“That’s because Kissinger is generally a conservative and a realist, but mostly conservative.”

Realism, thy name is Kissinger! He’s no conservative.

“Kissinger told the Fox News host that a change from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Mirhossein Mousavi would bring only minimal change in policy, but more change in tone instead.”

Minimal change in policy, yes. Working within the existing system, yes. But if he manages to oust Ahmadinejad, it will be a big win for democracy, not just a tremor. If dissidents are not being disappeared in the middle of the night, and women not being abused on the streets for appearing without chadors, and gays not being hung from cranes, we’re talking about a whole lot more than a change in tone.

coldwarrior on June 18, 2009 at 9:39 AM

Very much agree. This gives me hope for the Iranian people.

Maybe Sura 19:27-28?

Which declares that Jesus’s mother Mary was the sister (or daughter) of Moses’s brother Aaron.

Who would have been about 800-900 years old by then.

Oops! So much for the “perfect” Koran.

Maybe Obama should try “Common Sense” instead.

Get rid of MousaviOBAMA too, and get rid of the mullahocracyOdumbocracy entirely.

rbj on June 18, 2009 at 10:19 AM

FIFY

This guy drank boatloads of kool-aid too.

promachus on June 18, 2009 at 9:47 AM

I thought you were talking about True_King for a second there.

Maybe they did 20 or 30 years ago but that seems to gone away at some point.

TheBigOldDog on June 18, 2009 at 9:46 AM

The Iran/Iraq war seems to have done a lot of the damage.
Loosing an entire generation for nothing, does that.

He goes by the name starfleet_dude.

Which is odd because I thought Kissenger was much smarter than a lot of his posts here.

ladyingray on June 18, 2009 at 9:59 AM

Great orator. Good one.

His primary goal–above everything else–is to remake American society and culture into the long-hoped-for socialist utopia.

Now, he doesn’t want to do anything stupid in foreign policy, because that could affect him politically at home and make it harder to implement his agenda. So, foreign-policy-wise, he’ll do what it takes to avoid that.

Like continuing many, if not most, of Bush’s War On Terror policies. And staying out of the current Iranian situation as much as possible.

The progressive/lefty/Marxist moment in the US is finally at hand, and Obama isn’t going to let any overseas unpleasantness get in the way.

Consider this, though: http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/2009/06/17/so-now-whats-going-on-in-iran/

Perhaps overly optimistic, but Mousavi may not be the same man he was a week ago.

pifactorial on June 18, 2009 at 9:58 AM

I think that Ledeen’s point about Mousavi taking a lot of personal risk here was a good one. He, his top supporters, and his family will likely pay dearly for this if the regime doesn’t topple.

Hail to the Victors

A Special Message to the People of Iran

By Barack Obama
President of the United States

Greetings. As president of United States — or, if you prefer, the Great Satan — I have have been following with keen interest the vigorous post-election debate and vibrant political dialogue which has been taking place in your great and noble Islamic Republic of Iran over recent days. It has been both educational and fascinating, and as a sports fan I have thrilled to the pageantry, the suspense, and the fast-paced, hard-hitting action…

Saying what needs to be said
/iranisarc

Obama cannot wait. He is in a big hurry. This election mess is getting in the way of his plans.

myrenovations on June 18, 2009 at 10:11 AM

We will have to keep messing up Obummers plans. We don’t like his plans.

Should have been a gallon of milk or calcium fortified orange juice.

WashJeff on June 18, 2009 at 10:00 AM

The White House is going to have to switch to Calcium tablets for the weekly Obama Communion.

Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho The Ayatollahs Have To Go!!!

Hillary lost.

albill on June 18, 2009 at 10:06 AM

Get outta here with that, she’d kick his pansy ass back to Chitown, I’m not buying it.

She probably broke it falling off a bar stool, her career is pretty much in the toliet at this point.

If these demonstrations bring down the whole mullah organization in Iran it will take a really long time to sort out the mess and create a new sysytem of government. It will be a long time before they can come to a table with Obama. There is a chance that the people who then come to that table will be reasonable, thus defeating the lefty dream of talking to irrational dictators.

Obama cannot wait. He is in a big hurry. This election mess is getting in the way of his plans.