Posted on 06/14/2009 10:47:30 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45
I`M SICK AND TIRED OF READING BARRY-HUSSEIN`S NARRATIVE THAT THERE ARE SOME SORT OF FREE ELECTIONS TAKING PLACE IN IRAN AND LIBERTY HOPE AND CHANGE IS ON THE WAY.
BACK TO REALITY:
On Friday, President Obama had this to say about the election in Iran:
"We are excited to see what appears to be a robust debate taking place in Iran. Whoever ends up winning the election in Iran, the fact there has been a robust debate hopefully will advance our ability to engage them in new ways. "
This was an extremely foolish comment for at least two reasons.
First, the debate in Iran was circumscribed.
The candidates were screened by the mullahs.
Four were permitted to run; hundreds were deemed insufficiently in tune with the "Revolution." And there appars to have little or no debate on the issue of primary concern to the U.S. -- Iran's nuclear program. Ahmadinejad's main rival, Mir-Hossein Moussavi, was in full agreement with the regime on this matter.
Second, there was always a strong possibility of election fraud. Robust debate, even had it existed, would be meaningless in the face of a fraudulent election. Thus, Obama should not have lauded the election, much less characterized it as advancing our ability to engage Iran in new ways, until he was satisfied that the election was honest. A fraudulent election in which the existing, intransigent regime claims a landslide victory will not advance our ability to engage in Iran in new ways.
A day later, it seems clear that the election was fraudulent. U.S. officials have said as much off-the-record. They find it "not credible" that Mousavi would have lost the balloting in his hometown or that a third candidate, Mehdi Karoubi, would have received less than 1 percent of the total vote.
So Obama has praised an election that appears to have been a travesty. It's difficult to see how either Iran's rulers or its dissidents can view him as other than a fool -- usefully so in the case of the rulers; criminally so in the case of the dissidents
The author call it foolish? I call it moronic.
Stunning.
The Mullah`s decided who could run and Iranians could vote for any candidate they wanted to because they are all loyal to the Mullocracy and people perceive this as a free vote.
So some are angry that Stooge candidate A won and Stooge candidate B lost !?
Zer0 is only playing to the useful idiots here.
He knows these elections are rigged.
Zer0 is the best practicing liar we have.
The Beast and her Impeached rapist are right up there also.
This is an idiotic comment for a whole hot of reasons.
It also shows what a lying Islamic apologist Obama is, because he knows full well Iran is a mullah-ocracy, and that as he spoke these Mullah fundamentalists were cracking heads, blocking all communications and internet access, otherwise trying to put down as they always do protests over the corrupt and rigged joke these so called "democratic" elections are in Iran.
He also knew that as he spoke, all journalist visa's were revoked and journalists ordered out by Monday, their visa's would not be extended. Meanwhile all their feeds to the outside world are being blocked.
When are people going to wake up and see what Obama is?
So much for fantasy. Back to real life.
So now what does Obama do? If he supports ImaNutJob he looks the fool. If he supports the students, rioters, opposition parties etc. he risks the ire of the Iranian leadership, and the killing off of "meaningful" negotiations. (Pardon the sarcasm but I'm looking through Obama's pink colored go-forth-and-do-good-things lenses as I write.)
I'm betting that Obama will do something that we here in Freeperland can rationally call NOTHING. That's the safe course for him. Stay tuned.
Other than touring around with his linebacker wife giving feel good speeches, doing nothing seems to be all he is capable of doing when it comes to international hot button issues.
He's hoping N Korea and Iran will all just go away so he can concentrate on screwing up America.
Very funny news this afternoon, the administration has announced it’s not going to accept the election results.
Aren’t these the guys who were lecturing us about trying to dictate political outcomes to other countrys?
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