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2009-06-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2009-06-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 That ambivalence at the heart of the Obama diplomacy

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-06-23 01:12|| 2009-06-23 01:12|| Front Page Top

#2 From Atlas Shrugs:

Obama's silence in the face of the violent and brutal Islamic crackdown on the Iranian people peacefully demonstrating for freedom is in keeping with Obama's previous silences:

1. Silent on the Black Muslim Riverdale bombers.
2. Silent on the release of the Black Panthers voter intimidation case.
His department of justice ordered the case dropped.
3. Silent on the murder of Private William Long by a Black Muslim -
Issued a very weak statement, though he loudly condemned the Tiller murder.
4. Silent on the French plane that crashed in the ocean, possibly blown
up by the two Muslim terrorists on board.
5. Silent on Iran - Issued a weakly worded statement.

On the other side of the coin we have:

1. Obama's bowing to the King of Saudi Arabia.
2. Obama's pro Islam speech in Cairo, with many fabricated platitudes about the history of Islam.
3. Obama instructing Eric Holder to issue a memo stating that Muslims were not to be discriminated against.
4. Releases Muslim terrorists from Gitmo to Bermuda, so that they can go into the restaurant business and hang on the beaches there.
5. Eliminating the phrase "war on terrorism" and replacing it with "overseas contingency operation" and "terorists" with "man made disasters".

There is a definite pattern in the behavior by Barack Hussein Obama toward the worldwide ummah (in keeping with being raised a Muslim in Indonesia). hat tip Jonathan Galt

Posted by Besoeker 2009-06-23 04:19|| 2009-06-23 04:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity and ego.

Obama is convinced of his ability to work miracles of diplomacy. He went to Harvard! he's got a first-class temprament! He's an intellectual and scholar! And he's smarter than Bush! All the cool kids think he's boffo keen!! He said he would negotiate with the Iranians and win them over with sweet reason and by gosh that's just what he's gonna do, and he's not gonna let these protestors and neocons and inconveniently-vivid videos of people being shot down in the streets stop him!

Posted by Mike 2009-06-23 10:39|| 2009-06-23 10:39|| Front Page Top

#4 On the other hand the Obama administration is now unofficially taking credit for the unrest in Iran.

This implies that regime destabilization, perhaps regime change has become an official policy. That's a move in the right direction IMO.

Posted by Spuper Bonaparte2182 2009-06-23 11:26|| 2009-06-23 11:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Did you forget the /SARC tag spuper?

Obama's WH saying that his Cairo speech inspired the protesting and uprising in Iran is disgusting and despicable.

But he still is going to invite those who murdered protesters like Neda (while he was out eating ice cream - how inspiring) to 4th of july celebrations.

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-06-23 11:48|| 2009-06-23 11:48|| Front Page Top

#6 From the Hot Air link above:

But privately Obama advisers are crediting his Cairo speech for inspiring the protesters, especially the young ones, who are now posing the most direct challenge to the republics Islamic authority in its 30-year history.

An obvious veiled attempt at checking Rahm's "never waste a good crisis" box.... even if a few hundred unarmed young people get shot down in cold blood. Very presidential I'd say, very Bahía de Cochinos.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-06-23 11:51|| 2009-06-23 11:51|| Front Page Top

#7 I think Mike is right, here. It comes down to simple vanity & conceit, really. Obama thinks his "soft-power" approach is the ONLY way that can ever possibly work despite the fact that such an approach has failed miserably throughout the course of history when push comes to shove. Yet he is so convinced of his superior intellect, powers of persuasion, and singular greatness he is blind to all the signs around him that the soft-power approach-- while on occasion effective in the short-term if only because it serves to delay the inevitable-- ultimately leads to greater suffering and eventual failure.

In essence it's all about HIM and what HE is capable of, regardless of the reality that surrounds him. That's NPD in full effect.

Posted by eltoroverde 2009-06-23 12:42|| 2009-06-23 12:42|| Front Page Top

#8 Maybe the WH spokesperson misspoke. maybe he meant to say was:

But privately Obama advisers are crediting his Cairo speech for inspiring,the government to shoot the protesters, especially the young ones, who are now posing the most direct challenge to the republics Islamic authority in its 30-year history.

Perhaps static on the line when Ralm and the MSM were having their morning conference call to go over their talking points.

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-06-23 14:48|| 2009-06-23 14:48|| Front Page Top

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