Took a swipe at President Trump and Cyrus the Great.
“The Nowruz messages have historically been occasions when the White House limits itself to good year wishes, said Ray Takeyh, an expert on Iran at the Council on Foreign Relations. It was during the Obama administration that they were infused with political content, as the White House was searching for ways to reach out to the Iranian government. So in many ways, the Trump administrations message is restoring a pre-existing tradition.
Nowruz greetings typically end with a quotation from a Persian poet. But for Mr. Trump, the White House found a saying attributed to a leader of the ancient Persian Empire, Cyrus the Great, who appeared to share the presidents respect for material success.
Freedom, dignity and wealth together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity, Mr. Trump quoted Cyrus as saying. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die.
Trump isn’t going to give Iran $150 billion like Obama and Valerie Jarrett did?
What a disgrace.
Revolution incitement? Why has the Slimes not converted to Islam?
Good for Mr. trump.
Obama took the side of the Iranian government even as they were firing on crowds of people in the last election.
Good. What I truly think of the Iranian government would get me banned on every website in the world.
‘it offered a glimpse into an administration that is still debating how to deal with a country that Mr. Trump has painted as an implacable foe’
They sure have their talking points down pat.......
That’s because the government in Iran doesn’t represent the people.
“NY Times complaining that President Trump did not reach out to Iranian regime. Disgrace.”
Yep. NY Times is crazy.
And this is one of the great things about Trump, that he’s not scared to do this.
Ever notice how the NY Times writes their headlines in such a weird way? It’s very stuffy and condescending.
I don’t see a problem with this. OTOH, I don’t work for the New Yawk Slimes.
Trump is right. The Iranian Shias are saner than the crazed shias.
What worries me is that we are building up Saudi Arabia against “Iran”, but what if there was a regime change in Iran? Then the Saudis would become quickly a problem.
* crazed sunis
Yes. Trump MUST reverse the Obama policy toward the reform movement in Iran, and speak directly to the Iranian people, respecting not the ruling Mullahs in Tehran.
In 2009 the largest anti-government demonstrations ever held in Iran since 1979, were held in a massive outpouring against the ruling Mullahs in Tehran. Obama ignored that movement, totally had no respect for it and penned a deal with the Mullahs. Why? For his “legacy”.