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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Everyday.
Every time I think hes incompetent he starts making it look like a deliberate assault on global democracy.
How terrible it is that when one asks:
What would a terrorist do or want?
the answer is always: BHO just did that!!
He doesn’t want the words to bite him in the butt when Americans take to the street.
Oh, who am I kidding?
When he grows up, he wants to be a mullah.
Maybe a few more DHimmi’s will see the light about Obama over this.
Barry is a disgrace and emabrrassment.
The only question I have about BHO is whether he’s a Shi’te or a Sunni.
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.
Probably a Sunni
Obama’s the Mahdi! What do you expect?
"It's not that I like mullahs more than I like democracy, it's merely that I like mullahs more than I like democracy."
Now might be a good time to go pay Achybrachyjihad a visit.
“Obamas the Mahdi!”
Maybe he’s concerned the Iranian opposition guy is.....
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.
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