Grovel Obama, then they'll respect you
Posted on 03/22/2009 9:31:57 AM PDT by bill1952
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran has responded to U.S. President Barack Obama's offer of better relations by demanding policy changes from Washington, but the Islamic state is not closing the door to a possible thaw in ties with its old foe.
Iran wants the United States to show concrete change in its behavior toward it, for example by handing back frozen assets, but Tehran is not pursuing "eternal hostility," said Professor Mohammad Marandi at Tehran University.
"I think they (the Iranian leadership) are quite willing to have better relations if the Americans are serious," said Marandi, who heads North American studies at the university...
Analysts have said Iran is setting tough conditions for dialogue to buy time.
Adding to uncertainty, it holds a presidential election in June that could strengthen moderate voices backing detente over more hardline opponents.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has demanded Washington apologize for decades of "crimes" against Iran...
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IMO, this is just the beginning and the concessions will flow from America to Iran.
Just watch.
Terms. TERMS??
ok ... terms
You get rid of Nuclear reactors and we won’t turn you into a Glass parking lot.
works for me.
And a reminder of what Iran has done to our Troops serving in Iraq;
The Al Quds: Iran’s Elite Secretive Guard
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2875127
There is no definite sense of how large this force is. ABC News consultant Fawaz Gerges points out that the effectiveness “of an underground operation cannot be judged by its size. This is exactly the mistake the United States made with al Qaeda.” Former CIA Case Officer Robert Baer says that Ahmadinejad is very close to the al Quds force.
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Karbala Militant Attack Used Deception [2007 & Now Obama ‘New Beginning’ US-Iran Relations?]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2211652/posts?page=4#4
While defending the command post, one Soldier was killed and three others were wounded by a hand grenade thrown into the center’s main office which contains the provincial police chief’s office on an upper floor.
During the attack in the main building, Soldiers defending it reported hearing a series of explosions in the compound causing the Soldiers to seek cover. Three U.S. military Humvees were damaged from the explosions.
The attackers broke off the assault withdrawing from the compound with four captured U.S. Soldiers.
The insurgents then drove out of the Karbala province and into neighboring Babil province, encountering an Iraqi police checkpoint. The sport utility vehicles passed through the checkpoint, but the Iraqi police trailed the vehicles, suspicious of the group.
After proceeding further east and crossing the Euphrates River, the assailants drove north toward Hillah, abandoning five SUVs, U.S. Army-type combat uniforms, boots, radios and a non-U.S. made rifle.
Iraqi police in pursuit found the abandoned vehicles and equipment near the Iraqi town of Al Mahawil.
Two Soldiers were found handcuffed together in the back of one of the SUVs.
Both had suffered gunshot wounds and were dead. A third Soldier was found shot and dead on the ground. Nearby, the fourth Soldier was still alive, despite a gunshot wound to the head. The Iraqi police rushed the severely wounded Soldier to a nearby hospital, but the Soldier died enroute.
If you tell the other party, ahead of time, that you will not set conditions then you are giving them the green-light to do just that.
Never, off the table, forget those assets ever existed. Consider that partial, partial, reparations for US deaths at the hands of Iranian sponsored and supported terrorists.
...Analysts have said Iran is setting tough conditions for dialogue to buy time...
...To advance their nuclear program. You think these guys are a**holes now, just wait until they have a working weapon. We, or Israel, or together, should strike sooner, rather than later.
...President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has demanded Washington apologize for decades of "crimes" against Iran...
HA! That's a good one. I didn't think whack-job had a sense of humor.
Grovel Obama, then they'll respect you
How do you say “clueless fool” in Farsi?
Obama should use the same diplomatic skill he used on the Republicans. Hey, we won, bend over. Republicans say, oh okay
Yeah, sure. They’ll talk to us (maybe) if we:
— Turn against Israel
— Transfer all our nuclear secrets to them
— Adopt Sharia law and make Islam our official religion
— Plus, lots of groveling and apologies
Thanks, but no thanks. While some Iranians may be “pro-Western”, they still live in a society run by nut-cases. Unlike some people (typically liberals), I can sleep just fine at night knowing there are people in the world who don’t love us—and perhaps even hate us. Since those people are typically crazy as sh!t-house rats, it doesn’t bother me one bit.
Barack Obama’s offer of better relations say anyone seen my knee pads?
Iran sets preconditions while Obama squats to pee.
john bolton said as much of the iranians.
they’ve got zero where they want him.
Alan Keyes, in response to Barack Obama's comments about the value of "soft power" - 2004 IL Senatorial debate
Title Should be:
Iran sets terms for U.S. Surrender
not
Iran sets terms for U.S. ties
Iran requests that Obama (and America) bend over and grab the ankles as a sign of goodwill. Chairman Zero happily complies.
Now that we’ve established you’re a whore, the rest is just negotiation
Heard that crap during the last 15 years of the Cold War.
A moderate mullah is one who would bury women only up to their waist before stoning them to death.
Before this circus is over, Ruhollah Barack 0bama will have realigned American foreign policy in favor of Iran, and opposed to Israel.
Watch and see.
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