Jack and Fred, The issue is based on a false argument. There has been no individual that I am aware of, that has criticized President Obama and the Obama Administration for "get[ting] involved in the politics of adversarial countries"; or "criticizing Obama for not meddling in this thing". Any thinking American, from both sides of the aisle would be foolish to advocate that our government get involved in Iranian domestic politics.
Where there was criticism, and where there was controversy, was that President Obama, and the Obama Administration was saying nothing, when clearly, the Iranian government was killing folks that were protesting in the streets. Our current Obama Administration had LITERALLY invited the current Iranian regime over for hotdogs and hamburgers to any American Embassy in the world, for the 4th of July. President Obama was still continuing to push for dialogue with the current Iranian Regime, even after it witnessed the bloodbath in Tehran! It was only after several conservatives stood up and said, "WTF"??? that the Obama Administration withdrew our hamburger and hotdog invitation and started backing away, condemning the bloodbath by the Iranian regime. Yes, we have an obligation to say, "Shit stinks" when we smell it, and when you see helicopters pouring acid on crowds, and armed troops shooting innocent civilians in the streets, ANYWHERE, I want my government to condemn it. That is a far cry from siding with one political party or another, or getting involved in Iranian domestic politics! On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > Iranians are much the same as Gringos in there love hate relation with > their Government... always have been. The worst thing to do is meddle > within... they HATE outsiders being involved. They will come around on their > own to a better way of thinking and as evidenced on the daily news are doing > so. > > Fix your own country before trying to do so elsewhere. > > > > > On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Frederick The Moderate < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I couldn't agree more, Jack. Anyone criticizing Obama for not meddling >> in this thing, doesn't understand Iran at all. >> >> On Jun 26, 10:01 pm, ConservativeJack <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I'm kinda of an old-fashioned Constitutionalist type in that, I don't >> > think we should get involved in the politics of adversarial countries. >> > We seem to do a pretty poor job of handling our own. Besides, if >> > Achmibinjad (I know - misspelled) endorsed a group of people >> > protesting here, I think the effect would be more harmful than helpful >> > to their cause. Same with Obama and the Iranians. >> > >> > On Jun 26, 8:58 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > NPR covered it- can;t they make the connection of the minimal response >> fromt the one? >> > >> > > >> http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wgvu/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1522...-Hide >> quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - >> >> >> -- >> Mark M. Kahle, , >> www.filacoffee.com >> >> >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
