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| Top aide says Iran worries about Obama |
| 2010-01-30 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's top aide said Friday Tehran is concerned about the direction of the US administration after President Barack Obama delivered his first State of the Union address. "We have concerns Obama will not be successful in bring change to US policies," Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei, the senior aide to President Ahmadinejad and his chief of staff, said. Now that you bring it up, he's not been real successful in changing Iranian policies, either... If he cannot fulfill his promise to resolve issues between Tehran and Washington, he said, we cannot hold our breath that he would resolve other issues facing the US, the Iranian Students News Agency reported. Oh, go on. Keep holding your breath. Eventually something will happen. After a year in office, the once-popular President Obama is having difficulties in saving the economy, ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and fulfilling his campaign promises, including the health care reform. In his State of the Union address to Congress on Wednesday, Obama explained about his effort in the past year to develop a new approach toward nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea. The focus on nuclear arms control "is why North Korea now faces increased isolation and stronger sanctions -- sanctions that are being vigorously enforced," Obama said. ... in the face of nuclear weapons that are coming closer and closer to reality... "That is why the international community is more united, and the Islamic Republic of Iran is more isolated," he said. "And as Iran's leaders continue to ignore their obligations, there should be no doubt: they too, will face growing consequences." Mashaei rejected the remarks and said Iranians are "the flag-bearers of peace." Oh, yeah. Anybody can see that... "The Iranian nation never seeks war because beautiful people do not look for a quarrel," he said. "However, we would defend our country and religion with our blood if any danger looms over our land." Mashaei said it was time for Washington to realize it needed Tehran's help if it wanted to "get out of the quagmire it has made in Iraq and Afghanistan." Iran and the US have had no diplomatic ties for nearly three decades. The animosity has reached a new level after the Bush administration put Tehran on the "axis of evil," and accused the country of seeking nuclear weaponry. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 AxCat - spelling isn't a requirement on a Sat. Morning... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2010-01-30 11:43 |
| #8 Good grief but I can't type this morning. :( |
| Posted by: AzCat 2010-01-30 10:55 |
| #7 Given that it will make him look tough, take attention off the Obamacare bill and he hopes it can save some mid-term donks from losing their seat... Yea, I can see him doing something that cold and calculated to try to save his "legacy". Of course, knowing Bambi he'll just fuck that up too and more of our soldiers will die for nothing. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-01-30 10:11 |
| #6 T-SHIRT says it all. |
| Posted by: Spats Shusoger3359 2010-01-30 09:59 |
| #5 Never gave that proper consideration AxCat. Barry knows he's the only one that hears the voices. You may have a point. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-01-30 09:52 |
| #4 They're entirely correct to worry about him, given the rapid implosing of his Presidency a Wag the Dog campaign is a distinct possibility. Might even happen agead of the midterm election in order to try to rally the public to his banner. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2010-01-30 09:38 |
| #3 You never know what a sociopath like Obama might do. Suppose, he becomes convinced that the only way to restore his popularity is to nuke Iran? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-01-30 08:07 |
| #2 The only "worry" they have is that he's smoking far too many Lucky's. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-01-30 07:27 |
| #1 The only worry Iran has about Bambi is that he might (a) borrow Michelle's balls and (b) buy* a clue about the real world, not the world he lives in where unicorns fly out of his a**. No need to worry, guys - it ain't gonna happen. *with other people's money, of course.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-01-30 00:18 |