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Statement from the President on Iran
Twitter | 20 June 2009 | The White House Press Office

Posted on 06/20/2009 11:50:03 AM PDT by The Klingon

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary _______________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release June 20, 2009

Statement from the President on Iran

The Iranian government must understand that the world is watching. We mourn each and every innocent life that is lost. We call on the Iranian government to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people. The universal rights to assembly and free speech must be respected, and the United States stands with all who seek to exercise those rights.

As I said in Cairo, suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away. The Iranian people will ultimately judge the actions of their own government. If the Iranian government seeks the respect of the international community, it must respect the dignity of its own people and govern through consent, not coercion.

Martin Luther King once said - "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." I believe that. The international community believes that. And right now, we are bearing witness to the Iranian peoples’ belief in that truth, and we will continue to bear witness.


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To: Bush Revolution

That video will fuel tomorrow and the next day, this will be the end of the Mullahs,but there is much more blood to be spilled I am afraid.


201 posted on 06/20/2009 5:04:12 PM PDT by The Klingon
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To: tsmith130

bingo


202 posted on 06/20/2009 5:11:13 PM PDT by dervish (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself)
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To: The Klingon
Take a hike Hussein.

You have turned your back on liberty at home and on our allies in Israel and Iraq.

You've turned your back on the Iranian people for a week now and in one of the first acts of your Presidency, you sent $900,000,000 to the terrorists of Hamas.

You are fooling NOBODY with this statement...well, I take that back. The fools who worship you (the media, your party's base) might be fooled...but no one else.

Nice job handling North Korea, too, clown.

203 posted on 06/20/2009 5:11:52 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I'm SO glad I no longer belong to the party of Dependence on Government!)
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To: The Klingon

What I find most interesting about this is that Obama succumbed to pressure. This is the first dent and a sign that if we keep up a barrage he can be broken on health care, Israel, missile defense and other atrocious policies.


204 posted on 06/20/2009 5:15:11 PM PDT by dervish (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

I suspect we need to boycott everything ABC. I, for one, am more than willing to quit encouraging the Left.

I’m sure Walt would be the first in line to send 0 a message.

What a nasty piece of garbage O is. My personal thoughts will remain that. Suffice it to say, he’s a legend in his own mind.


205 posted on 06/20/2009 5:21:08 PM PDT by Monkey Face (RUN, SARAH, RUN! ~~ (Stolen from redhead))
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To: The Klingon
we are bearing witness to the Iranian peoples’ belief in that truth, and we will continue to bear witness.

Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya

206 posted on 06/20/2009 5:22:06 PM PDT by John123 (Turn on your teleprompter Obama and read your lips... "No New Taxes!!")
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To: The Klingon

Is there a remote possibility that the Iranian people will teach lazy Americans how to get off the couch, turn off the tv, and stop the idiots in dc?

Striking is a very good idea. But masses of people have to do it, not just a few on the right.


207 posted on 06/20/2009 5:23:20 PM PDT by jacquej
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To: All

Not a good week for the Douche in Chief. His healthcare turd was welcomed on Capital Hill like a Klansman at a Dr Dre concert. He has this Iranian nightmare he wants to ignore but can’t as per his “Make no hard decisions” life mantra. He has this IG flapo he was cold busted on. Oh well the his tranny wife is on Life magazine’s cover, adams apple and thick jaw and all.


208 posted on 06/20/2009 5:30:11 PM PDT by pburgh01
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To: The Klingon

Vivid and telling pics from Iran:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/06/irans_disputed_election.html


209 posted on 06/20/2009 5:34:27 PM PDT by conservativeinferno (My SUV is the urban squirrel's worst predator.)
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To: The Klingon
Statement from the President on Iran

Elections have consequences...

210 posted on 06/20/2009 5:52:41 PM PDT by FDNYRHEROES (In just 3 days, the War on Terror became the War on Free Speech.)
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To: The Klingon

He was forced into it.


211 posted on 06/20/2009 6:03:22 PM PDT by omega4179 (America is a Christian Nation.)
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To: The Klingon
Obama coddles terrorists and rogue states. Let's not forget...Biden said he'd be tested in 6 months because the axis of evil thinks he weak and inexperienced.

Biden is right. It's six months today. Ironic, isn't it.

No words of support for freedom and pander/coddle the terrorists and their state sponsors.

212 posted on 06/20/2009 6:27:54 PM PDT by BlackjackPershing (“The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree” - Thomas Campbell (Scottish poet))
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To: The Klingon

Reports I am hearing say the head bashers are speaking Arabic not Farsi.

Iran is flying in Hamas or Hezbollah to police the protesters.

Analysis: They can’t rely on the Iranian security to attack the protesters.

J Post reported this too

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1245184851049


213 posted on 06/20/2009 6:29:00 PM PDT by dervish (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself)
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To: crunk
It's a pretty good statement -- for Obama. I wish he'd done it in person rather than in writing though. It would have been a more powerful pronouncement of support for the people if Iranians could see it on youtube.

I didn't know that Obama only issued a written statement. Hell's bells, that could have been penned by anyone, and probably was.

Even more proof of cowardice from Obama. He needs to quit pretending, and just come on national TV to cry for his Mommy.

Liberals.... the most gutless cowards on earth, except when they're attacking the good and the righteous.

214 posted on 06/20/2009 6:34:05 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: The Klingon

What a doofus. We don’t want to hear what he said in Cairo.

We want him to speak FORCEFULLY...NOW...TODAY!

OH, I forgot...he’s nursing a huge hangover from the Correspondents Dinner last night.

This guy is a joke.


215 posted on 06/20/2009 6:46:17 PM PDT by Palladin (David Letterman is a dirty old man.)
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To: califamily4W

His teleprompter has a hangover, too!


216 posted on 06/20/2009 6:47:45 PM PDT by Palladin (David Letterman is a dirty old man.)
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To: struggle

The tape of that beautiful girl lying in the street, bleeding to death, is too tragic for words.

She was standing next to her father when a sniper shot her through the heart.

And some media idiots are still saying they are unsure if the militia is using “real bullets.”


217 posted on 06/20/2009 6:57:39 PM PDT by Palladin (David Letterman is a dirty old man.)
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To: The Klingon

His mouth moves, noise comes out as he thinks about what flavor of Ice cream to get...what a waste.


218 posted on 06/20/2009 7:17:24 PM PDT by JamesA (He who hesitates is lost.)
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To: The Klingon

He’s a effin embarassment.


219 posted on 06/20/2009 7:19:23 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: The Klingon

“The universal rights to assembly and free speech must be respected, and the United States stands with all who seek to exercise those rights.”

Really? Does that mean that the Fairness Doctrine is a no-go, a dead issue? Hmm, what do you say, bro?


220 posted on 06/20/2009 7:29:34 PM PDT by Ben Reyes (Chuck Devore for US Senate California 2010 -- and Palin for President 2012)
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