Posted on 02/12/2011 3:22:01 AM PST by Third Person
The White House said Friday that Iran is scared it could be next after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak gave up power.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, briefing on his last day on the job, hailed the Egyptian protesters and said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government is “quite frankly scared of the will of its people.”
Gibbs said that if the Iranian government is as confident in the righteousness of its power it “would have nothing to fear” from mass protests like those that have gripped Egypt.
“They're not confident,” Gibbs said. “They’re scared.” Protestors demonstrating for reforms in Iran were suppressed by that country’s government in 2009.
Gibbs read verbatim a statement from an officer in Iran's Revolutionary Guard that described how Iran will kill dissenters. Gibbs said hat statement reflects how afraid Iranian officials are that the people will organize.
“They're scared of that, and they're threatening those who might do it with death,” Gibbs said.
Mubarak had held on to power in Egypt for 30 years, and his departure will lead to questions about the future of authoritarian governments across the Middle East.
Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), chairman of the Republican Study Committee, said in a statement Friday afternoon that Obama has not done enough in the past to stand up for protesters in Iran.
“The manner in which the Obama administration has chosen to be publicly active in the circumstances surrounding the protests in Egypt is in sharp contrast to the deafening silence that came from the White House when Iranian protesters were demanding change in their own country,” Price said.
Price blasted Obama as “remarkably absent” when Iranians were protesting for freedom.
"It is an inconsistency that the administration has yet to sufficiently explain," Price said.
BTW Gibbs, Iran had their protests not too long ago, and the mullahs brought the hammer down on them... remember?
Ah, I see the package containing the rose-tinted spectacles has arrived at the White House (and just in time). Pollyanna could not be Pollyanna without a wee bit of help.
Of course this is assuming that those in the Administration are merely stupid.
It is difficult to believe that our president is so clueless, but it’s right there in print. Within the next few weeks, even the left will start considering him a single termer.
Do these assclowns actually think we believe even a syllable that comes out of their mouths?
Perhaps, but will the Administration utter a peep this time if millions of Iranians publicly demonstrate for freedom?
When is obummer going to step down
It is a great time for the Iranian people to rise up. If the government puts down the revolution, Obama will have to speak up.
His options would be to support the revolution in which case he is a hypocrite for the entire world to see or he supports dictators, in which case the opposition to Obama and his policies will grow.
Thanks Mr Gibbs. We've known that for yrs, if not Decades. Kind of you to remind us.
Statements alone don't get people anywhere.
Where is the complementary “bye bye” pick of Baghdad Bob Gibbs?
There, fixed it!
Having been around since Kennedy, I don't ever remember a Pres Spokesperson being more Dishonest, Arrogant, Sarcastic, Condescending and filled with Hubris as this A-Hole.
Every time I saw him (and I'm not a violent person) I just wanted to "Bitch-slap" him silly!
GOOD RIDDANCE!!!
Iran is about oppressed people wanting to live freely. I suspect what’s happening in Egypt is a free people being sold a bill of goods - AKA “change”. Sound familiar?
When I read that headline, I laughed and thought, “Wake me when the revolution is complete!” Really, I should have thought, “When pigs fly!”
Hee Hee Hee, I dare not ask you what your feelings about “the Won” are?
i believe the Iranian people rose up in 2009 and O was MIA.
Brings to mind 2 possibilities.
1) Iranian protesters in Iranian streets preceed Obama calling Ahmanutjob and demanding he resign.
2) American protestors in American streets proceeds Ahmanutjob calling Obama and demanding his resignation.
(oh well, one can always dream....)
But Iran is an enemy of the U.S.......Why would this administration want the people to rise up? Besides, they already have and were shot in the streets like dogs without this POS admin saying a thing.
No, Obama set his sights on destablizing our allies and advocating their violent overthrow.
This lowlife, POS, faggot, drug-dealing, marxist, muslim, America-hating illegal alien is going to start WW3.
And this President was supposed to be SO smart - not like that stupid George Bush.
Are we dazzled with his brilliance yet?
I would be funny if it were not so scary.
I kept looking for the satire tag.
Freedom and ‘democracy’ are busting out all over the middle east. We just have to look at Turkey to see how things are trending.
The actions of this admin are beyond incompetent. They’re deliberate.
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