Rouhani home with US ?gift? of silver griffin: reports

AFP ^ | 9-28-13

[afraidfortherepublic]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday brought home a 2,700-year-old Persian artifact the US administration gave him as ?a special gift" to Iranians, media reports said.

?The Americans contacted us on Thursday and said 'we have a gift for you',? Rouhani told reporters upon arrival at the airport in Tehran, the ILNA news agency reported.

?They gave it back as a special gift to the Iranian nation.?

Rouhani was speaking of a 7th century BC silver Persian drinking cup in the shape of a winged Griffin, a legendary creature with the head of an eagle and body of a lion.

It is reported to be worth more than a million dollars.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Why? Tapes of Obama's speeches in an unplayable format for our oldest ally and a $1M artifact for a despot who snubs us. Does this make any sense at all?

[afraidfortherepublic]

ping

[Zuse]

Maybe it’s radioactive.

[yldstrk]

no tapes of boring obamablabber?

[DoughtyOne]

Here’s the list of the top ten things we got:

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[Fast Moving Angel]

Does this make any sense at all?

Sure, if it's your muslim brother.

[silverleaf]

where did “our” gift come from?

who had the authority to transfer a $million dollar artifact belonging to the American People?

[svcw]

wow
DVDs to the British Prime Minister (who is visually impaired and they were not European format)
obama speeches on a nano to the Queen of England
And he takes artifacts that apparently belong to the US and givens to the terrorist Iran and they were worth one millions dollars?

[lee martell]

What? No lobster Banquet Goodie Bag to bring home to Moochelle?
She may send him back to the Iranian Embassy to get one.

[SeeSharp]

who had the authority to transfer a $million dollar artifact belonging to the American People?

LOL> That made me remember they had to go retrieve some of the things Hillary took out of the White House.

[RginTN]

To the Tea Party Americans, Obama gives the middle finger & namecalling.

[upchuck]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3072391/posts

[DoughtyOne]

I’m not sure about that, because you could be right.

I am reasonably sure they’re saving the camel-skin knee-pads for when he bows on his first visit.

[DakotaGator]

Sure. He's a nutcase Muslim...everything Obama loves and wants to be.

[DManA]

They won’t take it as a gift. They will take it as a thief returning his ill gotten booty.

[Rusty0604]

Since it is pre-Muslim it will be destroyed.

[RS_Rider]

I’ll bet they didn’t even consider asking the skeevy mullahs to release the guy whom Ted Cruz and company were praying for to be released.

[Recompennation]

They gave it back as a special gift to the Iranian nation.
Disgusting... gifting our enemies. America is crippled by this occupant.

[rwoodward]

He gave the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown a $10.00 helicopter model from the white hut gift shop.

[stars & stripes forever]

Apparently Obama has discovered another way to 'bow' before our America's enemies: WIKIPEDIA: The griffin is a legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion; the head and wings of an eagle; and an eagle's talons as its front feet. As the lion was traditionally considered the king of the beasts and the eagle was the king of the birds, the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. The griffin was also thought of as king of the creatures. Griffins are known for guarding treasure and priceless possessions. In antiquity it was a symbol of divine power and a guardian of the divine.[ Some have suggested that the word griffin is cognate with Cherub.