Posted on 06/20/2009 2:51:51 PM PDT by tricky_k_1972
President Obama on Saturday called on the Iranian government to "stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people" amid calls for the White House to go further in showing support for the Iranian people after the country's disputed elections.
Republicans, in particular, have pressed Obama to speak out more forcefully, as protesters and authorities clashed Saturday in Tehran during a government crackdown.
"The universal rights to assembly and free speech must be respected and the United States stands with all who seek to exercise those rights," Obama said in a written statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
No one cares what zer0 says or what zer0 thinks. Except of course the borg who are part of the collective.
Ok I’m having a bad day, Please delete this.
What a strong statement. That must have set the Mullah’s knees knocking.</S>
Does Obama realize that the Bush doctrine says America is committed to spreading freedom and domocracy throughout the world, with military force, if necessare?
How about TYRANNY? How about MURDER? How about abject totalitariansim and oppression?
George Bush's legacy and fight endures in the Mid East, despite, and in spite of Obama, and THAT is Obama's real dielma. It was George Bush's policy of engagement and support of liberty that has led to the people of Iran seeing the measure of freedom now established on both sides of them in Iraq and Afghjanistan...and desiring it for themselves.
Obama cannot possibly go too far in recognizing that, or he absolutely repudiates himself and his entire foreign policy.
...but their fight in Iran is far from over, and is getting brutal.
The latest updates off of twitter continue coming in:
Fatemiyeh Hospital Tehran: 30-40 dead as of 11pm; 200 injured. Police taking names of incoming injured.
More: From multiple sources on twitter, the Basij (Mullah Militia) are firing on and killing Iranians today. They are at the hospitals to take names of and cutody of injured protestors.
The following are embassies that are accepting Iranian injured so they do not have togo to state hospital (another down side of sicialist health care)
Australian Embassy : No. 13, 23rd Street, Khalid Islambuli Ave – Telephone+98 21 8872 4456
Belgian Embassy No.3,Babak Alley, Shabdiz St.,Shahid Fayyaz Bakhsh Ave.
British Embassy 198, Ferdowsi Avenue Tehran 11316-91144
Dutch Embassy – Onbol Street #7, Farmanieh
Embassy of Finland -No. 2, Haddadian St., Mirzapour St. (former Soheil St.), Dr. Shariati Ave. Tehran 19336 (Eastern entrance / Consular and visa customers)
Embassy of Finland (Alternate) – Elahiyeh, Agha Bozorgi St Shirin Alley no.4 P.O.Box 19395-1733 – (98-21) 22 20 70 90; 22 23 09 79
Finnish Embassy Corner Of Nilou St, Below Vanak Sq, Vali-e Asr Ave
German Embassy: Avenue Ferdowsi 320-324 -
Irish Embassy – North Kamranieh Avenue Bonbast Nahid Street, No. 8 19369 - (98 21)-22 80 38 35
Italian Embassy accepting injured at 81, Neauphle Le Chateau Ave.
Norway: No. 201 Dr. Lavasani St. (Ex. Farmanieh St.) Corner of Sonbol St. Tehran, Iran – (0098 21) 22 29 13 33
Portugese Embassy No.30, Nezami St., Abbas Pour St., Valy-e-Asr
Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Tehran No 30, Narenjestan 8th Alley Pasdaran Avenue
Swiss Embassy – Elahieh Ave. Sharifimanesh Yasaman Street No. 2 P.O. Box 19395-4683 19649 Tehran – 98 (0)21 22 00 83 33
WARNING:GRAPHIC:
Young Woman shot to death in Terhran today, 6/20/2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjQxq5N--Kc
Crowd Hunting Basij, Man shot. Today 6/20/2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYaL4mA-bSY
Protests and violence are spreading in Tehran and to other major cities like in Tabriz, Mashad, Isfahan, Ahwaz, Nevab, and Azadi..
URGENT: HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT IRANIAN PROTESTORS RIGHT NOW...ON TWITTER
AMERICANS SUPPORTING IRAN LIBERTY
You can follow me on twitter if you want...Jeff_Head
and again considering who they are angry about why do we care. Why do even give half a sh&^!!!!!
Wait a minute, why is 0zer0 telling the same mullahs to stop violence? I thought these mullahs were peaceful. Didn’t 0zer0 quote the “holy koran” in his Cairo speech about how peaceful islam is?
So which is it 0zer0? Or don’t you have the focus group poll results in yet to tell you how to respond.
Just keep voting “present” until the polls are clear.
0zero = The New Nevile Chamberlain
the more I watch Obama, the more I realize the danger our country faces.
Yes Zero or WHAT??
Can you say, "Pretty please, with sugar on it Bambi?"
His minions must have been on the internet and read the polls taken on different sites to see that he needs to speak up in favor of the Iranian people......now, in a few days when the outcome is obvious he will come out forcefully for or against the protestors.....CYA style.
We have a girly-boy for a president now. Michele shows more fortitude than her limp/wristed husband.
As much as I don’t particularly care for McCain, were he President at this time, the statement from the United States would’ve been much stronger than what we see here.
DId bHo send this by blackberry while he was having the ice cream?
So the election was stolen. So ACORN is active in Iran as well ?
Ah, so obi has now decided that meddling might be a good idea. I guess the polls told him his initial reaction was wrong.
How very brave of him. Not Some beast woman on Fox is defending him.
Rather than appearing weak by begging the Iranian regime to stop their violence against the Iranian people, why doesn’t he come out strongly and state, “The United States is in complete solidarity and stands with the Iranian people protesting the tyranny exemplified in the present Iranian regime...”
Oh, I can answer my own question — because he’s on the side of the Mullah’s?! No! Not possible — is it?
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