Obama Can Kiss
Iranian Help in Afghanistan Goodbye
According to this article by Kian
Mokhtari of the Islamic Republic's conservative, state-controlled Kayhan
newspaper, "As far as Iran is concerned the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan
and Iraq can go the same route as other foreign invaders and occupiers. The
very best of luck to you, boys and girls!"
USA TODAY reported last Friday [June 26] that President Barack
Obama is re-branding a Bush-era plan to fund anti-Iran elements through
domestic and foreign entities.
The Obama White House hasn't
only refused to act on the former administration's decision to allocate $66
million to so-called Iranian dissidents, it has devised a new approach and has
demanded an additional $15 million.
These Mickey Mouse dollars
are to be pumped into a plan called the Near
Eastern Regional Democracy Initiative. And oh, according to David Carle, a
spokesman for the Senate Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, some of
that money will - surprisingly enough - be targeted at Iran. Gather ye rosebuds
while ye may; that's not all!
Iranian
President Ahmadinejad criticizes President Obama for
Interfering
in Iran's election dispute: 'He removed his mask'
The U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID), which promotes the country's “foreign policy,” has filed
an application for a $20 million grant earmarked for groups that back opponents
of the Iranian government. In promoting the move, USAID has taken up the cudgel
on behalf of “democracy, human rights, and the rule of law in Iran.”
How nice; so the U.S. is
offering to promote the type of democracy in Iran that brought mass murder,
mass rape, mass torture and mass imprisonment to the citizens of Iraq and
Afghanistan. Do Iranians get a say in the deal?
In any case, this development
comes hot on the heels of a war of words between the presidents of the two
countries.
Earlier in the month, President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at the West. He said “Under the banner of liberalism,
many have committed barbarities and crimes against humanity without facing any
kind of punishment.”
The Islamic Republic has also
complained bitterly about documented evidence of Western interference in Iran's
domestic affairs, not least their direct hand in fomenting post-election
violence and riots.
On Saturday, Obama rather
swiftly brushed off a call by President Ahmadinejad for an apology for
Washington's “meddling in Iran's internal affairs.” [WATCH
Obama's Comments].
Obama replied “I don't take
Mr. Ahmadinejad's statements about apologies seriously.”
That is just as well, because
Iran never took Western requests for it to help interfere in domestic
“difficulties” in Afghanistan or Iraq, which were triggered by the illegal U.S.-led
invasions of both countries, seriously either. As far as Iran is concerned, the
U.S.-led coalition in both countries can go the same route as other foreign
invaders and occupiers. The very best of luck to you, boys and girls!
Member
of Iranian Majlis, Ghodratollah Alikhani: 'The people's
trust
in this country's regime and leaders has been fractured.'
It's with a heavy heart that
we throw up our hands and say, Obama is just an African-American reincarnation
of George W. Bush. Granted; Obama can beat Bush hands down in any dance contest,
“cause ma bro's got rhytheem.”
Posted by WORLDMEETS.US
Bush is the thicko-ugly
duckling of the two, who could never be made a swan; but both have shown a tendency
to dance to the same neo-conservative tune - and what's worse, Obama is now
also in the habit of whistling Dixie.
Imagine what would have
happened internationally if Iran openly announced funding to impose its rule over
the U.S. or fiddle with America's capitalist autocracy - we meant, ahem,
democracy.
But where British and U.S.
interference in Iran's domestic affairs are concerned, the Islamic Republic
expects to hear the end of it - right now.
