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Going where neither George Bush or Condoleeza Rice seems to deem necessary, Diane Sawyer sat down yesterday for a face-to-face interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Viewers of "Good Morning America" were greeted this morning by a head-scarf wearing Sawyer who addressed them thus:
"Good Morning from Iran, I'm Diane Sawyer."
During the interview, Sawyer grilled the Iranian President regarding accusations that Iran is sending weapons over the border into Iraq to aid in the fighting.
Ahmadinejad, who remained calm and pleasant throughout (we, too, wish it were spring) avoided directly answering most of Sawyer's questions, though some of his ideas did sound strangely familiar.
It wasn't clear whether Ahmadinejad was taking a swipe at Sawyer or the American press during this exchange (we imagine it was probably a bit of both):
Sawyer: Are you here to solve the problem of the American government in Iraq?However it became clearer at the end of the interview when Admadinejad apparently turned to Sawyer and said:Ahmadinejad: These are some points that must be discussed at the diplomatic level. You are just a journalist.
"Those were combative questions. Women should not be asking tough questions about war, but about love and family and culture."
Video of both the interview and Sawyer walking the streets of Tehran (and getting head scarf tips from women passersby - is that "culture" enough?) during an anti-American protest can be seen here.
Just this morning, David Westin, president of ABC issued this memo regarding Diane's recent string of interviews:
"Any news organization would be proud to have had any one of these reports in a given year. To have all four in the course of a few months -- each taking us places we've never been and opening our eyes to parts of the world that matter to all of us -- is truly remarkable."
