One would have hoped that he (Ahmadinejad) might have chosen...
One would have hoped that he (Ahmadinejad) might have chosen a speech with more humility, a speech with a greater inclination to compromise. He was quite defiant ... That did not leave a lot of room for compromise, for diplomacy.
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