Posted on 06/25/2009 10:40:52 AM PDT by AJKauf
President Obama has finally come out unequivocally on the side of the victimized people of Iran, condemning the regimes violent actions and saying there were big questions about the election results. He wisely mentioned the videotaped, tear-jerking death of Neda Soltani, saying, We have experienced the searing image of a woman bleeding to death on the streets. While this loss is raw and painful, we also know this: those who stand up for justice are always on the right side of history.
He even went so far as to declare his support for the principles that the Iranians are fighting for, making statements that would be called neoconservative or Wilsonian if done by another man. The Iranian people have a universal right to assembly and free speech. If the government seeks the respect of the international community, it must respect those rights and heed the will of its own people. It must govern through consent, not coercion. That is what Irans own people are calling for, and the Iranian people will ultimately judge the actions of their own government, he said. These are words that will resonate with the Iranian people and, if broadcast to the masses, will have results on the streets of Tehran...
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Is Obortion sending ACORN to Iran to show them how to do it right?
Oh that’s a good one. Barry can use all his old campaign slogans.
Obama is a total wimp! He doesn’t even stand up for freedom....because he doesn’t believe in it, himself...
Obortion went on to say, "With a few obvious exceptions, like Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, I practice this universal right myself.
Of course I fully understand and respect the need to define "robust debate" as being limited to those voice the Supreme Leader wants to include, just like I do here."
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