Iranian Election-Fraud (Day Seven):
[Q] - Obama's timid stance has been noted in Iran (http://
www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/06/mousavi_spokesman_smacks_obama.asp):
In an interview with the Washington Post's Foreign Policy blog, Mohsen
Makhmalbaf, described as Mir Hussein Mousavi's "external spokesman,"
had some sharp words for President Barack Obama's recent comments
about the demonstrations in Tehran. But Makhmalbaf also said some
things that could make it even more difficult for Obama to maintain
his passive, pro-stability approach to the ongoing struggle for power
in Iran.
FP: There has been growing criticism here in Washington that U.S.
President Barack Obama hasn't said or done enough to support those
demonstrating in the streets of Iran. Do you think Obama is being too
careful? Or even that he is helping Ahmadinejad by being cautious?
MM: Obama has said that there is no difference between Ahmadinejad
and Mousavi. Does he like it himself [when someone is] saying that
there is no difference between Obama and [George W.] Bush? Ahmadinejad
is the Bush of Iran. And Mousavi is the Obama of Iran.
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Ralph Peters feels that Obama's virtual silence is giving the green
light for the Mullahs to crack down (http://www.nypost.com/seven/
06182009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/
green_light_for_a_crackdown_174811.htm?page=0). He really lays into
Obama on this silence calling it "treachery":
"And our president is "troubled," but doesn't believe we should
"meddle" in Iran's internal affairs. (Meddling in Israel's domestic
affairs is just fine, though.)
We just turned our backs on freedom.
Again.
Link to all the above and more:
http://www.bermanpost.com/2009/06/iranian-election-fraud-riots-day-seven.html
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