Video: U.S. ambassador to UN won’t say Iranian regime is illegitimate
posted at 4:05 pm on July 1, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Why won’t she say it? Because, and I quote, “The political situation in Iran is for the Iranians to work out internally.” Now, based on that statement alone, what’s the painfully obvious follow-up question? Right: Why that principle doesn’t also apply to Honduras. Reliable O-bot Andrea Mitchell never asks, of course, choosing to toss a softball instead about America’s defense of Zelaya to which Rice replies, amazingly, “A coup is a coup.” Well, no — the whole point of the double standard between Honduras and Iran is that a coup isn’t a coup when acknowledging it would force Obama into a confrontation he doesn’t want. In fact, Iran’s rigging of the election was a vastly more egregious coup than what went down in Honduras given the unified legislative, judicial, and military support for ousting Zelaya. The fact that she can sit here and make two statements like that with a straight face in the span of minutes is proof either of amazing cognitive dissonance or a willingness to lie bordering on the Orwellian. And based on the leaks coming out of the State Department about Hillary begging Obama to get tougher with Iran, it sounds like not everyone in the administration’s real happy about it.
Incidentally, amid possible photographic evidence of what a fraud the election was and Basij threats to have Mousavi arrested and prosecuted, not only Mousavi himself but fellow candidate Mehdi Karroubi are openly calling Ahmadinejad’s government “illegitimate”. Like it or not, The One’s going to end up having to pick a side here and siding with the regime simply isn’t viable politically. The only question is when he’ll throw in with Mousavi. Tick tock.
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Of course she won’t say anything – there’s no more room under the bus.
VibrioCocci on July 1, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Pre-signed ballots (all in the same handwriting) were shown on Itanian TV…and the BBC picked up on the obvious fraud. Our press? Not a wit.
coldwarrior on July 1, 2009 at 4:08 PM
The difference is that they didn’t kill any people in Honduras.
the_nile on July 1, 2009 at 4:08 PM
“I choose “bordering on the Orwellian” for $200, Allah.”
VibrioCocci on July 1, 2009 at 4:09 PM
When you start missing the strong, well-crafted diplomacy(/) of the goddam Clinton Administration something is seriously wrong.
fiatboomer on July 1, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Our foreign policy is an embarassment.
myrenovations on July 1, 2009 at 4:09 PM
“How else do you get the dead to vote.” ACORN.
the_nile on July 1, 2009 at 4:09 PM
It’s scary when even the commenters on HuffPo will point this out. Doesn’t Arianna screen these people?
VibrioCocci on July 1, 2009 at 4:10 PM
I choose option #2.
It’s kind of funny how the word “Orwellian” keeps popping up when discussion Dear Leader’s administration’s pronouncements. Funny in a sick to your stomach kind of way.
rbj on July 1, 2009 at 4:10 PM
If the 2012 GOP nominee can’t kick Obarfa’s a$$ all over the place on foreign policy, they’re not qualified for anything. What a disaster this administration is for us and for our allies – and what a fcuking gift for our enemies.
fiatboomer on July 1, 2009 at 4:11 PM
…a willing suspension of disbelief????
ladyingray on July 1, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Rice is a typical Marxist.
RobCon on July 1, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Remember when Rush said that he has sympathies for authoritarians? First he fails to meddle on behalf of the protesters of fascism. Now, it’s immediate intervention into the Honduras situation siding with this shady character. The Obama Doctrine is quite interesting.
V15J on July 1, 2009 at 4:12 PM
myrenovations on July 1, 2009 at 4:09 PM
What foreign policy?
The only foreign policy I’ve seen is letting rogue nations do as they wish and advocating for thugs.
Interesting what a worldview where everything the US has done is wrong gets you.
catmman on July 1, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Right now, Eric Arthur Blair is spinning in his grave, trying to get out to shout at the top of his lungs, “Dammit, people, I told you this already!! This is what happens when liberalism goes unchecked!!!” 1984 is now!! Dammit!!”
coldwarrior on July 1, 2009 at 4:13 PM
I thought the U.N. was irrelevant to conservatives. Oh yeah thats right, unless there is an opportunity to rip somebody you disagree with. Petty, just petty.
Terry Silver on July 1, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Obama is evil, as simple as that
jp on July 1, 2009 at 4:14 PM
You’re not that far from the truth.
Google Obama Orwellian and see how many results you get. (Hint: more than 1 million)
VibrioCocci on July 1, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Wow Condi made it look so easy SMILE
Dr Evil on July 1, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Rice is moron and a dangerous idiot. But she is just one small part of the America-hating junta in Washington, all of which has to go and its members prosecuted and held to account – very, very harshly.
progressoverpeace on July 1, 2009 at 4:15 PM
don’t forget his rushing to condem Tiller’s killer, while ignoring the Jihadi who killed his troops in Arkansas the very next day.
The guy sides with Evil, one way or an other, as a matter of instinct every time
jp on July 1, 2009 at 4:15 PM
did Rome ever have self/country-hating rulers?
jp on July 1, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Hussein hearts Ahmadinejad.
christene on July 1, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Allah, I don’t know is COI operating inside Iran yet?
Dr Evil on July 1, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Probably because you wingnuts keep repeating the same tired talking points.
Terry Silver on July 1, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Monty, I’m going to choose the box where the lovely Carol Merrill is standing.
Oh! “The UN Ambassador is just a stupid puppet, and doesn’t actually know the difference between the election in Iran and the removal of the would-be dictator in Honduras”, well, good luck with that, Jaibones!
Jaibones on July 1, 2009 at 4:17 PM
The U.N. is a wonderful organization and I’m sure this delightful young lady will do a great job representing us.
Jeff from WI on July 1, 2009 at 4:17 PM
BobH on July 1, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Of course it’s not!
But Bush was “selected” not “elected.”
Never forget that.
mankai on July 1, 2009 at 4:19 PM
“The political situation in Iran is for the Iranians to work out internally.”
Translated – We don’t care how many of their own people they beat and kill and we don’t care that they are killing our troops in Iraq.
Bambi wants a photo op and a farce of a negotiating session.
Worthless, stupid woman working for an incompetent and corrupt “administration”, what else do you expect?
NoDonkey on July 1, 2009 at 4:20 PM
It’s both. She’s lying, and she doesnt’ know diddly squat.
SouthernGent on July 1, 2009 at 4:20 PM
These situations were exactly what Mustache Bolton was born for. It was his destiny. If only Iran had done this a year ago, they would have had a friend in high places. Instead they have the Windsock from Honolulu.
portlandon on July 1, 2009 at 4:20 PM
The UN sucks.
But it’s suckage is nothing compared to the hundreds of foreign policy “experts” in the Obama administration.
myrenovations on July 1, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Yes, Terry, everything that somehow disagrees with O’Bonehead’s Daily Spin is a “talking point”. Remarkable how a group of blog commenters that don’t know each other’s names somehow come up with the same observations like this.
Jaibones on July 1, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Oy. I don’t even know what to say anymore. This is stupid beyond belief.
progressoverpeace on July 1, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Hey, you stole my “talking point”. How did you do that?!
Jaibones on July 1, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Was it BobH who first said “brevity is the soul of wit”?
Jaibones on July 1, 2009 at 4:24 PM
What kind of siding? Aluminum, steel, or vinyl?
Jeff from WI on July 1, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Shhh! Don’t tell Troll-y about our Wingnut-o-list meetings.
VibrioCocci on July 1, 2009 at 4:25 PM
It’s because of bull sh!t like this that the UN is irrelevant. Are we supposed to stop building our case, just because we already know that and you don’t?
No one missed that you didn’t even bother defending her.
Esthier on July 1, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Barack, Mahmoud, Hugo and Manuel – The Four Birds of a Feather Amigos!
MB4 on July 1, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Ok,Jeff from WI has the oddest comments on all the threads. He told someone on another thread to watch their language because of sensitive types on HA. The chastised comment said “pissed off”. He things the SCOTUS nominee will do a wonderful job and that the UN is great. ???????
Cindy Munford on July 1, 2009 at 4:25 PM
We can’t be dimissive or derisive and for heaven sakes we mustn’t meddle. Unless it’s screwing the Jews or backing latin tyrants, or screwing the Brits, and letting terrorists roam free. Welcome to USSA.
Kuffar on July 1, 2009 at 4:27 PM
If, as some on the left would say that the adults are in charge now, I sure as hell wish the kids would take charge back from these complete morons. We might actually get something done for the betterment of this country.
Torch on July 1, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Does Obama hate black people? It seems like a lot of his appointees are half white.
Jaibones on July 1, 2009 at 4:28 PM
^This
Daggett on July 1, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Affirmative Action Administration
txag92 on July 1, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Cindy Munford on July 1, 2009 at 4:25 PM
He was sent to Blog Sensitivity Training and they did something to his testicles.
myrenovations on July 1, 2009 at 4:30 PM
It’s the US ambassador. Maybe you missed that. And maybe you missed the cognitive dissonance as well.
lorien1973 on July 1, 2009 at 4:30 PM
These so called “experts” are trying to learn all they can about the UN. Give them time.
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Geronimo on July 1, 2009 at 4:31 PM
I can just look at the picture and tell she’s a lesbian. I haven’t even watched the video and I can tell. NOT that there’s anything wrong with being a lesbian.
SouthernGent on July 1, 2009 at 4:32 PM
But inviting them to Independence Day BBQ’s was politically viable? Even after they were seen beating the cr@p out of the protesters (the ones they didn’t haul away in the dark)?
How many times do we have to hear you opine about what is “politically viable” to the Traitor-in-Chief? Who would have thought that running around the world declaring how awfula nd nasty the US was would be “politically viable”?
Try and use your brain, man. Please. Pretty please. I beg you.
progressoverpeace on July 1, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Isn’t this ambassador one of machelles’ & ogabes’ personal friends from back in the day, with zero experience in foreign relations? That would make her yet another inept crack pot, capable of uttering any obot blather points without blinking or thinking – lying comes natural to the lizard tribe.
Ris4victory on July 1, 2009 at 4:32 PM
You’ve located a policy? Please do tell….
R Square on July 1, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Now you’ve made me google her name with “nude”. Dammit.
lorien1973 on July 1, 2009 at 4:33 PM
We may not survive Obama and his merry band of Marxist fools.
rplat on July 1, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Good to know, how very boring for him on every possible level.
Cindy Munford on July 1, 2009 at 4:34 PM
The UN is not irrelevant. It is a sinister, vicious, dangerous organization that threatens civilization. No empowered, peerless, competitionless entity is irrelevant. They are highly DANGEROUS.
Don’t downplay the threat posed by the UN by calling it “irrelevant”.
progressoverpeace on July 1, 2009 at 4:34 PM
LMAO.
Jaibones on July 1, 2009 at 4:35 PM
present
rob verdi on July 1, 2009 at 4:35 PM
He’s already picked a side. Is it politically viable? That depends on whether anyone who voted for him actually believed that he would be able to talk the mullahs out of their nuclear weapons program. Or cares whether he does or not, as long as he doesn’t take military action against them.
My own thinking on this is that he may actually think he can sweet talk them, but if he doesn’t as long as ‘negotiations’ followed by ’sanctions’ drag on long enough to make an Iranian nuclear weapons program a fait accompli the world will just have to learn with it. And if Israel dies by it, well that solves one problem for him, doesn’t it.
ProfessorMiao on July 1, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Hypocrites.
Terrye on July 1, 2009 at 4:35 PM
That is so wrong.
Jaibones on July 1, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Please. Look at the leftists on your own site. They are all totally stoked that Obama has supported dinnerjacket and sided with Chavez in Honduras.
lorien1973 on July 1, 2009 at 4:36 PM
This woman is an embarrassment.
D2Boston on July 1, 2009 at 4:36 PM
I maintain that it is irrelevant, primarily because if the US backed out of it, it would lose its power. It’s only empowered so long as this country continues to empower it.
I do, however, agreed that it does a lot of harm.
Esthier on July 1, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Ahmadinejad is pulling his pants down and hanging the biggest BA at Obama’s Bus evah!
What’s a bus if you are a coward and won’t use it?
He’d put his own mother under it if it meant a few more votes, but he won’t drive over that maggot and the maggot knows it.
Oh, but the Hollow Man is not as hollow as we thought after he bravely denied him a hot dog visit for July 4th.
Sapwolf on July 1, 2009 at 4:38 PM
I believe there is a white paper floating around their offices that says “Dictators good. Freedom bad.”
That is the policy.
myrenovations on July 1, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Are Colonel Obama voters born that way or is it an acquired thing. ’cause anyone with a half functioning brain knew that when Iraq announced that Saddam got 95% of the vote …
Colonel Obama and his alegeded administration, including the illegal unConstitutional czars, is like watching a circus sideshow.
tarpon on July 1, 2009 at 4:39 PM
R Square nails it.
Jaibones on July 1, 2009 at 4:40 PM
When the State Department is begging you to get tougher on Iran…
TheUnrepentantGeek on July 1, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Offcamera: “Hey Andrea, what are doing tonight?”
Sapwolf on July 1, 2009 at 4:41 PM
MB4 on July 1, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Barack, Mahmoud, Hugo and Manuel – The Four Birds of a Feather Amigos!
Barack, Mahmoud, Hugo and Manuel – The Four
Birds of a Featherpoints in the axis of evil.There, fixed that for ya…
Ghostbuster on July 1, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Getting angry over this administration seems counterproductive. I’m trying hard to sit back and just laugh at the ineptitude, the corruption, and the chaos.
Jaibones on July 1, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Yeah…that really speaks volumes, doesn’t it?
ladyingray on July 1, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Sadly the reply was, “Getting naked with Allen Greenspan.”
myrenovations on July 1, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Er hem. “White papers” were determined to be indicative on cultural hegemony and post-colonial oppression. The term is now “rainbow paper” or “mosaic file.”
TheUnrepentantGeek on July 1, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Andrea Mitchell needs to go work for Entertainment Tonight. The only probing question she attempted was to get Rice to admit that there’s trouble in paradise with Hillary and Obama. She could have fit 10 more questions into that 6 minute interview instead of letting Rice ramble on with the talking points of the week.
sherry on July 1, 2009 at 4:43 PM
What does Andrea use to get that creamy complexion? An icepick?
Jaibones on July 1, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Castro, Obama, Chavez, Ortega, Achmadinejad: The COCOA-Puffs.
progressoverpeace on July 1, 2009 at 4:44 PM
There.
Jaibones on July 1, 2009 at 4:44 PM
This from the woman who was in tears after Jeremiah Wright’s performance before the National Press Club last year.
She can take her mid-Atlantic accent and shove it.
BuckeyeSam on July 1, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Colonel Obama
He does Chicken WRIGHT.
portlandon on July 1, 2009 at 4:44 PM
I can just look at the picture and tell she’s a lesbian. I haven’t even watched the video and I can tell. NOT that there’s anything wrong with being a lesbian.
SouthernGent on July 1, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Well, you know, being a lesbian means not having a family to worry about thus having plenty of time to screw everything up.
txag92 on July 1, 2009 at 4:45 PM
OOOoooooohhhhh!
Jaibones on July 1, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Jaibones on July 1, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Yes, much better.
myrenovations on July 1, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Susan Rice puts the rootword sound in “country”.
Laura in Maryland on July 1, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Allah, ya dumb ass, when you going to learn that The One can take BOTH SIDES of any issue and appear omniscient
to Obamabots like Andrea?
I think it plain as day now that the current administration will back any LEFTEST government over any democratic one.
GarandFan on July 1, 2009 at 4:46 PM
You are too funny! I thought it was an ad for Uncle Ben’s at first glance.
sherry on July 1, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Susan Rice … working hard to advance the global Marxist agenda.
darwin on July 1, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Why would she call the Iranian regime illegitimate? She’s still trying to get the correct address to send them Christmas cards.
No, not Ramadan cards. Christmas cards. She’s an Obama administration appointee.
hawksruleva on July 1, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Jeff,
here at HA, we put a ‘/sarc’ at the end to show sarcasm.
Just trying to help you out. Even trolls need mentors.
Sapwolf on July 1, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Will Hillary resign soon?
She is not accompanying Obama to Russia.
Disagrees with Obama on Iran; really dislikes the UN US ambassador….
The excuse will be complications from the broken elbow…
albill on July 1, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Right. And pushing an old woman in front of a moving bus is just as bad as pushing her out of the way of one.
Mike Honcho on July 1, 2009 at 4:52 PM
I disagree that Bama has to make a choice on Iran or that he will side with Mousavi. He will ignore the whole thing as much as he can and deal with whoever wins, which should be the mullahs.
Susan Rice is a disgrace to this country, just another one of Bama’s cadre of losers. It’s a requirement if they are to fullfill their mission.
Harry Schell on July 1, 2009 at 4:52 PM
It seems that the Chicago Way has been adopted big time in Iran. It would be embarrassing for BHO to criticize methods developed in his home town!
Annar on July 1, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Ouch.
Jaibones on July 1, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Without his properly functioning testicles, he cannot use a sarc tag.
myrenovations on July 1, 2009 at 4:54 PM
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