Obama on Iran: I cannot be silent, even though I was silent for three days
posted at 7:42 pm on June 15, 2009 by Allahpundit
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High drama here as the president calls the Iranian government a “ticking time bomb” that must be dealt with now if America’s future is to be secure. No no, just kidding; that’s what he said about health care. Here we get a hard dose of Hopenchange caution-speak, acknowledging that the protesters have “inspired” Americans and that we respect Iran’s right to decide its own fate but that we’ll continue to pursue “tough” diplomacy with the regime on nukes no matter how odious Ahmadinejad might be. Hey, if we wanted a president who’d throw down the gauntlet and walk away in a situation like this, we would have elected the other guy. Sorry, Iranian kids.
Fun fact: Whereas The One was “shocked and outraged” by the murder of George Tiller, the most he can muster here for mass beatings and cold-blooded killings across Iran is that he’s “troubled.” Make of it what you will.
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ACORN of Arabia
tehd on June 15, 2009 at 9:30 PM
President TelePrompter can’t help himself: He is, after all, a huge fan of rigged elections via ACORN.
TN Mom on June 15, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Ochimpy is fulfilling Greasy Joes prophecy that within 6 months Ochimpy will be challenged by a foreign power and he wont know what to do.
This sorry excuse for a president is totally on the defensive in his responses and Iran is dictating the tempo and conditions of this incident.
csdeven on June 15, 2009 at 9:32 PM
I don’t have time for these world affairs…
I am taking Michelle to San Francisco to celebrate
5 months in office.
Plus walking that dog everynight is hard work.
izoneguy on June 15, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Yeah, the polling results finally came back.
diogenes on June 15, 2009 at 9:32 PM
I sure hope so.
Loxodonta on June 15, 2009 at 9:32 PM
#Old Chicago Blackberry:
Teh_One@noobprez.gov: wth! i thawt u said m.a. wuz gonna be prez? all teh killin is making me look bad!1!
boyluvr69_pbuh@jihad.net.ir: STOP BE BUTTHURT :(
goatfaquir3449@dinnerjacket.org.ir: Dont wurry buddie. I tweets the deets to CNN & MSNBC to spin dis as “progress” caused by u. We blaim joos, we “edukate” a few joo-luvrs, then I be pres b4 Shahrivar, Mehr at latest, than we eet aroogla in Paris.
Teh_One@noobprez.gov: srsly! now i hafta go pretend i care ur killing brown ppl!
boyluvr69_pbuh@jihad.net.ir: TELL TEH OBOTZ UR “TRUBELD”
goatfaquir3449@dinnerjacket.org.ir: Yes, that way u will not be a lier in Allah’s eyes, becuz your rly troubled by ppl who disobey there betters.
Teh_One@noobprez.gov: ok, but srsly, hrry. salam malakim
TMK on June 15, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Obama reminds me of a child playing with fire.
Saltysam on June 15, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Obama’s ability to answer questions “off the cuff” is terrible! And he doesn’t like to discuss any topic that would cause him to take a clear position without a prepared response.
How long before we before Obama creates the office of the Iran Czar?
kagai on June 15, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Maybe Obama is a CNN viewer and didn’t know there was anything amiss with the Iran elections, as CNN’s was virtually silent on reporting any news from Tehran…
TN Mom on June 15, 2009 at 9:35 PM
I finally listened to the clip. So sad
clnurnberg on June 15, 2009 at 9:35 PM
^^^^^ Oops…How long before Obama creates the office of the Iran Czar?
kagai on June 15, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Limerick on June 15, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Great call, Limerick. Looks like all the hopenchange just means kissing ass to islam (and islamofascism… but hey, fascists should stick together!)
Now where can I get a good burqa?
roscopico on June 15, 2009 at 9:35 PM
+1 (although it’s actually Persia, not Arabia).
bluelightbrigade on June 15, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Is this Barry’s Katrina? The media killed Bush for a natural disaster and give Barry a pass for a human caused disaster. All he had to do was say a few words. Anything. Was the TOTUS on vacation? The scary part is that he thinks he can deal with Shorty. Good bye Israel. We may have to move the survivors to Arizona.
bigtexmex on June 15, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Under the bus they go, and the bus is burning.
PattyJ on June 15, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Obama better get another puppy, fast!
profitsbeard on June 15, 2009 at 9:44 PM
He’s troubled, all right…troubled that these distractions keep getting in the way of pushing his socialist agenda. He’s a small, small man in a big, big world.
scalleywag on June 15, 2009 at 9:44 PM
I’m confused. How does “troubled” compare with “saddened”, the emotion he claims to have felt when Private Long was gunned down?
malclave on June 15, 2009 at 9:45 PM
PATHETIC
WisCon on June 15, 2009 at 9:47 PM
LOL
elduende on June 15, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Fascinating how he can talk out of both sides of his mouth at the same time.
GarandFan on June 15, 2009 at 9:47 PM
I detest when people try to be clever about Israel’s potential destruction and our lack of will to stop it. Last time we moved many of the survivors to Israel. Now we either talk of resettling the remnant of their children and grandchildren or posit that God will not turn his back on Israel. I guess you could say that the dead of Europe’s Holocaust are “in paradise” and despite starvation, gas, and fire God protected them, but it is a flimsy argument at best.
Man killed “Israel in Europe”, man wants to do it again.
clnurnberg on June 15, 2009 at 9:48 PM
The long term picture: does any of this matter. If things work out in Iraq and they show signs of that happening, how long before cousins talking to cousins across borders talk about freedom. Our brave military planted a tree in the desert, a small tree, but if taken care of it could blossom into nice stout tree. Can the roots spread to Iran? Only time will tell. Barry can stuff the Cario speech.Words never freed a soul.
bigtexmex on June 15, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Weak.
Ronald Reagan is spinning in his tomb at the speed of
lighta space-based missile defense laser.hillbillyjim on June 15, 2009 at 9:52 PM
I wasn’t trying to be clever about the destruction of Israel. I was merely stating the obvious, Obama does not have the will to stop it. He is doing his best to set up its demise. Israel must exist, it must survive, it must thrive.
bigtexmex on June 15, 2009 at 9:54 PM
I wish it would exist and thrive as it is parts of my family that will perish or be relocated if they survive.
clnurnberg on June 15, 2009 at 9:56 PM
News and information fall victim to electoral coup
TheBigOldDog on June 15, 2009 at 9:59 PM
This is gold I tell you… Obama wants us to stand with… GUESS…
http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/sotomayorstand
Upstater85 on June 15, 2009 at 10:00 PM
keep it up. start a site called obama’s texts or something like that. so funny. goatfaquir LOL.
JiangxiDad on June 15, 2009 at 10:02 PM
It seems Mr. Obama brings a new definition to the term ‘white trash’…
Griz on June 15, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Israel must exist, it must survive, it must thrive, where it is now. Like Barry’s promises peoples memories come with expiration dates. I wonder how the Holocaust history is covered in school these days. I was watching Schindler’s List last month and I let my 10 year son watch it with me. I wanted him to see a depection of the horror, the evil, and yes, the indifference of humanity to what was going on. Sadly, more Americans care about trees than freedom.
bigtexmex on June 15, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Sounds like some illusion to respecting inalienable rights in a totalitarian regime. Does he also really think that they have the right to peacefully dissent and democratically choose their government leaders? What a bunch of useless blather.
TexAz on June 15, 2009 at 10:12 PM
If Israel wants to live, they should show it by leaving the UN. I left Israel in 2005 when it became clear that they wanted to give Gaza up, without getting anything in return, and I warned my friends that that was suicidal. NJever give anything to arabs without having them sign for it, publicly thank Israel for it, and return something of value in exchange. Errant gift-giving leads to many of today’s problems. Too many treat the whole world as if they are all Westerners.
progressoverpeace on June 15, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Obama is just scared that the protests against a corrupt and dictorial regime in Iran will also happen here – against _his_ corrupt and dictorial regime.
I wonder if he will be made out of arugula jello then – or if using violence against his ‘fellow countrymen’ is the only time he would consider violence. He has no problems strong-arming major corporations – why not the rest of us?
Old chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times”
Oh boy – are we in interesting times, and how!
Timothy S. Carlson on June 15, 2009 at 10:17 PM
The UN is a democracy of dictatorships for the most part, but I don’t think having no voice there is the answer. Most would twist it into an admission of guilt “not even a UN member state, hence totally illegitimate”.
Leaving the UN, unless as part of a group, would accomplish nothing and allow every hateful speech to go unanswered.
clnurnberg on June 15, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Bwahahahahahahahaha
The BBC just smacked Barry up side of the head with…
are you ready?…
sitting down?……
George W. Bush.
Catch it while you can before the BBC scrubs the page…
Limerick on June 15, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Extraordinary clarity here, Allah. And here.
Bravo.
Jaibones on June 15, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Does he have the moral authority to condemn crooked elections?
gooddad on June 15, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Four and a half minutes of total nonsense. What a f*cking wuss.
infidel4life on June 15, 2009 at 10:20 PM
He is nothing without TOTUS.
OOh wait, no. All his stammering and pausing shows how thoughtful he is.
marmaran on June 15, 2009 at 10:20 PM
How long before he appoints an Iran Czar?
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA URP HA HA HA!
Knuterockne on June 15, 2009 at 10:24 PM
This CANNOT be said often enough. Or loud enough. Thank you, AP!!
califcon on June 15, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Why is this never reported in the msm?
“First, only candidates screened and approved by the mullahs in the Guardian Council could run — in this case, exactly four presidential candidates out of nearly 500 who applied.”
Mr. Bolton knows his sh*t!
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23744.html#ixzz0IYWsYIaW&C
CTSherman on June 15, 2009 at 10:26 PM
And even scarier, he thinks he’s on fire and all the people he’s playing with are children.
Loxodonta on June 15, 2009 at 10:26 PM
I don’t know why everyone’s making such a big deal out of Barry waiting till today to… uh….um….er…..speak. We know he doesn’t work weekends.
winfield on June 15, 2009 at 10:27 PM
The UN is an empowered, peerless, competitionless entity that will never lead to anything good. It is not worthless and it is not useless. The UN is extremely dangerous. One of the most dangerous organizations that has ever existed. Any state that participates in it is a moronic state and deserves to suffer.
On the other hand, having a voice in the UN is worthless. Better to not be bound by the entity than to be a member that is constantly abused by it.
So what? The UN considers Israel illegitimate, now. The UN, through its life, has spent most of its time passing anti-Israel resolutions. Go check all of the security council resolutions and you will be amazed at the large percentage that were devoted to injuring Israel. It is utterly amazing. To stay in such an organization (aside form the other problems) serves Israel no purpose.
Did you know that Israel was the only member state that was ineligible to sit on the security council, up until 2002 (something around then)? Do you know why? Check out which regional group Israel is in for the answer.
The UN has never done anything for Israel. Even the initial acceptance of the state was worthless, since Israel had to birth itself by fire. And the UN has worked to kill Israel ever since.
It would express Israel’s opinion that the UN is illegitimate, which it is. If Israel stays in the UN, then Israel legitimizes that dangerous organization.
Let them go unanswered. Israel’s answers in the UN have never come to anything, anyway.
If Isrel left the UN, the UN would have nothing left to do, as they were always preoccupied with Israel.
All Israel has to say is that empowered, peerless, competitionless entities are dangerous and destructive, as elementary evolutionary theory says quite clearly. Someone needs to call the UN the theoretical monstrosity that it is. Only a fool would believe that the UN should even exist. Such an entity is guaranteed to be destructive, as we have all seen. At some point, people need to call it what it is.
progressoverpeace on June 15, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Very good. In true Iowahawk style.
sibobr on June 15, 2009 at 10:32 PM
You hope your leaders are strong,determined and resolute. Man did we get a dud!
faol on June 15, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Sorta like that mushroom at the top of the headlines section.
Limerick on June 15, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Thank god there aren’t any Americans trapped over there. Or are there? Jimmy Carter 2.0
SouthernGent on June 15, 2009 at 10:41 PM
I really hope we are living in some kind of Star Trek episode where the timeline is all screwed up and Kirk ends up restoring order and fixing the Obama glitch.
This America I live in today is unrecognizable to me.
James on June 15, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Thank god there aren’t any Americans trapped over there. Or are there? Jimmy Carter 2.0
SouthernGent on June 15, 2009 at 10:41 PM
He’s busy lusting in his heart for a Mullah.
faol on June 15, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Wow. as they say on the internets. Just wow.
The BBC of all news outlets smacking Obama with (you’re a pussy and Bush was strong) that.
They put a few Bush jabs in there, but damn that was brutal for them.
Someone said on another blog that they felt sorry for the Iraninans rising up right now. In another time, America would shine now.
Obama says he doesn’t want to use American influence to make things worse. His anti-americanism is becoming more then just passive aggresive now.
That’s pretty out there. Oh and the Iranian state having “sovereignty”. Basically saying in code that the Iran state can do whatever the hell it wants with the protestors, ya know, just do it nicely guys, alrighty?
Thanks.
I can’t believe how much of a wussy p*ssy Obama is. Can I say the “p” word in full on here?
DAMN.
At the end of his statement he looked terrified at the press corps and said “ok?” like can I go back to my other more important stuff now?
Wow.
B Man on June 15, 2009 at 10:54 PM
President Pantywaist.
wuss
james23 on June 15, 2009 at 10:56 PM
I wasn’t directing that “fool” sentence at you, but just as a general statement.
progressoverpeace on June 15, 2009 at 10:56 PM
How long before he appoints an Iran Czar?
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA URP HA HA HA!
Knuterockne on June 15, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Agree but please don`t give them any more ideas. Truth being stranger than fiction and all that. THey might appoint one in the morning.
LSUMama on June 15, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Where’d my post go?
To make a long post short, I just cannot believe how wussified and pussified OBama is about this.
God, I hope the American people wake up to this in time.
B Man on June 15, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Politico describes Obama as speaking out “sharply” against the crackdown. Are they kidding? That was about as far as you can get from a “sharply” worded statement.
JohnInCA on June 15, 2009 at 11:04 PM
NEWSFLASH: He fired his Iran Czar today his name is Dennis Ross….
elduende on June 15, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Just so there’s no more stammering
and mumbling, i propose a TOTUS czar!
That should clear up most problems, now
let me get back to American Idol.
falderal on June 15, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Would that be considered a form of Mullaise?
Laura in Maryland on June 15, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Hey guys, the cracks are forming…big time.
Weight of Glory on June 15, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Obama says next to nothing and then says, “having said all that.” Platitudes minced with silence. He talks like a retard. His speaking is so measured and lacks any heart.
tessa on June 15, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Thanks for the link.
Obama’s cautious reaction to Iran
The last lines are indeed great:
Loxodonta on June 15, 2009 at 11:09 PM
I love it! Messy things these coups aren’t they? Watch for an epic bloodbath in the coming days.
elduende on June 15, 2009 at 11:10 PM
http://www.madyariran.com/2009/06/change-for-iran-with-protes.html
You know I can’t help but get the feeling that we really should not be rooting for anyone to win this…notice the mullah in the middle of this protest.
elduende on June 15, 2009 at 11:13 PM
If true, this latest development should speed things up both in intensity and direction. Surely the government apparatus is thinking, “we found 16, but how many more?” They may begin the kind of violent reaction that many have feared, which will cause more defections, which will require foreign mercenaries to make up the loss in ranks, etc. etc. Yes messy indeed.
Weight of Glory on June 15, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Gosh those darn Iranians, they’re not even reading the protesters their
Miranda rights.
Again: Amen-jihad is the dear leader’s evil twin, whom he admires
and may emulate … to our cost.
Dhuka on June 15, 2009 at 11:18 PM
WWPD
What
WouldWill Putin Do?Whatever is of the most benefit to Russia.
Maybe something along that line would be a good choice for us too.
Pssst, whats good for Obama isn’t on that list.
Speakup on June 15, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Yep no doubt about it. They’ll use their Lebanese and Palestinian proxies. They’ll also probably appeal to the Jaish al Mahdi in Iraq I’m sure Mookie would love to lend a hand. I read about a rumor that there were Venezuelans running around with the Basij militia Sunday…
elduende on June 15, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Of course it goes without saying that if anything good should happen, the MSM will demand OBama get full credit for it.
Daily Beast has already said Obama won Iraq.
If the people of Iran manage miraculously to pull this off, that’s pretty damn amazing.
I still think this will be over with dinner-jacket in power by next week, but they are putting up a great fight.
With absolutely no help from president pantywaist.
God what a disgrace Obama is with this.
B Man on June 15, 2009 at 11:26 PM
You mean totalitarianism, right? Look up words that you don’t know the meaning of.
Anywho, Obama is more concerned with enslaving America’s citizens. He’s a stalinist alright!
Libertarian Joseph on June 15, 2009 at 11:27 PM
The Leader of the Free World had a chance to man up. Instead, Barry chickened out with more of his anti-”hoisting” gibberish. Absolutely, positively pathetic.
Christien on June 15, 2009 at 11:27 PM
With more protests planned for tomorrow, Mousavi giving a speech tomorrow, the killings today, the defections that may be taking place, and the predictions of repercussion, I think tomorrow may be a very dark day.
Weight of Glory on June 15, 2009 at 11:28 PM
From today’s “robust debate” as Obama calls it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e33Ce5Mk18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W6i58NA9tg
elduende on June 15, 2009 at 11:30 PM
Well tmmw is already here its about 7:35AM in Tehran right now. I’ll be staying up and monitoring the wires to see whats up…
elduende on June 15, 2009 at 11:35 PM
you know another way to look at those 16 is that they might also be a preemptive purge of unreliable IRGC Commanders as a message to others.
elduende on June 15, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Sorry. I already have a job. I could run for President of your country in 2012 though if you didn’t have a requirement that a President be a natural born American. However, I am sure that I could manage to come up with a Certificate of Live Birth or something like that if that would be close enough.
PootyPoot on June 15, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Maybe if the people on Team A with the clubs would apologize to the people on Team B with the guns and invite them to attend a celebration, to decorate a maypole and bob for apples, maybe stone a random virgin for lifting her veil, have some cake and ice cream, everything would just work itself out.
Too bad none of the parties involved can just apologize for being Americans. That would have fixed everything.
IndieDogg on June 15, 2009 at 11:39 PM
True.
Weight of Glory on June 15, 2009 at 11:40 PM
http://twitter.com/IranUltimatum
Obama is a real piece of work.
elduende on June 15, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Speak of the devils:
elduende on June 15, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Are the people in Iran as pissed at Obama as people in this country are for not helping them out?
B Man on June 15, 2009 at 11:42 PM
Wow! That was fast!
Weight of Glory on June 15, 2009 at 11:43 PM
elduende:
I want to know what the people in Iran are thinking about Obama right now.
Do they want us to keep the hell out like Obama says they want?
Or do they want us to do something?
B Man on June 15, 2009 at 11:45 PM
How about speaking for and on behalf of the people of the United States? What’s with all the me my I stuff?
MarkT on June 15, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Another thing: Are any of them mentioning Iraq?
B Man on June 15, 2009 at 11:47 PM
It’s Obama. What do you expect? Generation ME elected him.
B Man on June 15, 2009 at 11:48 PM
http://twitter.com/IranElection09
I wish I could read Farsi.
Hey whats up B-man. From the what I’ve seen on these twitter threads since Friday they are wondering where the US is? They also seem to have a big faith in Obama. They don’t know him like we do.
There was a report yesterday that there was a group of parents gathered at some central Police station yesterday and despairing that Obama has not shown up and their kids are dying and disappearing for nothing. pretty shocking and heartbreaking stuff…
Haven’t seen any references to Iraq.
elduende on June 15, 2009 at 11:52 PM
It’s Obama. What do you expect? Generation
MEstupid elected him.B Man on June 15, 2009 at 11:48 PM
There we go.
Libertarian Joseph on June 15, 2009 at 11:54 PM
One more on Lebanese Hezbollah in Tehran:
http://twitter.com/IranElection09
elduende on June 15, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Elduende:
I’ve been so disturbed by this I’ve almost been depressed.
We could be helping to change the world for the better here and Obama…at the end of his statement today he looked terrified at the press corps and said “ok?” like ‘is that enough?’
Good God these people need a Reagan. Then OBama says that if we did something it would only hurt things.
Way to be anti-american there, mr. president.
Obama is convinced that anything american does will be wrong and only hurt. He’s a true left wing nut in taht regard.
It doesn’t matter to him that the people in Iran WANT him to show leadership.
Even the BBC said Bush showed leadership and Obama hasn’t. The BBC.
The lack of leadership from Obama on this is like a gaping void.
B Man on June 16, 2009 at 12:02 AM
Thanks for the BBC article. The Bush smacks were great!
freeus on June 16, 2009 at 12:02 AM
Here’s one that does not bode well for the students. some may not think dying is worth installing someone that has been a part of the corrupt system…
If you look at some of the videos you see a few people screaming and a lot more watching or taking pictures…we’ll see who really wants to lay it on the line for the sake of Mousavi who is after all selected by the regime. How much change does he really represent?
elduende on June 16, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Wow! What a passionate defense of freedom. /sarc. Couldn’t watch more than 3 minutes of 0bama before nearly falling asleep.
Lou Budvis on June 16, 2009 at 12:04 AM
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