Jannati attacks US aid motives

Speaking at Friday prayers, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, who heads the powerful Council of Guardians, said the Americans were trying to exploit the disaster to seek relations with Iran. Read it here .

This is the stupidest thing that Jannati could have said while US aid is in Iran. I am absolutely not too crazy about the US leaders and current Bush administration, but while the victims are in urgent need for help and while world aid which partly consists of the aid from the US is pouring into Iran for the victims, only an stupid leader who doesn't care about the welfare of the people can make such comments.

I wouldn't give a damn if Jannati was attacking the US policies on any other issues, but it was just selfish and arrogant of him to attack the US while the US planes are bringing assistance into Iran (This is a disaster that if had happened in the US, Iran should have done the same anyway without politics involved). On the other hand, I am not surprised that Jannati has said that, after all, unlike the surviving victims of the earthquake, he and his likes are not spending time in the cold nights of Bam while shivering all the way through the night.