Protests in Iran

[Edwina's Secretary]

I am sorry for the people of Iran. It must be terribly frustrating (slight irony here) to believe your election outcome was not what it should have been. When you think what that country has been through...takeovers, violence, oppression - and wanting to make a change and have that snatched away.

But...there are many countries in the world where free elections are denied and people oppressed. The US has some bad history meddling in the affairs of other countries -- especially Iran. I believe we must be VERY careful in our response to the situation.

[blue]

The butthurt and false frustration has been strong in this thread.

Reagan, Bush, and Bush would have stood up and called for the Iranian elections to be open and fair. Obama has done what, said he was disappointed?

Carter would have at least helped count the crooked ballots.

When the Iranian nuclear question comes into play, hopefully Obama will continue to keep his mouth shut and let Israel take care of business.

[Edwina's Secretary]

And now Honduras. A sad state of affairs for election results these days!

[Puckstop31]

And now Honduras. A sad state of affairs for election results these days!

Except Honduras is not about an election... It is about a President who is trying to violate their Constitution. It says a President is limited to two terms. The current guy is trying to run for 3, ala Chavez. The military "coup" was ordered by the Honduran Supreme Court, with support from their Congress. Simply put, they are trying to defend their Constitution from a person trying to become a dictator. Hondurans know what being ruled by a dictator is about, they would rather not have it again I reckon.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124623220955866301.html


Funny that Madam Clinton and our President are speaking out against this attempt by the people to defend their Constitution. Funny, but not surprising.

[RICHARD]

As long as my president shows up on a Monday morning for a new conference and assures me that he's at the WH doing his job, I think I can look forward to hitting Friday at the end of the week because he said so.
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Also, the BO regime thinks it's better to toss out a "deeply disappointed" comment now and then- to cover their rears, ya know?

Technically, we cannot do anything about the probs in Iran. That FW Adam Mini Jab keeps with the "Meddling U.S.!" I'd love to see him try and out run a 500 pounder-does he want us to meddle?

IT's the same old story-we get another prez who can't balance foreign affairs AND his country.

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A strong rebuttal of the election and what the government was doing to the protestors would have been as effective as keeping 'our' mouths shut. But we aren't into regime change and stuff like that.


Hey,
People are getting slaughtered in the street! WHere are the human rights FWs? Nope, it's only murder when it's an American Bomb or Bullet.


Iranian firearms do not count.

[Edwina's Secretary]

I guess if you think it is okay for a supreme court to install a president without regard to the electorate you must think it is okay for a supreme court to uninstall a president without regard to the electorate!



Although I think a bunch of judges sending a bunch of masked goons to remove a president in his jammies must epitomize an....drum roll please...

Activist Court

if ever I heard of one.

And poor, poor Honduras...the world just cannot work up the enthusiasm for the protesters there!

[Puckstop31]

I guess if you think it is okay for a supreme court to install a president without regard to the electorate you must think it is okay for a supreme court to uninstall a president without regard to the electorate!



Although I think a bunch of judges sending a bunch of masked goons to remove a president in his jammies must epitomize an....drum roll please...

Activist Court

if ever I heard of one.

And poor, poor Honduras...the world just cannot work up the enthusiasm for the protesters there!

If it were just the court.... sure. But with the support of the Congress (aka, the PEOPLE)....

Masked goons? LOL. Drama much? Its the only way you people can get what you want. Drama. Spin. Out of context interpretation of speech. Keep swinging. The people are waking up, bad for you and yours I suppose.

There you go AGAIN ES.... Supporting the things we all know you would "enjoy". Sweet. The people be danged....


FWIW, I get what you are saying about the Court "appointing" a President. (Sad for you though, the Honduran court is simply upholding their Constitution.) I am with you on this one. We would have been better off with OUT having GWB as a President. Would Al Gore been any better?

[Edwina's Secretary]

Any time a government has to impose its will and suppress the voice of its people using the army at gun point - it is a sad day for that country and its people whether it be in Iran, Ludlow Colorado, or Honduras.

I have sympathy for the soldiers. Surely they struggle to shoot their own countrymen?

My point was and my point remains - the people of Honduras who are protesting deserve the same support as those in Iran.