Obviously,
this is why the oppressed of the world look to the United States for inspiration.
Eleven days later, President Obama issues a statement condemning the "unjust violence" in the aftermath of the elections in Iran. Surely you jest (I never, and don't call me Shirley...)
Is this supposed to pass as President Obama's "Mr Gorbechev, tear down this wall" moment?
Iran is, and has been since 1979, a brutal dictatorship run by the mullahs. This is a country that stones women for the crime of being raped. This is a country that has differing penalties for murder depending on the religion of the victim. This is a country that seeks the means to destroy Israel. To say Iran and unjust in the same sentence is to repeat oneself.
The Islamic Republic was founded on an act of war against the United States. Since that time, Iran has sponsored, supported, and trained terrorists who have targeted the United States and her allies. Iran has kidnapped British service members and members of foreign media, including a former Miss North Dakota (released this year), and other foreign citizens.
The Islamic Republic is a nation without any legitimacy. It is a terrorist state.
The best that our President can come up with is "...strongly condemn..." eleven days after the violence began? There is a line between discretion and wanting to avoid inflaming the situation, and unmitigated cowardice. Our Administration has fallen on the wrong side of that divide.
1) The man defeated by Ahmadinejad is no different than Ahmadinejad, merely more outwardly palatable.
2) Either way, the President of Iran does not wipe his arse without the approval of the mullahs.
3) The Administration has spent far too much time in a pointless attempt to placate the mullahs, and in so doing has legitimated the heinous regime. This has led to the current feeble attempt to behave as though "unjust violence" was unforeseeable.
The Islamic Republic is an enemy state. The Islamic Republic is illegitimate and irresponsible. It is not the United States that needs to change in order for relations to improve with Iran; it is Iran. It is long past time that the Administration recognizes this.