Posted on 06/23/2009 9:31:52 AM PDT by Starman417
Wow....now this is some decisive leadership eh? (h/t Weasel Zippers)
The Obama administration might reevaluate its stance toward Iran if the violent crackdowns on dissidents were to escalate, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday."Well, obviously, we are watching the events each and every day here at the White House," Gibbs said during his appearance on Fox News.
The White House spokesman said that if an escalation were to take place along the lines of China's Tiananmen Square Massacre — an event to which Republicans critical of President Obama have compared the Iranian protests — then the administration would take another look at their stance.
"Obviously, if a tremendous escalation happened — if tanks happened — obviously, we would evaluate that immediately," Gibbs said.
During Poland Ronald Reagan went on nationally televised and gave a speech that ended with this:
“I want to emphatically state tonight that if the outrages in Poland do not cease we cannot, and will not, conduct business as usual with the perpetrators and those who aid and abet them” - Ronald Reagan
What do we get from Obama? Outings with his family and a bunch of hemming and hawing. "Well if it REALLY REALLY escalates then we will do something."
The Iranian youth have risen up, as we had hoped they would do for decades now, and our President waffled. His backers made the excuse up that if he was to get involved it would cause more mayhem. But mayhem happened anyway....as Mataharley noted in her most excellent comment here:
As time has revealed, and as I predicted (or as you put it, in my “defense”), all of the above comes to fruition *without* Obama demonstrating any balls in leadership. Therefore your crystal ball is filled with sewage, and your quick agreement to ignore our values and remain diplomatically neutral has been proven to be an exercise in naivety.The “tragic” happens despite his tiptoeing around a stand for our values of freedoms. But compounding the “tragic” is Iranians in the streets, putting their lives on the line, waiting and “hoping” day after day for a measure of support - only to find the American President is a diplomatic eunuch, and refuses to pick a side that is reflective of the values of this nation. Frankly, the Iranians are demonstrating more American values than our POTUS.I miss George Bush, dang it all. That man didn’t sit on the fence when it came to freedom and basic human rights in these nations.
The Bush admin had Democracy Program Initiative, as we discussed above. This was to nurture exactly what is happening now… a nation that speaks up for regime change. (Altho those like Larry W seem to think this magically appeared because of Obama in Cairo… sigh…)
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Very good commentary by Curt. Thanks for posting.
Zero just has to be “present”. The lightweight puppet’s handlers will take care of the rest.
Proving once again, Barry doesn’t cherish liberty, not like any American president I’ve seen!
http://twitter.com/screwthemullahs
This person has a father IN Iran. You might want to read his Tweets and the links he posts. Says that Martial Law has been declared there.
It’s obvious we won’t get any news of Iran from our Media. The one who must be obeyed as just spoken that the Iranian People will make their choices known.
RIGHT . . . they have only rocks against guns. And that is why we MUST fight for our Rights under the Constitution of the United States of America.
Obama just spoke at a news conference in the White House. He failed. He is too late and he said too little. Even his reading of a statement was of poor and unfeeling quality.
He stutter a couple of times, he was monotone and didn’t sound like he really gave a damn. Just words, and in this case, his words even failed him.
Hope and Change = Vagueness and Ambiguity each and everyday.
He will get really pissed when the Mullaha’s carbon footprint exceeds his mandate. Then the crap will really hit the fan.
He doesn’t have to do anything. If everything works out well the White House and the press will hail his silence as the reason the Mullahs are no longer running Iran. If everything goes to crap, they’ll blame Bush and the Republican minority.
BUMP!
I’ll stop referring to him as
The Empty Suit
The Stupid Suit
The Figurehead TOTUS
From this moment on when i have to refer to him at all it will be hs new name;
The Mid-Easts Personal bitc*
I’ll stop referring to him as
The Empty Suit
The Stupid Suit
The Figurehead TOTUS
From this moment on when i have to refer to him at all it will be his new name;
The Mid-Easts Personal Bitc*
I really miss the opportunity wasted to have my hero Norman Schwarzkopf as our President.
As President, he would not worry about political grace and send a message to North Korea that the U.S. would retaliate by launching nukes toward NK if they provoke us.
He would send the message to Beijing instead and launch them that direction to tell NK’s masters exactly who would be punished.
It’s worth repeating twice. He’s pathetic. The propagandists propping him up are despicable.
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