It appears the Iranian Parliament Speaker, Ali Larijani, is calling out President-elect Obama on reneging on his campaign promises…. already. One press conference, and already Obama’s starting to look and sound like Bush.
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s head of parliament on Saturday criticised U.S. President-elect Barack Obama for saying its development of a nuclear weapon would be “unacceptable” and repeated the Islamic state’s call for fundamental policy change.
“Obama must know that the change he talks about is a fundamental change and not changing of colours or tactics,” Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said in comments on state radio.
Larijani, echoing Iran’s official line, called on Obama to carry out his campaign slogans of U.S. foreign policy change, including change to U.S. dealings with Iran.
“Repeating objections to Iran’s nuclear programme will be taking a step in the wrong direction.”
~~~Larijani said Iran would not yield to international pressure to abandon its right to nuclear technology.
“You (Obama) should know that you (the United States) cannot prevent Iran (from obtaining nuclear technology),” the official IRNA news agency quoted Larijani as saying.
Welcome to reality, Mr. Obama.
Below, the question about the congratulations from Iran, and “how soon” before starting that “talk” with Iran Obama campaigned on….
Obama, instead, promptly backpeddled into a policy matching that of the current administration: keeping pressure on the int’l community on Iran and their nuke programmes, and their support of terrorists.
My my… where have we hard that before? Like for the past two terms, perhaps? Guess the game remains the same, and the “change” that was promised… and the Iranians anticipated… won’t be happening after all. Out with the old “great Satan”, and in with the new “great Satan”.
Suits me just fine. Should put an end to bashing Bush’s policies now that Obama has adopted them as his own.
Vietnam era Navy wife, indy/conservative, and an official California escapee now residing as a red speck in the sea of Oregon blue.
Oh boy, you people are in deep shit. The problem is that Iranians considers Obama as a Muslim and friend of them. Now, they didn’t like President Bush, but that was to be expected by them, they knew where he stand on Iran. But they will really be mad at Obama if he turns his back on them, because they don’t expect that. So the situation is going to be 10 times worse. Their hate for America will be so great that I don’t even want to think about it.
And on economy, what a farce! Obama wants to fix it… lol
Hey Obama, don’t you remember that you are the one who created the crisis with your Acorn’s members bullying the banks to get loans. And now you say you want to destroy your work? Are you Penelope, or what?
obama has stepped on his pecker. you cannot promise the moon and stars and deliver nothing. obama was arrogant enough to assume that the world would also fall at his feet just like most simple minded americans.
@ Craig
Now why would those Iranians go thinking that Obama is a Muslim? I thought FactCheck.org debunked that one…
Dan Cleary,
“And while Obama may not identify as a Muslim, that’s not how the Arab and Muslim Streets see it. In Arab culture and under Islamic law, if your father is a Muslim, so are you. And once a Muslim, always a Muslim. You cannot go back. In Islamic eyes, Obama is certainly a Muslim. He may think he’s a Christian, but they do not.”
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2006/12/barack_hussein.html
I’m sorry, I missed the part where Obama’s position on Iran was different from President Bush’s? Anyone?
Yeah, that’s what I thought.
“obama has stepped on his pecker. you cannot promise the moon and stars and deliver nothing. obama was arrogant enough to assume that the world would also fall at his feet just like most simple minded americans.”
You’re right, luva!
These foreign leaders will not put up with his lies and gaffes. WTG, Barry!
Obama has painted himself into a corner with his tactics to appease the anti-war left. He can either keep on being hopey-changey, and the cut throat leaders of the world will walk all over him (and us, unfortunately). In which case he ends up looking like the bumbling idiot, illegitimate son of Jimmy Carter. Anybody, including huge swaths of moderates, who is proud of the U.S. will drop him like a hot potato. Or… He can cowboy up and start smacking these clowns around, and he ends up looking like George W. Bush fell asleep in a tanning bed and woke up angry. At which point, his hard left contingent goes moonbat on him and he loses much of the energy he used to get elected. The violently peaceful may forgive him finishing what Bush started, but they won’t forgive him starting new scraps.
Of course with multiple personal propaganda/news channels and more newspapers than he shake a stick at acting as fanzines for him, He may just hoodwink the crazies into thinking “W” is overseas stirring up all this crap. I can see the headlines now, “Karl Rove Advising Ahmadinijad!”, “Cheney to accept position in Putin’s staff!”.
I wonder how many world leaders will praise the new liberal illuminati administration here soon? Already they’re making changes, that’s the only change we’ll get, them going back on their promises.
Hi All,
Please excuse me for dropping this sentence; please do not talk like a KID!
I have a few questions for you:
if you cannot answer these, please go back and read the History:
Who says that Iran is our enemy?
Who Says Iran is Israel’s enemy?
Who says Iranian hate American?!
Who says Iranian want to challenge us?
who say Iranian are against Jews?
Let’s make it clear for you:
Please answer to these questions:
– why US Embassy in Iran between revolution in winter Jan-Feb 1979, till Nov-dec was OPEN?!
– why Israel and Iran had high level collaboration before the war with Iraq get started?
-why we have more than 2 million Iranian immigrant in Iran?
– why before occupying Kabul, Iranian arrived earlier than American troops in Kabul, Afghanistan?
– why jewish community is biggest one in middle east outside Israel? more than 25000?
I lived in Iran for 25 years. All above questions are WRONG guys.
pls make a difference between government and people.
I came here, and I like this country and do my best for the development, progress and glory of this country.
But one stereotype of American people is that they think they know everything, but they actually DON’T…..
Pres. Obama, made mistake, because he said that we talk to Iran without any pre-condition,and now in this clip he says exactly reverse. that’s why no body in Iran cannot rely on these stuff….
I don’t think I have more freedom of speech even here, in the US to say everything, behind all these consequences, there is something….but people here don’t get it.
Look at economic crisis. who lost and how won?
those who had money they made its amount several times much more…but those who were weak, and FRAGILE got in trouble more and more….
Go to FL, CA, etc… and see who bought houses, and lands???
but as just one point…..:
Politics is too complicated, or at least some groups make it complicated for public…….
in Iran, people believe that he tUS could not be managed by these politician that you see every day on the TV. There are other people, that you never know them ( I just mentioned it in parentheses)….