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U.S. State of The Union - Iran Excerpt
White House ^ | 31 Jan 2006 | POTUS

Posted on 02/01/2006 4:51:17 PM PST by humint

...liberty is the future of every nation in the Middle East because liberty is the right and hope of all humanity.

[Applause]

The same is true of Iran. A nation held hostage by a small clerical elite who is isolating and oppressing its people. The regime in that country sponsors terrorists in the Palestinian Territories and in Lebanon and that must come to an end.

[Applause]

The Iranian government is defying the world with its nuclear ambitions and the nations of the World must not permit the Iranian regime to gain nuclear weapons.

[Applause]

America will continue to rally the world to confront these threats. Tonight let me speak directly to the citizens of Iran.

America respects you and we respect your country. We respect your right to choose your own future and win your own freedom and our nation hopes one day to be the closest of friends with a free and democratic Iran.

[Applause]


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: iran; sotu; stateoftheunion; states; united
Young Iranians sit in a hallway of Evin prison, in Tehran, after being arrested in recent student protests, on Sunday, June 15, 2003. The anti-government protests, which began on Tuesday, were the largest in months and included unprecedented chants calling for the death of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (AP Photo)


1 posted on 02/01/2006 4:51:18 PM PST by humint
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To: humint

They will do it.


2 posted on 02/01/2006 4:58:17 PM PST by Michael Goldsberry (Lt. Bruce C. Fryar USN 01-02-70 Laos)
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To: humint
That picture depicts some very brave young men who just may be the future freedom fighters the President speaks of.

If a revolution ever erupts in Iran, we must be prepared to fully support it. To not do so would be an injustice to democracy and make us appear contradictory.
3 posted on 02/01/2006 5:02:32 PM PST by phoenix0468 (http://www.mylocalforum.com -- Go Speak Your Mind.)
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To: humint

short, sweet, and to the point.

Here it comes.


4 posted on 02/01/2006 5:03:39 PM PST by dmeara
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To: phoenix0468
If a revolution ever erupts in Iran, we must be prepared to fully support it.

Well said! I agree completely...

5 posted on 02/01/2006 5:11:15 PM PST by humint
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To: dmeara

Do you think?

I hope so. I hope so.


6 posted on 02/01/2006 5:28:05 PM PST by Plymouth Sentinel (Sooner Rather Than Later)
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To: humint

Its time to step up if Iran were stupid enough to try and block the Strait of Hormuz. We could station the Navy there which, in conjunction with the Air Force, would defend against sea and land-based threats - silkworm anti-ship missles and other shore hazzards. Even if an Iranian missle were to somehow get within several miles of an American ship, well, I assume we all know what a radar-guided Phalanx system can do to an incoming target in a fraction of a second :)


7 posted on 02/01/2006 7:11:05 PM PST by wingsof liberty (Marines - the few, the proud, the best!!)
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To: wingsof liberty
Its time to step up

The United States Military can and probably will apply incredible force on this regime if it continues to side against liberty. That's the key here. If the regime in Iran were to surrender its despotism, free its political prisoners, end its support of terrorism and stop threatening the community of nations with clandestine nuclear weapons programs and oil embargoes the free world would most likely back off.

I know.... unlikely it may be, but it could happen.

8 posted on 02/01/2006 7:26:33 PM PST by humint
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To: humint

The Iranian regime needs to surrender.


9 posted on 02/02/2006 2:15:04 AM PST by dmeara
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To: dmeara

Ahmadinejad bum bu da dum lam da dam jam, blue moon!


10 posted on 02/10/2006 8:48:49 PM PST by cyberian_cartoon (What's the frequency, Kenneth?)
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