White House: Cairo speech inspired the Iran uprising
posted at 9:28 am on June 23, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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No, I’m really not kidding about this. The Washington Post has the story:
But Obama’s shades-of-gray approach rejects comparison to an era when Communist bloc dissidents had virtually no access to the Western media and the world was more neatly divided between a pair of superpowers, not complicated by the set of ambitious regional powers such as Iran that the Obama administration is seeking to manage.
Since taking office, Obama has argued that reclaiming America’s moral authority by ending torture and closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay provides essential diplomatic leverage to influence events in such strategic parts of the world as the Middle East and Central Asia. The speech he delivered to the Islamic world in Cairo eights days before the June 12 Iranian election sought to do that by providing what the president saw as an unvarnished accounting of U.S. policy in Iran, Iraq, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“We’re trying to promote a foreign policy that advances our interests, not that makes us feel good about ourselves,” said a senior administration official who, like others, declined to be identified, citing the sensitivity of the issue.
Obama’s approach to Iran, including his assertion that the unrest there represents a debate among Iranians unrelated to the United States, is an acknowledgment that a U.S. president’s words have a limited ability to alter foreign events in real time and could do more harm than good. 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 republic’s Islamic authority in its 30-year history.
This is the most despicable, self-serving, and arrogant spin I’ve seen yet from this White House, and that’s saying something. Obama gave a speech, and suddenly the people of Iran discovered that they’re being ruled by tyrants? Never mind that two weeks passed between the speech and the uprising, and that the very obvious trigger for the unrest was the incompetent manner in which the mullahs rigged the election for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Never mind the fact that this President took a full week to even sound like a watered-down Nicolas Sarkozy, let alone the leader of the free world.
This is very obviously an attempt at damage control. Obama has gotten hammered for staying behind the curve of Western leaders in the defense of liberty, freedom, and human rights. He has preferred to stay on the sidelines in the hope that silence will make the mullahs like him enough to grant him an audience, while Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, and the Brits slam the mullahcracy for its brutal treatment of political opposition. Now, suddenly, Obama wants to claim credit for getting their first with his Cairo speech — which had nothing to do with overthrowing mullahs, and in fact had only a passing mention of democracy as an official US policy in the Middle East.
On the grand scale of things, I’d say that the establishment of democracy in Iraq had more influence on the Iranians than anything Obama’s managed to say, and I wouldn’t go so far to make it a proximate cause, or much more than a tertiary influence, after the stolen election and decades of repression by the mullahs.
Besides, how impressed do you think Iranians are with Obama’s open invitation to the mullahs for a 4th of July BBQ? Think that inspires them to demand liberty?
Despicable, and shame on the Washington Post for not calling them on it.
Update: I meant to write two weeks, not two months, between the Cairo speech (6/4) and the uprising. It’s fixed.
Update II: Jim Geraghty makes a great point:
Remember how it was important to recognize that these protests in Iran were triggered by ordinary Iranians’ response to the election, and it was important for the U.S. government to be quiet, soft-spoken, and understated in its response to evolving events? Remember when the most important thing was that the Iranians, and the world, conclude that this uprising was generated entirely by internal sources?
Yeah, apparently that’s no longer the case.
So now can we get a full-throated cry of support for freedom and liberty from the supposed leader of the Free World?
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Pretty soon, this lying bastard of a president we have will take credit for turning water into wine at a wedding. If he hasn’t already. POS!
Torch on June 23, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Me too. Well, there’s one word. But it’s a bad word.
Rational Thought on June 23, 2009 at 10:20 AM
doriangrey
now we know what rahm dead fish never let a crissis go to waste emanual has been doing…..
SHARPTOOTH on June 23, 2009 at 10:20 AM
It could have been one of the other speeches on the Queen’s Ipod…
mjbrooks3 on June 23, 2009 at 10:20 AM
I can’t wait for the fall that’s surely coming.
SouthernGent on June 23, 2009 at 10:22 AM
This sums it up quite well.
The background attempts to float this bogus line out in the media to see how fast their shills like Matthews,huffington post,and olberman pick this up and run with it are obvious here.
liberals have shown time and again that it is not facts they are concerned about,just talking points perpetrated in a 24/7 media ritual to influence the uninformed masses.
I think this sums it up well also:
Iranian Protest Signs Warn Regime: “Do Not Forget What Happened to Saddam”
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/06/iranian-protesters-warn-regime-do-not.html
They are not referring to the Egypt speech there liberals, that is the overthrow of a genocidal tyrant that has inspired them along with their regimes repressive actions.
It is sad and pathetic to watch the Presidents administration have to peddle this propaganda because they have no real accomplishments to champion.
Baxter Greene on June 23, 2009 at 10:23 AM
No trolls here……that doesn’t bode well for Obama. They’d be all over this like stink on Obama if there was an inkling of credibility to it.
Patrick S on June 23, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Thanks. Can we roll that up and stuff it up the nose of the “senior administration official who, like others, declined to be identified, citing the sensitivity of the issue?”
scalleywag on June 23, 2009 at 10:24 AM
That is why Obama, Pelosi & Reid worked so hard to make Iraq a failure.
It did not fail (yet) but now with the Iranian situation it will make Obama’s job of sabotaging the Bush success in Iraq that much harder. We need to keep throwing up the quotes of Pelosi, Reid & Obama that painted Bush as a failed leader and his “surge” as a bad idea. Obama will not lift a finger to help Iran and is doing his level best to make sure the Iranian people fail – because you see if they can overthrow the mullahs then Obama has no one to blame but himself this time.
izoneguy on June 23, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Liars, wretched little weasels, that’s what they are.
scalleywag on June 23, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Yep. The HP Troll Index (HPTI) today was down 17 points. We should start tracking this like the Dow Jones.
angryed on June 23, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Yeah well, now that the protests can be deemed unsuccessful. that means since he didn’t have the stones to support the uprising he supposedly caused he’s now responsible for the aftermath of regime change failure.
Imagine Mr. President, now the retribution comes, the large numbers of political prisoners, torturing (the real kind) and secret executions, you’re now gladly taking credit for.
Liberals love taking others credit, they love the good intentions road to hell and they really, really love the consequences of causing the misery and death of failure.
Speakup on June 23, 2009 at 10:27 AM
The trolls are waiting for the sublimal messages sent to them during today’s press conference.
myrenovations on June 23, 2009 at 10:27 AM
We just have…and I will continue to do so…anyone know how the R.S.V.P. is going for the July 4th party at the White House? Have the mullahs responded?
Maybe the mullahs will have a huge blast at their pad instead? Maybe Obama can go visit them?
izoneguy on June 23, 2009 at 10:27 AM
So right!!!
Baxter Greene on June 23, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Poor guy just doesn’t get it. Too big a job for him, too big a World for him to comprehend.
3.5 more years, but before it’s over I suspect everything coming out of the White House will be comedic.
FireBlogger on June 23, 2009 at 10:28 AM
REALLY!!! Is there such a thing as a “senior administration official” in this administration?
From their behavior, I think the oldest must be about 14.
landlines on June 23, 2009 at 10:28 AM
So having “inspired” the uprising, Obama says……NOTHING!
Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.
GarandFan on June 23, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Wow, this thread started only an hour ago and there are over 200 comments already? This should break a thousand by lunchtime easy!
Del Dolemonte on June 23, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Disgusting.
hillbillyjim on June 23, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Yes, and let’s not forget the millions that Saddam tortured & excuted.
izoneguy on June 23, 2009 at 10:30 AM
So Obama does have his fingerprints all over this uprising?
So the Mullahs are right to blame Obama?
blink on June 23, 2009 at 10:30 AM
We’ve been inspired by Obama.
LibTired on June 23, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Exactly. If he’s already claiming credit for it, why not at least do something that will help?
Esthier on June 23, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Sad? It is an outrage. The filthy liar in the White House has spent our greatgrandkids into the poorhouse and is still out there trying to saddle the country with 1.5 TRILLION to fund socialized healthcare.
Fact of the matter is that had the filthy liar concentrated on one thing and put the “stimulus” money towards that one priority (say education) he might have accomplished something by the end of his administration. Instead he has squandered trillions and we are still going into double digit unemployment. For that fact alone, Obama should be drummed out of office with as much disgrace and humiliation as humanly possible.
highhopes on June 23, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Obamanation
ObaMacChimpy
Obamaclueless
Obamarrogant
Obamafool
Obamad
Obamaupid
You name he IS it!
Dale in Atlanta on June 23, 2009 at 10:32 AM
Neda dies, Obama lies.
T J Green on June 23, 2009 at 10:32 AM
FireBlogger on June 23, 2009 at 10:28 AM
PoorRedistribution guy just doesn’t get it. Too big a job for him, too big a World for him tocomprehend.crap on.3.5 more years, but before it’s over I suspect everything coming out of the White House will be
like the stuff from a backed up toilet.
izoneguy on June 23, 2009 at 10:32 AM
Blind arrogance tends to bring out the anger in people.
highhopes on June 23, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Let’s give them the benefit of the doubt. Let’s say that this is true and because Obama was born, Lebanon isn’t controlled by Hezbollah (completely), and the Uighers are great people. Let’s give them this. So now, don’t they get to own the death of every single protester? Their inaction and ice cream licking fun will not be forgotten.
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Considering Iran’s authoritarian control of all sources of their media, you really have to wonder how much, if any, of the Iranian demonstrators even watched or heard of the Obama Cairo teleprompter recital.
OxyCon on June 23, 2009 at 10:34 AM
http://www.cuial.com/frozen_turd.jpg
izoneguy on June 23, 2009 at 10:34 AM
The tea parties are because of Obama too. They need to claim that.
moonsbreath on June 23, 2009 at 10:34 AM
…and Sarkozy is coming on strong. Oh, the irony.
4Freedom on June 23, 2009 at 10:35 AM
What a joke. Did 0bama give the protestors a rallying cry like, “Ich bin ein Berliner,” “Evil Empire .. headed for the ash heap of history,” or “Tear down this wall” ? It’s hard to light the fire of Liberty in people’s hearts when the so-called leader of the Free World is busy apologizing for it.
Lou Budvis on June 23, 2009 at 10:35 AM
This is the first administration (and I’ve lived through a lot of them) where I myself would like to take to the streets and protest having a feckless rump for a leader and demand his removal.
scalleywag on June 23, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Excellent point!
scalleywag on June 23, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Thank you Ed for posting commentary like this.
I would go insane if there was not at least a few truth
tellers out there. It give you an small idea of what the Iranians must feel like when they are lied to constantly by PressTV(or as I call it, MSNBC East)
THANKS ED.
RobCon on June 23, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Is Obama’s taking credit for this uprising pathetic? Yes, to be sure, but one must also consider two things: 1) the character and judgment of those who continue to believe him, and 2) the idea that Obama may actually believe his own hype.
Send_Me on June 23, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Hehe
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Goofy looking Captain Big Ears fancies himself quite a statesman. hahahaha
jdflorida on June 23, 2009 at 10:38 AM
His true “community” organizing skills are coming into play.
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 10:38 AM
I think we will be able to protest without getting killed??
http://www.teapartyday.com/
izoneguy on June 23, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Obamaweasel is my 2 cents
scalleywag on June 23, 2009 at 10:38 AM
But if the election in Iran had given the top 2 candidates less than 50% of the vote, then there would have been a 2nd runoff election.
So would Obama claim that his speech caused that scenario, too?
What Obama’s people are now saying is that between the time the Iranians voted and the time it was known the vote was rigged – several hours, the students all pulled Obama’s speech read it, then decided to march in protest? LOL.
Granted I have not seen all the coverage, but I cannot recall one Iranian citing Obama’s Cairo speech as inspiration for their protests.
albill on June 23, 2009 at 10:39 AM
Obama: Only take credit for the rah-rah-rah… not the death-death-death that “America” was too busy golfing to care about…
Oh… Just so we know. Obama almost feels normal…
I’m sure Neda wishes she could golf…
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Look for the “red letter edition” of the teleprompter.
highhopes on June 23, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Well then, accordingly, Obummmer owns ALL the blowback from his speech.
bloviator on June 23, 2009 at 10:43 AM
With no press corps to hold them in check there is no stopping Obama and crew. They can and will say anything.
patrick neid on June 23, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Well, I’m old enough to remember Chicago in 1968.
http://images.google.com/images?q=chicago%201968&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
Are strong-arm tactics are not beneath this administration?
Would he call out the Guard? I’m not sure.
scalleywag on June 23, 2009 at 10:46 AM
If you are going to talk the talk, you’ve got to walk the walk. Taking credit for the acts of ordinary Iranians in confronting evil while treating with those performing the evil is certainly not walking the walk.
And supporting ACORN doubles down on the not-walk.
unclesmrgol on June 23, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Are strong-arm tactics beneath this administration?
fixed that
scalleywag on June 23, 2009 at 10:47 AM
No the TROLLS are ABC All Barack Channel.
dthorny on June 23, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Of course not. Face it, Obama is acting like the scum-sucking politician that he is. He and Hillary Clinton literally stood on the sidelines and refused to do anything about the situation when it would have mattered. Now, he wants it both ways because he didn’t tick off the regime and the protesters are not in a position to call him a liar. It is disgusting but I guarantee that he will at least allude to his being the inspiration for these riots when he gets up there at the press conference this afternoon.
Assuming the questions are not as rigged as usual (”how’s the puppy doing, “How is Michelle able to keep her arms so buff” etc.) it will be interesting to see how the press reacts today in the aftermath of a couple bad weeks for the filthy liar. Some of the gleam is off this presidency and perhaps a real question or two might leak through all the pandering.
highhopes on June 23, 2009 at 10:49 AM
I haven’t seen this sort of brazen BS spitting since Baghdad Bob in 1991.
There are no tanks. No…we still control the airport. Those aren’t US jets. What?? All is fine! Infidels will die…soon.
Thunderstorm129 on June 23, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Tehran Obama? Chief BS minister?
Thunderstorm129 on June 23, 2009 at 10:52 AM
How can Obama claim a speech sets off a revolution when in the very same place you gave the speech,they chastise Obama’s fence sitting position.
Egyptian Government Daily: The International Community’s Caution is Sending the Wrong Message to the Iranian Regime
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD241009
So let’s get this straight.
It is not the decades of brutality and oppression.
It is not the continued failed economy.
It is not the march to war with the constant call of acquiring a nuclear bomb while their own people are starving and without work.
It is not the brutality inflicted on women for merely showing their faces in public or the other oppressive actions inflicted on women through their religious fundamentalism.
It is not the stealing of a national election.
It is not the taking down of the terrorist regime in neighboring Iraq and installing democratic representation.
None of these had anything to do with triggering a revolution in Iran.
It was Obama giving a fence sitting speech that inspired this.
Only an ignorant,uniformed,fool could by this liberal drivel.
Well someone needs to get some of the leading voices in Iran the memo,because they don’t see things the way Pravda west is trying to portray to them:
Iranian Hero & Leading Activist Ahmad Batebi On Obama: “His Lack of Response Will Not Be Regarded Kindly” (Audio-Video)
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/06/iranian-hero-leading-activist-ahmad.html
Here is Batebi on Obama:
“His (Obama) lack of response will not be regarded lightly. We will watch for how much his response will help the people or the regime. We will know more this week… Obama can hold talks with the regime in Iran if he wants. Is it morally correct for Obama to support the regime? Does he actually believe the people of Iran will appreciate that? The social movement requires support. If the world really wants the advent of terrorism to disappear in the Middle East, if they want peace with the Palestinians and Israel, if they want nuclear techhology to be developed for peaceful things and not nuclear weapons… They only need to support the people of Iran right now. This regime has the most dangerous of ideologies. They’re killing the opposition.
Yea,he sounds reeeeeeeeeeeeeal inspired by Obama
Noted Iranian Activist Kianoosh Sanjari: “The People of Iran Will Not Forgive Obama For Siding With the Regime” (Audio-Video)
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/06/iranian-hero-human-rights-activist.html
Still not seeing the part where they say,”Thank Allah for Obama or we would never have taken to the streets”.
From some of the twitter messages,it looks like the Iranians were looking for real leadership from America,not
political opportunist.
8:56 update: More from relatives in Tehran (6/14/09):
>
.
I believe Obama’s was to busy eating ice cream and playing golf to be there for the people in the streets of Iran.
Baxter Greene on June 23, 2009 at 10:53 AM
F*** You, Barack Obama.
bluelightbrigade on June 23, 2009 at 10:54 AM
We talking about Michelle Obama’s arms yet again? :0
Seriously, Obama has not had a good run since the last
panderfestPress conference. The economy is not responding to those trillions of squandered tax dollars. The public is angry that Obama refused to engage on Iran, his first unscripted foreign policy situation. Even the White House admits that unemployment is going to hit double digits…. Pretty soon Michelle Obama will have to go topless instead of just sleeveless to distract from holding the filthy liar in the White House accountable for all his bad stewardship.
highhopes on June 23, 2009 at 10:54 AM
So Obama DID interfere with Iran’s internal policies, by inciting the youth to protest? And then distanced himself from those protests?
That would seem to be the White House position.
hawksruleva on June 23, 2009 at 10:55 AM
To be fair, it’s Obama “Advisors” who are purportedly rewarding the Cairo speech with credit…
probably the same idiots who wrote the speech patting each others backsides. They all fancy themselves on the TV show West Wing…
max1 on June 23, 2009 at 10:56 AM
With all these articles giving Obama credit for the protesters, it could also backfire. God forbid the protesters don’t succeed, you can’t go back and take back the credit they are heaping on Obama for starting this.
moonsbreath on June 23, 2009 at 10:56 AM
How about Irani Obami- Chief Foreign Propagandist for the regime that thinks nothing about shooting young girls for peacefully demonstrating.
highhopes on June 23, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Obama was vocally citing his Cairo speech on election day in Iran. He also took the opportunity to claim credit for the election results in Lebanon, so this is no surprise.
The fact that he hastily spoke out (not written statement or via a spokesman) before the polls closed, giving not a hint that anyone should anticipate possible voting malfeasance by Iranian leaders (when average citizens like me sat aghast hearing him speak and thought exactly that was the likely outcome) and crowed about himself in his usual framing of how “finally NOW” that he had spoken things would be set aright is why his subsequent silence was so despicable and not matter how much spin is given, gives the lie to the claims that he seeks a thoughtful stance of non-interference (there’s other evidence demonstrating this outrageous lie, too, including this advisors on background story).
No, this credit claim is no surprise whatsoever but all too predictable.
KittyLowrey on June 23, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Un-freaking-believable. There is not a cosmic event that this man is not willing to take credit for. Though naturally he’ll take none of the blame for anything.
evergreen on June 23, 2009 at 10:58 AM
This doesn’t surprise me in the least. He has to be one of the most self-centered SOB’s in the world.
brdchris1 on June 23, 2009 at 10:59 AM
I think they know their collective ass is Fresh Mowed Bermuda on Iran, so they send some underling out to whisper this to WaPo. If it has legs, God hisownsef jumps up on stage and sucks up the adulation. If it sinks like the turd that it truly is, O disavows any association with this POSition.
Patrick S on June 23, 2009 at 11:00 AM
There is no point in being fair to this administration. If there was fairness, they would take their share of the blame too instead of crediting all success to the filthy liar in the White House and placing all the blame on others.
It’s funny you mention The West Wing. First couple seasons the show was well-written and then they decided to go liberal in a big way. The part that infurated me most was that the script was filled with fake statistics about various social issues. In other words they made numbers up to fit the storyline. That is precisely what the filthy liar and his henchmen are doing in real life.
highhopes on June 23, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Yes.
These are the same people that were tortured,raped,and murdered(some with WMD) that the liberals say don’t matter.
Unlike Rwanda and Darfur,the genocide in Iraq was stopped thanks to the American Soldier and President Bush.
Baxter Greene on June 23, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Before you shoot me down, its quite possible Obama’s claims are true.
First off, I’m a Brit, and I would like to think that the American President still has the power to change events in the wider world. Come on guys, get behind him – he’s still your President!
Nothing happens in a vacuum. Obama’s speech, while deeply humiliating to US ears, was exactly the sort of theing the Iranian leadership fears. By making Americans seem humble, Obama’s speech also made them also seem human. I can’t imagine Satan apologising, let alone a ‘Great Satan.’ And so Iranians no longer had a wicked bogeyman to blame.
On its own I don’t think the speech did much, but American humility combined with the arrogance of vote rigging was a perfect storm against the Iranian political elite.
I know that Obama seemed to be almost debasing America in his speech, but if it did only a small thing to bring down the walls of the Iranian elite, it may have been worth it.
That doesn’t mean damning his own nation was a brave thing to do. Nor do I feel that he had any idea that Iran was about to fall. But I’d rather believe some good came of the speech.
Come on guys – you shouldn’t need a Brit to stand up for your President when something finally goes right in the world.
dcpolwarth on June 23, 2009 at 11:02 AM
From unnamed source in the White House:
President Obama, fresh off of learning that he holds a previously unknown super-power now being dubbed “the voice of god” by close aides, has immediately made plans to give a speech on China and then North Korea in the next few hours. Expecting there to be an uprising similar to the one in Iran, the President felt it was his duty to give the hastily prepared speech as soon as possible. It was President Obama’s recent speech in Cairo which immediately set off a wave of protests in Iran two weeks later when a rigged election was held in that country.
President Obama expects immediate results in two weeks when he mentions Chinese food and North Korean clock radios.
more to follow…
Thunderstorm129 on June 23, 2009 at 11:03 AM
I think in addition to the Obamateurism of the day, we need a bs o’meter of the day since every day seems to start with another lie from the administration.
and sorry for the kos link, but this is
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/11/27/18204/164
scalleywag on June 23, 2009 at 11:04 AM
and he’ll address Cuba next week.
scalleywag on June 23, 2009 at 11:05 AM
You. Have. To. Be. Fing. Kidding. Me.
dcpolwarth, you can have him, you guys are leaderless to begin with.
thebrokenrattle on June 23, 2009 at 11:06 AM
The White House now claims that Obama’s Cairo speech prompted the protests in Iran!
Now how will White House Toady in Chief Andrew Sullivan justify Obama’s silence on Iran, when the White House is claiming they inspired the whole dissent process in Iran?
Somehow love will find a way.
Andrew Sullivan is to Barack Obama as Kathryn Jean Lopez is to Mitt Romney. The only difference is K-Lo is less fauning and less of a 12 year old girl with a crush.
Mr. Joe on June 23, 2009 at 11:06 AM
At this rate, he’ll have the world fixed by weeks end! Yay!! Whew…I was wondering if the world could be brought back from the brink of destruction! Thank
godObama for Obama!What a wanker.
Thunderstorm129 on June 23, 2009 at 11:07 AM
dcpolworth, I didn’t know they served Obama kool-aid over there, too
brdchris1 on June 23, 2009 at 11:09 AM
Yea, I’ll remember that when all our troops come home and he congratulates himself for liberating Iraq. This is not a first from the administration, it’s a pattern.
scalleywag on June 23, 2009 at 11:09 AM
The only thought that speech inspired in freedom loving loving young Iranians was “oh crap, we’re on our own.” Which makes their bravery all the more profound.
batterup on June 23, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Here is an article from election day in Iran:
KittyLowrey on June 23, 2009 at 11:10 AM
So you’re saying the protesters hoped for a weaker America when they chose to rise up against Ahmadinejad? If I were in the streets, I’d much rather have a strong America threatening him from one side, while I stood up for my rights on his other side.
hawksruleva on June 23, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Are you one of those chaps that thinks:
1) Birth rates in the EU are declining.
2) Stork populations are waning in the EU.
3) Storks deliver babies.
Pip pip.
Patrick S on June 23, 2009 at 11:10 AM
The dam# speech was not even broadcast in Iran:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/04/obama-cairo-speech-video_n_211210.html
This supposed great speech issued “no” new foreign policies
positions concerning the Middle East:
This is not some right wing reporting,it is from the huffington post.
So a speech that still issues support for Israel,
provides no new Middle East Policies,
and was not even broadcast in Iran started their revolution.
Complete and utter bullsh!t!!!
Baxter Greene on June 23, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Obama has shown himself to not only be a great orater, he can give a speech 2 weeks in advance of an event, knowing the event will take place and knowing the outcome of the event. The teleprompter is used only as a tool to keep him rooted in the current time and place. I wonder if he knows what we think of him!
fourdeucer on June 23, 2009 at 11:14 AM
dcpolwarth on June 23, 2009 at 11:02 AM
Truth is, THE ONE’s speech had nothing to do with the uprising. He was doing what he does best, opening his mouth to hear his own greatness. There would have been protests in Iran regardless of whether Mr. Blowhard had made his life-changing Cairo speech or not.
brdchris1 on June 23, 2009 at 11:14 AM
If his Cairo speech instigated the revolution, why didn’t he repeat it?
Bevan on June 23, 2009 at 11:14 AM
“I meant to do that.”
Pee-Wee Herman
Sapwolf on June 23, 2009 at 11:15 AM
in other news…
President Obama’s Chief Technology Officer has set up a new website for President Obama. The website, www,iamtheoneiwaswaitingfor.gov will be accepting speech requests for President Obama to make in light of the recent discovery that President Obama can make anything happen with his eloquence. For a small donation of 1, 5, 10, 20 or more dollars, President Obama will consider your speech request and weigh it’s collective value against the rest of his
empirekingdomEarthly Realm.Thunderstorm129 on June 23, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Don,t know if it,s true but A.P. is reporting that Obama will walk on water and feed all the homeless in D.C. with 12 fish and three loafs of bread.Now if Iran ever attacks the Jews he can part the red sea and lead them to the new promise land. What a guy.
thmcbb on June 23, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Thunderstorm, please issue a warning before posting stuff like that…I’m busy cleaning coffee from the monitor!
brdchris1 on June 23, 2009 at 11:17 AM
“I meant to do that.”
Pee-Wee Herman
Sapwolf on June 23, 2009 at 11:15 AM
or
“I didn’t do it.”
Bart Simpson
max1 on June 23, 2009 at 11:17 AM
This may have already been asked, but if Obama is responsible for the uprising, does that mean he is also responsible for the deaths of the protestors? Just askin’
Mr_Magoo on June 23, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Barry needs to find a way to spin Iran to his advantage. Because these protests were not anticipated by him. Things are going as he planned. He envisioned himself being able to smooth talk a tyrant into getting rid of their nuclear weapons. He had no plan on the possibility of having to deal with someone other than Ahamadickinajar. So, now he has to conjure up Plan B and be able to say “See! This what is what I knew would happen”
Fed45 on June 23, 2009 at 11:17 AM
But, but, I thought THE ONE was all-powerful and all-knowing! Doesn’t he already know the end of this!?!
brdchris1 on June 23, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Good job! Ed should include this above as it makes the claim even more pitiful.
moonsbreath on June 23, 2009 at 11:19 AM
IOU:
one paper towel. :)
Thunderstorm129 on June 23, 2009 at 11:20 AM
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