"How much longer will the blood of the innocent men, women and children be spilled on the streets,

"How much longer will the blood of the innocent men, women and children be spilled on the streets, and people's houses destroyed over their heads? Are you pleased with the current condition of the world?"
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iran's president, referring to the war on Iraq in a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush.
"This letter is not the place that one would find an opening to engage on the nuclear issue or anything of the sort. It isn't addressing the issues that we're dealing with in a concrete way."
Condoleezza Rice
U.S. secretary of state, in rejecting President Ahmadinejad's letter to President Bush.