Posted on 03/15/2008 3:33:51 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Iran's bad behavior blamed on Bush
March 15, 2008
By Rowan Scarborough - Sen. Barack Obama's most senior military adviser says President Bush is to blame for Iran's bad behavior.
The assessment from an interview with retired Air Force Gen. Merrill McPeak provides a glimpse into how an Obama administration would deal with Iran.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called repeatedly for the destruction of Israel, is pursuing nuclear weapons in the opinion of some national security experts, and his Revolutionary Guard is training Iraqis to kill American military personnel in Iraq.
Earlier this month, Mr. Ahmadinejad said of Israel, "the world powers established this filthy bacteria, the Zionist regime, which is lashing out at the nations in the region like a wild beast."
In the view of Gen. McPeak, the most-senior retired officer to back Mr. Obama's presidential run, Iran's behavior is a reaction to Mr. Bush's tough talk.
"Iran is a big enemy of al Qaeda," said Gen. McPeak, who was the Air Force's chief of staff and a Joint Chiefs member during the presidency of Mr. Bush's father.
"They were a big enemy of the Taliban," the retired four-star general said. "They cooperated with us quite completely in the initial phases of our Afghanistan operation. And it was us that insulted them by including them in the 'axis of evil' and making sure they understood we didn't like them very much."
Gen. McPeak, an Obama campaign co-chairman, was referring to Mr. Bush's post-September 11 speech in which he referred to North Korea, Iraq and Iran as an "axis of evil."
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Your job stinks - Bush's fault.... Forgot your wife's birthday - Bush's fault.... Stuck in traffic - Bush's fault.... Burned dinner - Bush's fault.... It's cold outside - Bush's fault.... Caught the flue - Bush's fault....
Yesterday I washed some clothes and the powdered laundry detergent didn’t dissolve. Damn that Bush!
I always wanted an explanation for the Hostage situation.
So..where do they find these idiots, and can they feed themselves, I wonder?
Unicorns are extinct....Bush’s fault
> Your job stinks - Bush’s fault.... Forgot your wife’s
> birthday - Bush’s fault.... Stuck in traffic - Bush’s
> fault.... Burned dinner - Bush’s fault.... It’s cold
> outside - Bush’s fault.... Caught the flue - Bush’s
> fault....
Hey, I think you have the makings of a hit song, there!
Our news media will tell you:
“They’re OK!”
“They’re just misunderstood jihidis and it’s OUR FAULT for what they do and say.”
“And if America would stop being just SO DARNED BAD.”
“Then those loveable terrorists would stop being so mad!”
Ahhh, but our press doesn’t know it’s head from where it sits.
We’re got islamic fascists in our midst.
(Verse 3 of Prairie’s song titled “In Our Midst”)
Wow, a first class nut.
I served under McPeak. He was an idiot and the officer corps was more than happy to see him retire. Too bad he still has a voice.
He and Barack are probably on the same page there.
McPeak is an embarrassment. He is to the AF what Murtha is to the USMC.
Iran’s an ally, huh? And its the only Muslim democracy and they’re very progressive and they treat women with respect there, too. Does everybody on Obama’s campaign use crack?
I don't remember Iran cooperating with us since the Shah was disposed, thanks to Pres. Carter, back in the 70's.
There’s a reason he is retired. Hope he stays that way.
This would be funny if he wasn’t serious about it.
“Iran is a big enemy of al Qaeda,” said Gen. McPeak,...”
What kind of drugs does this guy use? Seriously? They have been harboring Al and his buddies since that bastion of Foreign Policy, Jimmah Al Qarter was serving as President. As Mahamood was holding our embassy personnel HOSTAGE!!
Now, if this is the kind of talent that Barry is surrounding himself with, it’s a sure fire ticket for us to be blown up by the peaceful use of nuclear research by Mahamood and his thugs.
Well why not? HIV is our fault, 9-11 was our fault. No surprise that this should be our fault as well. What a bunch of ignoramouses.
Exactly. I can’t remember an AF Chief of Staff who was so universally despised. And since his retirement his second “career” seems to be that of professional gadfly.
Jar Jar Binks......Bush’s fault
Susan Lucci taking 19 years to win an Emmy.....Bush’s fault
Lindsay Lohan having a career....Bush’s fault
Abraham Lincoln’s assassination: Bush’s fault
The War of 1812: Bush’s fault
Their hatred of us is so deep, I am convinced if we decided tomorrow to allow or even help them with their “goals” like destroying Israel they would continue to hate us- it is easy to pick a target to blame all your problems on, then you have no responsiblity yourself to make changes for the better.
I likewise served under Gen McPeak. I likewise think he was a mess. As I recall his retirement was a bit abrupt.
He was one of the few big Clinton backers in the 90s. It took us several years to fix the mess he created.
Retired Air Force Gen. Merrill McPeak should recall that Iran was fomenting against the USA, and makimng the same threats, etc. in 1980, while Obama was just out of high school.
McPeak displays shocking ignorance.
He states that Iran was a big enemy of Al Qaeda.
He should go read the bipartisan, independent 9-11 Commission Report, which details extensive cooperative ties between Iran and Al Qaeda.
The antidote is "Right Guard"
http://www.freedomsenemies.com/_Obama/ObamaAdvisers.htm
“With all due respect to Gen. McPeak, what drives the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran apart — and has since 1979 — is the unwavering antipathy of the regime in Tehran towards the United States, its ally Israel and freedom-loving, non-Islamist nations more generally,” said Frank Gaffney, a Pentagon policymaker in the Ronald Reagan administration who heads the Center for Security Policy.
Added Gaffney: “It is not simply naïve, it is reckless to ignore: serial statements by the mullahs and their front man, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, about a world without America; their goons parading in Iranian cities shouting “Death to America”; their active efforts to kill and maim Americans and Iraqis in the hope of defeating the United States in Iraq and rendering the latter an oil-rich satellite and new safe-haven for Iranian-backed terror; and accumulating evidence that Iran’s Hezbollah proxies, and their intelligence agents are developing cells capable of unleashing deadly violence here as well as elsewhere. Even an individual without appreciable expertise in such matters like Sen. Obama should be able to discern these realities. It is inexplicable how a professional military officer like Gen. McPeak could fail to do so.”
Thanks Fred.
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