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| The One Contacted the Mullahs Prior to Election |
| 2009-06-24 |
| Prior to this month's disputed presidential election in Iran, the Obama administration sent a letter to the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for an improvement in relations, according to interviews and the leader himself. Ayatollah Khamenei confirmed the letter toward the end of a lengthy sermon last week, in which he accused the United States of fomenting protests in his country in the aftermath of the disputed June 12 presidential election. U.S. officials declined to discuss the letter on Tuesday, a day in which President Obama gave his strongest condemnation yet of the Iranian crackdown against protesters. An Iranian with knowledge of the overture, however, told The Washington Times that the letter was sent between May 4 and May 10 and laid out the prospect of "cooperation in regional and bilateral relations" and a resolution of the dispute over Iran's nuclear program. Not sure why this is a big deal, but it is reported as an "Exclusive" in the Washington Times, DC's 'other' newspaper. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #4 Again, Obama promoted status quo tyranny, while a democratic-revolution brewed. What a bastard! |
| Posted by: Eohippus Spavitle1705 2009-06-24 18:54 |
| #3 It's not a big deal, but if they ever need to defend themselves, The Washington Times can now point to this and say the broke and exclusive Bad Obama story. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2009-06-24 16:03 |
| #2 Speculation time: The O-Team sent a craftily worded letter hinting that they would prefer the Mullahs to "select" anyone other then Short Round for President. Doubtful. Obama really does believe that the Iranian leadership is made up of reasonable people with legitimate grievances. The letter was probably directed to Khamenei to reinforce that Obama would like to push the reset button regardless of who won the election. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2009-06-24 11:05 |
| #1 Speculation time: The O-Team sent a craftily worded letter hinting that they would prefer the Mullahs to “select” anyone other then Short Round for President. That way it would allow for the “appearance” of a complete new era of Bi-lateral negotiations. They probably also insinuated about the possibility of street protests if the election was seen as a sham. And that a crack down on those protesters would make overt talks near impossible. That might explain the Poobah’s reference to foreign agent provocateurs. It might also explain Obama’s reluctance to find his throat until he actually saw the Persian middle finger. Of course, the Mullahs always blame everything on external forces and Obama has proven to be a neophyte on all things foreign – but it’s one angle. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2009-06-24 09:17 |