Bravo !!! I completely agree, Keith and I'm way on the other side of the aisle.
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> -- 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
