Iran's president lashes out at Obama - ("Didn't he say that he was after change?")

Yahoo News ^ | June 26, 2009 | AP

[SolidWood]

Iran's hardline president lashed out anew at the United States and President Barack Obama on Saturday, accusing him of interference and suggesting that Washington's stance on Iran's postelection turmoil could imperil Obama's aim of improving relations.

"We are surprised at Mr. Obama," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in remarks to judiciary officials broadcast on state television. "Didn't he say that he was after change? Why did he interfere?"

[SolidWood]

[Republic]

The tit-for-tat little jabs coming from the impotent Iranian despot and our own would be marxist leader are becoming embarrassing. Uhbama cannot control the mouth of the annoying Iranian murderer and Uhbama is firing school yard shots back at him....upset that anyone would confront the great uhbama, who had tried so hard to kiss islamic ass in the mideast.

[Dallas59]

LOVERS SPAT ALERT!!

[bgill]

Some third world cesspool is smarter than half of America.

[popdonnelly]

I’m sure the American Left is upset that these two are having a little spat.

[Daisyjane69]

I sure wish he’d “change” all right.

Change nations. I recommend Kenya.

[ETL]

From CBS-News, July 29, 2006:

Chavez Vows To 'Stand By Iran'
After Oil Talks In Tehran, Venezuelan Leader Called 'Brother' By Ahmedinejad

"Chavez pledged that his country would 'stay by Iran at any time and under any condition,' state television reported. Ahmadinejad said he saw in Chavez a kindred spirit." "'We do not have any limitation in cooperation,' Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying. 'Iran and Venezuela are next to each other and supporters of each other. Chavez is a source of a progressive and revolutionary current in South America and his stance in restricting imperialism is tangible.'":
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/29/world/main1847331.shtml
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http://www.kansascity.com/451/story/1254226.html
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From National Public Radio (NPR):
August 29, 2006
"Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been visiting countries such as China, Iran and Russia as part of an effort to build a 'strategic alliance' of interests not beholden to the United States. He considers the United States his arch enemy.":
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5729764
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President Obama and Venezuela dictator Hugo
Chavez at the 2009 Summit of the Americas in Trinidad

Obama, Chavez shake hands at Americas Summit:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97KK2T00&show_article=1
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Russia's Medvedev hails "comrade" Obama

Associated Foreign Press (AFP) ^ | April 2, 2009 | Anna Smolchenko

"Russia's Dmitry Medvedev hailed Barack Obama as "my new comrade" Thursday after their first face-to-face talks"

http://www.france24.com/en/20090402-russias-medvedev-hails-comrade-obama

April 1, 2009:
"Obama, Medvedev pledge new era of relations":
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090401/wl_afp/usrussiadiplomacynuclear_20090401152002
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"Barack Obama told supporters that
'change has come to America' as he
claimed victory in a historic presidential election."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/04/election.president/index.html

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

When Obama was submissive, they liked him. Now that he’s starting to say it like it is, they don’t like him.

[InterceptPoint]

OK. Imagine that you are Ahmadinejad and have been following the recent series of statements by the President of the United States. Now tell me, would it not be obvious to you that Obama's worst fear is that the appearance of U.S. interference in the Iranian "election" would jeopardize the prospects for the promised U.S.-Iran negotiations/engagement vis a vis Iranian nuclear ambitions?

So, following the Al Gore prescription for "playing on our fears" attributed to a former president, would you not then expect Ahmadinejad to go after Obama "big time" with accusations of U.S. interference in the Iranian "election"? Do you need to be a genius like Hillary Clinton or Dennis Kucinich or Barney Frank or Joe Biden to figure things like this out?

So the bottom line of Obama's ambivalence has provided him with exactly nothing. If this so called engagement ever happens then Obama will get to explain and defend this imaginary interference and that will be the starting point for negotiations. Negotiations that will lead nowhere.

OTOH, had Obama immediately appealed to the Euroweenies to close off imports/exports and freeze Iranian bank accounts then we might see a little movement from the mullahs. Either that or Israeli bombs are the only thing that has any hope of succeeding.

[svcw]

He is saying something? Like “we will wait and see how it plays out”.
Or “do you want mustard for those hot dogs?”