rssObama’s First Statement on the Iranian Election
Friday, June 12, 2009 at 1:57 pm
- 6 Comments
From a pool report:
“We are excited to see what appears to be a robust debate taking place in Iran and obviously, after the speech that I made in Cairo, we tried to send a clear message that we think there’s a possibility of change and, ultimately, the election is for the Iranians to decide but just as what has been true in Lebanon, what can be true in Iran as well, is that you’re seeing people looking at new possibilities [sic], and whoever ends up winning the election in Iran, the fact that there’s been a robust debate hopefully will help advance our ability to engage them in new ways.”
To condense: Hope, change, outreach, noninterference. A message to the people of Iran, not their leaders. All right then.
Follow Spencer Ackerman on Twitter
6 Comments
Pingback posted June 22, 2009 @ 3:32 pm
[...] President Barack Obama seems to grasp this reality. During his recent speech in Cairo, without mentioning Mossadeq by name, he conceded that “in the middle of the cold war, the United States played a role in the overthrow of a democratically elected Iranian government.” Then, after the current electoral protests broke out, he avoided the hypocrisy of righteous indignation and confined himself to saying that “ultimately the election is for the Iranians to decide.“ [...]
Pingback posted June 22, 2009 @ 3:46 pm
[...] President Barack Obama seems to grasp this reality. During his recent speech in Cairo, without mentioning Mossadeq by name, he conceded that “in the middle of the cold war, the United States played a role in the overthrow of a democratically elected Iranian government.” Then, after the current electoral protests broke out, he avoided the hypocrisy of righteous indignation and confined himself to saying that “ultimately the election is for the Iranians to decide.“ [...]
Pingback posted June 23, 2009 @ 6:56 pm
[...] out, he avoided the hypocrisy of righteous indignation and confined himself to saying that “ultimately the election is for the Iranians to decide.“ Anyone doubting the wisdom of those words should pay attention to the sprouting of Mossadeq [...]
Pingback posted June 26, 2009 @ 10:04 am
[...] President Barack Obama seems to grasp this reality. During his recent speech in Cairo, without mentioning Mossadeq by name, he conceded that “in the middle of the cold war, the United States played a role in the overthrow of a democratically elected Iranian government.” Then, after the current electoral protests broke out, he avoided the hypocrisy of righteous indignation and confined himself to saying that “ultimately the election is for the Iranians to decide.“ [...]
RSS feed for comments on this post.
Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.
