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Iran Snubs Obama, Turns Down His Offer of Meeting at UN
PJ Tatler ^ | September 24, 2013 | Bridget Johnson

Posted on 09/24/2013 4:27:33 PM PDT by lbryce

After much speculation about whether President Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani would meet, perhaps photographed shaking hands together, the Islamic Republic was the one that turned down the U.S. president.

Senior administration officials told the White House pool about half an hour ago that the White House had offered to have “an encounter” on the sidelines of UN General Assembly with Obama and Rouhani, but the Iranians informed the U.S. today that it is “too complicated for Iranians to do at this point.”

“There will be no meeting,” one official said, according to the White House pool report. “It was clear that it was too complicated for them.”

They stressed that Secretary of State John Kerry would press relations with his Iranian counterpart.

Still, officials tried to downplay the snub, saying that they were publicly and privately “open to having discussions on the margins of UNGA.”

“The Iranians have an internal dynamic that they have to manage and the relationship with the United States is clearly quite different than the relationship that Iran has with other Western nations,” a senior administration official said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hassanrouhani; iran; obama; rouhani; snub
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Yet another head fake.


21 posted on 09/24/2013 4:48:07 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: lbryce

But, but, but, Barry was gonna tell the Iranian president how flexible he can be...


22 posted on 09/24/2013 4:57:03 PM PDT by informavoracious (We're being "punished" with Stanley Ann's baby. Obamacare: shovel-ready healthcare.)
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To: lbryce

He didn’t want to shake hands with a homosexual muslim. It is an offense in Iran punishable by death.


23 posted on 09/24/2013 5:11:25 PM PDT by macglencoe (You see what the left hand is doing, but you should be watching the right hand.)
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To: lbryce

Once Putin pantsed him he was total international toast!


24 posted on 09/24/2013 5:31:54 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: AU72

Yes he is, and that is the way wars are started.


25 posted on 09/24/2013 5:36:34 PM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: informavoracious

Bonus points.


26 posted on 09/24/2013 5:37:29 PM PDT by lbryce (Obama:The Worst Is Yet To come)
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To: lbryce
They stressed that Secretary of State John Kerry would press relations with his Iranian counterpart.

Unfortunately, the Iranian government does not have an unapologetic traitor in office at the moment.

27 posted on 09/24/2013 5:39:58 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: macglencoe

Another cogent point of view.


28 posted on 09/24/2013 5:40:16 PM PDT by lbryce (Obama:The Worst Is Yet To come)
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To: lbryce

He, he, tell us what you really think.


29 posted on 09/24/2013 5:49:10 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If global warming exists I hope it is strong enough to reverse the Big Government snowball)
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To: lbryce

Gonna stop the rising of the seas?
Gonna end hate?
Gonna bring us all together?
Gonna do anything? Worthless shoe shine boy?


30 posted on 09/24/2013 5:54:47 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) ( Hey Rubio, eat pooh pal))
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To: AU72

He did not want to talk with mac daddy because it would be a meeting of two excellent world famous liars.


31 posted on 09/24/2013 5:54:53 PM PDT by chiefqc
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32 posted on 09/24/2013 6:18:47 PM PDT by PMAS (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing)
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To: lbryce

I suppose nobody told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that Obama would be happy to bow before him. Maybe even bend over.


33 posted on 09/24/2013 6:43:33 PM PDT by Venturer ( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
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To: Old Yeller

Hope you weren’t drinking milk as you read this.


34 posted on 09/24/2013 7:35:22 PM PDT by lbryce (Obama:The Worst Is Yet To come)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Yes, I know. I get much too intense. The utter loathsomeness, contempt I have for him just takes over me.


35 posted on 09/24/2013 7:43:41 PM PDT by lbryce (Obama:The Worst Is Yet To come)
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To: lbryce

But no, I was lovin it. You said it with eloquence.


36 posted on 09/24/2013 7:54:08 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If global warming exists I hope it is strong enough to reverse the Big Government snowball)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Thank you. Much appreciated.


37 posted on 09/24/2013 8:00:28 PM PDT by lbryce (Obama:The Worst Is Yet To come)
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To: lbryce

Who’s worse? Muzzies in Iran or Hussein? How about both?


38 posted on 09/24/2013 9:02:51 PM PDT by opres
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks lbryce.


39 posted on 09/25/2013 12:34:51 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: AU72
Problem is Obama is making America smaller and smaller and it will be that much harder for the next President to navigate US foreign policy.

If dems can pull in enough third world 'takers' and pay them off by getting them 'to vote their self interest' they'll run the place forever. We're close to a tipping point.

40 posted on 09/25/2013 4:33:49 AM PDT by GOPJ ( Politicians who fear the people seek to disarm them. - - Bill St. Clair)
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