Posted on 01/01/2018 7:52:46 AM PST by Drew68
(CNN)When protests erupted in Iran in 2009, then-President Barack Obama reacted cautiously, concerned that a forceful intervention could make America -- reviled as the "Great Satan" by Iranian revolutionaries -- a rallying cause for the clerical regime.
Eight years on, with demonstrations and violence breaking out again in Iranian cities, the US position is reversed, with President Donald Trump and his team almost gleefully leaping at the chance to line up alongside Iranian protesters.
In one of his first tweets of the new year, Trump was openly rooting for regime change.
"Iran is failing at every level despite the terrible deal made with them by the Obama Administration. The great Iranian people have been repressed for many years. They are hungry for food & for freedom. Along with human rights, the wealth of Iran is being looted. TIME FOR CHANGE!"
The sharp change of tack reflects the gulf in the intellectual and temperamental approach of the last two presidents and illuminates a dispute between rival schools of foreign policy thought about how the US should act and wield power in the world. It is consistent with the hard line Trump has taken toward Iran, muscling up alongside US allies Israel and Saudi Arabia to try to check the country's regional influence while continually casting doubt on the Obama-era nuclear deal with Tehran.
Trump's position also represents a return to an elusive hope that has often characterized Washington's approach to Tehran since the revolution in 1979 -- that a political awakening will sweep the revolutionary regime away -- combined with a belief that tough US talk can be a catalyst for change.
And it is in tune with Trump's habit of repudiating the approaches of his predecessor.
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Paw Patrol!!
Our President knows right from wrong. Pray for God to guide him and give him strength and wisdom to make the tough decisions.
Obama:
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No way was our tyrannical dictatorship going to do anything to help those protesters against their tyrannical dictatorship. Im sure Obola was frequently drug-addled and the State Deptartment was filled with Harf-wits, but I wouldn’t call ValJar’s foreign policy dim-witted, it was plainly, deliberately, anti-American.
CNN busted spreading pro- Iran govt propaganda
https://medium.com/@Cernovich/cnn-caught-spreading-iranian-government-propaganda-5ff028d9b8a8
Looks like they have moved into the Fantasy genre for the duration....
They're not even trying to hide it these days.
I am simply awestruck most of you are still posting CNN garbage, but yeah....
FReepers are smart enough and secure in their convictions to be able to be exposed to all sources of news without needing to run to their safe spaces.
Or at least we used to be.
Truth: bammy did everything he could to support the violent, insane, *slamic regime of the *slamic republic of iran, while Trump is encouraging the people to revolt against the violent, insane, *slamic regime of the *slamic republic of iran.
“I wouldn’t call ValJar’s foreign policy dim-witted, it was plainly, deliberately, anti-American.”
Well, you’ve got me there!
Not at all. But thanks. I just think it’s too kind to attribute their damage to ineptitude.
Neda Agha Soltan will not be forgotten, not by me. As far as I am concerned, Obama killed her.
CNN = Evil.
But, but, Obama was all for the Arab Spring and supported the Egypt revolution when the Brotherhood took over. Get a clue CNN
With chapped lips.
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