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President Mohammad Khatami [more] said here on Sunday that U.S. President George W. Bush and Al-Qaeda terrorist network leader Osama bin Laden use very similar language.“The words and deeds of Bush and Bin Laden are alike, producing the sound of violence and waging war against the world. In fact, the words used by Bush and Bin Laden are almost exactly the same,” Khatami said during a meeting with a group of Kermanshah Province academics. Referring to the U.S. animosity toward Iran over the past 26 years, the president noted that Washington supports the most Neanderthal governments in the world for the sake of its own interests, adding, “So how can it establish democracy and freedom in a country like Iran?” It is foolish for the enemies of the Islamic Republic to place hope in a country like the United States, which intends to devour the world and establish puppet regimes, he said. Elsewhere in his remarks, the president stated that the Iranian nation chose an Islamic republic and insists upon this system. The legitimacy of the government is based on the people’s will, and no one has the right to impose his/her desired government on the people, even if it is just, he added. [more]