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I like what George Will said this morning:
The president is being roundly criticized for insufficient, rhetorical support for what's going on over there. It seems to me foolish criticism. The people in the streets know full well what the American attitude toward the regime is, |
But do they, Obama has clearly said he wants to sit down with with the little Hitler with no preconditions, and he equated him with Moussavi saying there is no difference.
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John McCain and others went quite crazy insisting President Obama declare whose side America was on, as if the world doesn't know whose side America is on. 'In the cause of freedom, America cannot be neutral,' said Rep. Mike Pence. Who says it's neutral?
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It wasn't declaring a side, but a declaration of condemnation for the violence and our position that freedom of assembly and open and honest elections and freedom of speech are basic human rights.
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My view is that [B]it was very, very irresponsible for John McCain to say
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It's not about what McCain said, it's about what the leader of free world had not said.
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Anything that the United States says that puts us totally behind one of the contenders, behind Mousavi, would be a handicap for that person. And I think it’s the proper position to take that the people of Iran have to make that decision.
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No one has asked him to say he is for Mousavi, what we are for are basic human rights which are being stomped on in Iraq.
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Of course, we have to state our fundamental convictions of freedom of speech, free elections, and I don’t see how President Obama could say less than he has
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I agree saying less than nothing is pretty hard to do.
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, and even that is considered intolerable meddling.
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How come the left always supports the criticism other countries lay on us but oppose us stating our views?
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Plenty of people on the right (the ones who aren't stooping to take easy cheap shots against the President) are able to see that Obama is handling this correctly. For others, though, the chance to demagogue and grandstand this issue is just too hard to pass up.
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And many believe the leader of the free world should lead. Who else is going to do it?
06-22-2009, 12:06 AM
Re: Obama Erases Pro-Democracy Money for Iran
Yeah right, bud.
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