Comments on: “All states have the right to urge Iran to respect human rights”

By: It’s How They Do « Hungry Hungry Hippos

It’s How They Do « Hungry Hungry Hippos — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:15:13 +0000

[...] intervention in Iranian electoral politics is, which means Victor David Hanson and like-minded conservatives are urging Obama to take a principled stand by playing directly into the hands of the Iranian [...]

By: ColdWarrior57

ColdWarrior57 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:41:31 +0000

Well , at the risk of sounding like a NUTBAR.
Obummer cannot call into quesion the Iranian elections.
He has no standing, if he opens that can of worms,
that will reopen the birth certificate issue all over again.

yea yea yea I know I am a NUTBAR , but it still makes me wonder if that is the reason.

By: Iranian Supreme Leader Blames Zionist Media for Uprising; Congress Introduces Resolution to Support Dissidents | The Great Illuminator

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:28:32 +0000

[...] is now doing what the Obama Administration has refused to do – openly support the Iranian dissidents in their [...]

By: shick

shick — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:14:46 +0000

His mettle has been tested and found wanting.

By: Dr. ZhivBlago

Dr. ZhivBlago — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:55:03 +0000

Unless the people of Iran join a UNION or ACORN, they just don’t warrant a response from obama.

TN Mom on June 18, 2009 at 9:20 PM

But, remember Lech Walesa and the Solidarity labor movement in Poland.

To say that all unions are corrupt is like saying all police take the billy club to those they apprehend because a few do.

Still, I agree with your assertion. A lot of these unions got too big for their britches long ago. Hopefully the rank and file will decide which they want more-jobs or to support highly paid union officials. Come to think of it, we as a population face a similar situation with our political leaders.

By: darktood

darktood — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:18:12 +0000

How dare they stand up to a fellow evil dictator. – Obama

By: Dr. ZhivBlago

Dr. ZhivBlago — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:35:29 +0000

of course, why come out against something you’re not against?

BobH on June 18, 2009 at 3:59 PM

Bingo!

By: TN Mom

TN Mom — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:20:43 +0000

President TelePrompter didn’t have a problem standing up for the Union firefighters the other day; He dissed the annual U.S. Conference of Mayors because a UNION set a picket line at the conference. NO ONE from the White House showed up. Imagine, during the worst financial crisis since the 1930’s, the mayors got nothing.

Unless the people of Iran join a UNION or ACORN, they just don’t warrant a response from obama.

By: TN Mom

TN Mom — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:14:59 +0000

I strongly recommend the president spend more time watching Fox and less time with NBC, ABC, CBS. Perhaps he will be much more informed about current international events.

This is, after all, not a game of political “I Won”. This is for keeps. For real.

On a brighter note: Barack Obama can’t say he inherited this from George Bush…

By: Acephalous

Acephalous — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:43:14 +0000

Conservatives would respect Obama more if he took a principled stand against a corrupt Iranian regime by doing its bidding….

The same conservatives who mere months ago applauded their candidate’s rendition of “Barbara Ann” are now criticizing Obama for refusing to meddle in internal Iranian affairs: “[He] has only a smidgen of a chance left to get on the right……

By: Conservatives would respect Obama more if he took a principled stand against a corrupt Iranian regime by doing its bidding. « The Edge of the American West

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:38:02 +0000

By: Speakup

Speakup — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:14 +0000

Like the rest of his ilk, so far as Obama is concerned, the peace symbol is the footprint of the American chicken.

By: Liberty or Death

Liberty or Death — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:23:46 +0000

But several administration officials acknowledged that Mr. Obama might run the risk of coming across on the wrong side of history at a potentially transformative moment in Iran.

I basically said the same thing in a thread the other day…surely if I can understand the importance of this moment in history and the need for our president to do something (like lead!) then one would think Obambi would understand as well, however he won’t as his ego is too big for him to change tact because after all image is everything and he has to keep up the persona of being the all knowing, the end all, THE ONE!!

History will not be kind to Obambi on this matter for sure.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:19:54 +0000

the POS has more to say about fox news than he does about iran.

How utterly sad is that? Remember when America was a shining beacon of hope?

By: Mr Snuggle Bunny

Mr Snuggle Bunny — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:19:33 +0000

Robert Gibbs discusses the issue with reporters.

By: Disturb the Universe

Disturb the Universe — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:59:59 +0000

Hey, but the O takes a hard line on house flies! Doesn’t that count for something?
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By: homesickamerican

homesickamerican — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:51:49 +0000

the POS has more to say about fox news than he does about iran.

By: njcommuter

njcommuter — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:29:12 +0000

We capture a lot of AK-47s and ammo in various places. What if we smuggled some of it into Iran?

By: fpenza

fpenza — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:15:17 +0000

Some of the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in a time of moral crisis.

By: PappaMac

PappaMac — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:38:50 +0000

bloggless on June 18, 2009 at 5:18 PM

Without the TOTUS? Are you Crazy?

By: LifeTrek

LifeTrek — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:37:55 +0000

For two terms Ronald Reagan fought communism and in the first year of his successors term the Soviet Union fell because those policies were continued. For two terms George Bush fought the Axis of evil in in the first year of his successors term Iran fell into crisis but so far his successor has failed to show any will to continue those policies. Will Iran’s theocracy fall or be allowed to strengthen it’s hold? What could history have been!

By: Chaz706

Chaz706 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:29:05 +0000

“All states have the right to urge Iran to respect human rights”

Versus:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Methinks this is why the Iranian mullahs and islamofascists hate us.

By: gabriel sutherland

gabriel sutherland — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:26:41 +0000

Someone better tell John Kerry’s foreign policy team about this. They’re quite upset about “Conservatives” speaking out in favor of free and fair elections in Iran.

Les Gelb, Rand Beers, and Friends

These guys are also known as Council on Foreign Relations bigwigs.

The “realist” FP camp seems like a lonely bunch of nobodys right now.

By: Del Dolemonte

Del Dolemonte — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:24:11 +0000

Just saw the 2009 version of Fred Garvin, Jeanne-Claude Kerri, on Wolfie’s daily O’bama love fest. He defended Dear Leader.

BTW, I understand Jeanne-Claude served in Cambodia under President-elect Dick Nixon.

For our clueless college kid readers, Fred Garvin was a character created by the great Dan Aykroyd back when Saturday Night Live was actually funny…

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/fred-garvin-male-prostitute/278766/

By: maverick muse

maverick muse — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:19:29 +0000

Silence is legally interpreted as acceptance.

Obama WANTS Iran to remain as it was during his POTUS campaign mainly because he believes in the Supreme Leader Khameini and Ahmadinejad, that he can sell the USA to them for what he wants to be, Der Weltkaiser; but also because he absolutely has no CONTINGENCY diplomatic plan regarding a liberated Iran. A liberated Iran might resemble something of Iran during the 1960s, friendly with the West, destabilizing Obama’s owner’s power manipulation plots. That may be unlikely, the more likely scenario being that a liberated Iran wouldn’t need any arrangements with Obama pro or con the USA.