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Obama, Siding With the Regime (0bambi Likes Mullahs more than Democracy)
WaPo ^ | 6/17/2009 | Robert Kagan

Posted on 06/17/2009 3:40:39 PM PDT by mojito

The turmoil in Iran since last week's election has confused the foreign policy debate here in the United States in interesting ways. Supporters of President Obama, who until very recently had railed against the Bush administration's "freedom agenda" and who insisted on a new "realism," have suddenly found themselves rooting for freedom and democracy in Iran. And in their desire to attribute all good things to the work of President Obama, they have even suggested that the ferment in Iran is due to Obama's public appeals to Iranians and Muslims.

If so, this will be one of those great ironies of history. For, in fact, Obama never meant to spark political upheaval in Iran, much less encourage the Iranian people to take to the streets. That they are doing so is not good news for the president but, rather, an unwelcome complication in his strategy of engaging and seeking rapprochement with the Iranian government on nuclear issues.

One of the great innovations in the Obama administration's approach to Iran, after all, was supposed to be its deliberate embrace of the Tehran rulers' legitimacy. In his opening diplomatic gambit, his statement to Iran on the Persian new year in March, Obama went out of his way to speak directly to Iran's rulers, a notable departure from George W. Bush's habit of speaking to the Iranian people over their leaders' heads. As former Clinton official Martin Indyk put it at the time, the wording was carefully designed "to demonstrate acceptance of the government of Iran."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhoiran; bhomiddleeast; husseinobama; iran; mullahs; obama
Sometimes I think Obambi can't get any worse; and then events always have a way of proving me wrong.
1 posted on 06/17/2009 3:40:39 PM PDT by mojito
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To: mojito

Everyday.


2 posted on 06/17/2009 3:41:29 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Pray for Israel!)
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To: mojito

Every time I think hes incompetent he starts making it look like a deliberate assault on global democracy.


3 posted on 06/17/2009 3:43:34 PM PDT by omega4179 (America is a Christian Nation.)
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To: mojito

How terrible it is that when one asks:
What would a terrorist do or want?
the answer is always: BHO just did that!!


4 posted on 06/17/2009 3:47:50 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: mojito
Yes he can and he will. He is pro Muslim and anti-American in every case.
5 posted on 06/17/2009 3:48:03 PM PDT by Ukiapah Heep (Shoes for Industry!)
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To: mojito

He doesn’t want the words to bite him in the butt when Americans take to the street.

Oh, who am I kidding?


6 posted on 06/17/2009 3:52:11 PM PDT by autumnraine (Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristoferrson)
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To: mojito

When he grows up, he wants to be a mullah.


7 posted on 06/17/2009 3:57:13 PM PDT by Califreak (All hail the Islamic Avenger!)
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To: mojito

Maybe a few more DHimmi’s will see the light about Obama over this.


8 posted on 06/17/2009 4:07:09 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <----go there now,----> tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: mojito

Barry is a disgrace and emabrrassment.


9 posted on 06/17/2009 4:07:40 PM PDT by cranked
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To: mojito

The only question I have about BHO is whether he’s a Shi’te or a Sunni.


10 posted on 06/17/2009 4:08:33 PM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: mojito

Sometimes I think Obambi can’t get any worse; and then events always have a way of proving me wrong.
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Oh you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. They are just getting started.


11 posted on 06/17/2009 4:13:17 PM PDT by mojitojoe (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: layman

Probably a Sunni


12 posted on 06/17/2009 4:20:37 PM PDT by G8 Diplomat (I'm learning Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Pashtu, and Russian so someday you won't have to)
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To: mojito

Obama’s the Mahdi! What do you expect?


13 posted on 06/17/2009 4:35:35 PM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies (Obama: "Enough about me, let's talk about you...what do you think of me?")
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
Image and video hosting by TinyPic "It's not that I like mullahs more than I like democracy, it's merely that I like mullahs more than I like democracy."

14 posted on 06/17/2009 5:01:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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Obama bows down to Saudi King | American Thinker | April 02, 2009 | Clarice Feldman | Posted on 04/02/2009 8:19:47 AM PDT by rdb3
Obama bows down to Saudi King | American Thinker | April 02, 2009 | Clarice Feldman | Posted on 04/02/2009 8:19:47 AM PDT by rdb3

15 posted on 06/17/2009 5:02:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: mojito

16 posted on 06/17/2009 5:25:28 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: mojito
General Secretary Ubama said he would talk to Iran with no preconditions.

Now might be a good time to go pay Achybrachyjihad a visit.

17 posted on 06/17/2009 6:26:06 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

“Obama’s the Mahdi!”

Maybe he’s concerned the Iranian opposition guy is.....


18 posted on 06/17/2009 7:02:12 PM PDT by combat_boots (“No heresy, no wickedness, not even the devil himself, can succeed without first counterfeiting goo)
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To: mojito

Please,folks - look at the connection between Obama, Chavez and Ahmadinejad. This is what it’s all about.

The Iranians do not like Ahmadinejad because he has spent a lot of time and their money trying to export the Iranian “revolution.” His best friend has been Hugo Chavez, whom Bambi has referred to as his “idol” in Latin America.

Bambi supports Ahmadinejad because Crazy A is funding and actively promoting the combined Islamization/Marxist takeover of Latin America. Not to mention Hugo’s attacks on the US.

Anybody who ever thought Obama was going to criticize Ahamadinejad was a fool.


19 posted on 06/17/2009 8:16:38 PM PDT by livius
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