A ZIONIST CLOWN-LIAR.

[Antoninus]

God, if the thing went wrong then that might be the event that starts the war that we all have been trying to avoid. Even if the thing did go smoothly it still wouldn't resolve anything.

The media would have a field day

[TexasLady]

He is trying to make himself relevant. A tin horn dictator wanting to debate the worst president that we have ever had.We live in a crazy time. This might actually happen. Although to whatever good ,remains to be seen and highly doubtful. Maybe they could discuss mutual friends or just invite Chavez and Castro ,so their feelings would not be hurt.

[Ha]

Obama! meeting with Ahmadinejad? That debate might become a beer summit where all they do is lie to each other and the viewing public. Maybe Whoopi Goldberg could officiate if she doesn't drink and get drunk before the meeting.

[lisa]

@Heisenberg Awesome comment, you put this columnist in his place and made all the other comments look uneducated and irrelevant.

Latimes should put in a like button on their comment section.

[Saint Michael Traveler, San Diego, Ca, USA]

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is willing to hold one-on-one talks with U.S. President Barack Obama in September, he said Monday.

The two presidents cannot just meet for a cup of coffee and debate like college sophomores in. If the Iranian president is serious about his offer, then the State Department could arrange for such a meeting. This should be a private meeting between the two presidents at the United Nations and in accordance to the international protocol for such meeting. President Obama is well capable to represent our nation.
If President Ahmadinejad is not just talking and has authorization from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for such a meeting, then we have pushed the diplomacy forward in resolving one international conflict. Would Ayatollah Ali Khamenei permit the private meeting between the two presidents? I am not sure.

Happy Birthday President Obama:
http://straveler-myamerica.blogspot.com/2010/08/thank-you-president-obama-happy.html

[Nickuru]

Ahmadinejad: We will nuke you all and then extract our uranium from your wasted lands!
Obama: Do you not want to negotiate?
Ahmadinejad: Great Satan, you will end your days chewing on tree bark and burning turds for warmth.
Obama: Is it necesary to have enriched uranium in order to power a reactor?

ad nauseum