Obama and Iran
Republicans in congress and others are criticizing President Obama for not being more supportive of the protesters in Iran. But I think they’re forgetting, or ignoring the fact that he toes a very fine line.
Iran’s supreme leader has already blamed the U.S. and the west in general for fomenting the unrest that has led to the protests over the disputed election and even for causing the protests themselves. He doesn’t have much to base that claim on, but would if Obama jumps in as a cheerleader for the protest movement.
This is the Iranian peoples’ fight, not ours. It would only undermine and demean their bravery if Obama were to grandstand on Iran’s turmoil.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:15 am
LoL, Joe. This may be all the blog you need to post for awhile, the disagreements on this one can stack up indefinitely for weeks, maybe months.
I do think it’s ThEiR football game, if America runs out onto the field yelling and screaming the teams aren’t playing OuR way then it’s just gonna screw up the score and slow down the whole proceeding.
Besides as I’ve said before, a bit sarcastically, the Middle East IS following GWB’s example of Democracy now, the type we have been over there seeming to think we need to cram down their throats for “their own good”, well there it is! Probably right down to the same voting machines and methods that worked for our own international conscience and hero of democracy and patriotism himself to get his last 2 terms in.
They’ll get their change on their own, we did. America’s gotta focus more on America.