Did he really say that?

Robert Tait, in an article about Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the man who vowed to wipe Israel off the map, can't resist inndulging in a little Bush-bashing.

But like his religiously devout US counterpart, who once dismissed President Bush the elder as the wrong father from whom to seek strength in times of crisis, Mr Ahmadinejad's actions are drawn from an inspiration far transcending mundane political realities.