Iran Acuses Obama of Cowboy Talk

[festeringZit]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...Iran-accuses-Barack-Obama-of-cowboy-talk.html

Iran accuses Barack Obama of 'cowboy talk'

Iran's conservative parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani has branded US President-Elect Barack Obama's comments on Tehran's nuclear activities as "cowboy" talk, the ISNA news agency reported.



Last Updated: 10:48PM GMT 11 Dec 2008


"These comments resemble those of old American cowboys. If you have something to say about (Iran's) nuclear issue, just say so. Why wave a stick," asked Mr Larijani, in a speech in Qazvin province.
"The new US president has said he wants to pressure Iran since it seeks to produce atomic weapons and because it supports the terrorists like Hamas and Hizbollah," he added.
"We are proud of supporting Hizbollah since they are defending their homeland and you are wrong in calling them terrorists."
Iran is a staunch supporter of the Palestinian Hamas and Lebanese militant group Hizbollah.
In an interview broadcast on Sunday, Mr Obama vowed "tough but direct diplomacy" with Iran, offering incentives along with the threat of tougher sanctions over its atomic programme.
As president from January 20, Mr Obama said he would make clear to Tehran that the nuclear program was "unacceptable," along with support of Hamas and Hizbollah and its "threats against Israel."
Mr Obama, whose offer of direct talks with Iran represents a break with three decades of US foreign policy, promised a "set of carrots and sticks in changing their calculus about how they want to operate."
Three days ago, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi said "the carrot and stick approach has proven to be useless."

 

[Mistermj]

Great...just great.

Now the world hates us...because of this Cowboy foreign policy of Obama.

:cripwalk:

 

[barman]

lol at anyone who loses more than two seconds of sleep over anything "Iran says".

 

[festeringZit]

lol at anyone who loses more than two seconds of sleep over anything "Iran says".

Somehow I think if they made the comments about Bush, your
reaction would be decidedly different.

d1g1t

 

[barman]

Nah...I really haven't given much attention to anything "Iran" has said since 1980 when they released the embassy hostages.

 

[ProPokerPlayer]

And believe me they are worried far less about what Obama says.............They are well aware he is all talk no action and always will be....

 

[GasMan]

Fucking Obama...

Cant beleive Iran thinks the US sucks now..I thought that was Bush's fault?

Whats up here lefties?

 

[fletchisrhsm]

Call me crazy, but if Iran was to topple over Canada and Mexico within a year of each other, i wouldnt like Iran too much either, or at the very least be very worrisome about it. But then again, you partisan hacks this is all right vs left. In case you havent heard yet, the POTUS is a mouthpiece. He will do as he is told. From one whipping boy to the next.

 

[ScottL]

Iran Earmarks $20M to Support Anti-Western Militants
Iran's parliament passed a law on Sunday earmarking $20 million to support militant groups opposing the West and investigate alleged U.S. and British plots against the Islamic Republic. The legislation is widely seen as a response to Western criticism of Iran's violent crackdown against protesters following the disputed June presidential election. (AP)

 

[Legend-I-Aint]

Somehow I think if they made the comments about Bush, your
reaction would be decidedly different.

d1g1t

He'd be burning his bra in the street along with an American flag while wearing his Jesus sandals and smoking a joint.

 

[ScottL]

Iranian Dissident Crackdown Goes Global - Farnaz Fassihi

The Iranian regime has been cracking down hard at home, and now it is extending that crackdown to Iranians abroad as well.

In recent months, Iran has been conducting a campaign of harassing and intimidating members of its diaspora world-wide who criticize the regime in order to silence them.

Dozens of individuals in the U.S. and Europe who criticized Iran on Facebook or Twitter said their relatives back in Iran were questioned or temporarily detained because of their postings. (Wall Street Journal)

 

[ScottL]

Iran Loses Clout in Arab World - Scott Peterson (Christian Science Monitor)


Six months after Iran's contested presidential election, a new narrative is arising around the Arab world in which Iran is no longer a political demigod.

Beset in recent months by the bloody spectacle of regime enforcers stamping out pro-democracy protests, and by dozens of deaths, torture, and allegations of rape in secret prisons, Iran is losing influence among some of its friends in the region and stiffening opposition among foes.

Many analysts, in fact, believe the autocratic crackdowns in Iran may mark the end of a years-long arc of expanding Iranian and Shiite prominence across a wide swath of the Arab world.

"I think we have seen the peak of the Islamic Republic's power in its current configuration," says Ali Ansari, director of the Institute for Iranian Studies at St. Andrews University in Scotland. Iran's influence has "slipped very badly," he said.

Joost Hiltermann, the deputy Middle East program director for the International Crisis Group in Washington, said, "I think that there is no genuine support for Iran in the Arab street."

"Iran is more and more viewed as quite a fundamentalist, authoritarian Islamic regime, and not [one] that wants to protect the rights of Muslims," says Massoumeh Torfeh, an Iran expert at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies. "After all, the people who are suffering in the prisons in Iran are also Muslims.

The people who were killed in the demonstrations were also Muslim." "After 30 years, [the Islamic system] is losing, it's getting tired, it's getting old. It no longer has any new ideas, any new strategy to offer. It's just fundamentalist heated speech, and nothing more than that," says Torfeh.


On the West Bank, admiration for Iran remains tight. Sheikh Mahmoud Musleh, a Hamas parliament member in Ramallah, says leaders like Ahmadinejad should serve as a "model" for Arab nations. In Jalazoun near Ramallah, where graffiti showing machine guns and the Palestinian flag dominates, local men praise Iran. "Any enemy of Israel's is a friend of the Palestinians," says Abu Mohammed. "In any case, not one Arab country is capable of fighting Israel in the way that Iran is able."

 

[barman]

Iran Earmarks $20M to Support Anti-Western Militants
Iran's parliament passed a law on Sunday earmarking $20 million to support militant groups opposing the West and investigate alleged U.S. and British plots against the Islamic Republic.

*By the time they get through spending on American-made liquor and lap dances at Florida strip clubs, there will barely be enough to fund a decent-sized "study" of the alleged U.S./Brit shennanigans.

 

[barman]

Though on a more serious note:

Joost Hiltermann, the deputy Middle East program director for the International Crisis Group in Washington, said, "I think that there is no genuine support for Iran in the Arab street."

"Iran is more and more viewed as quite a fundamentalist, authoritarian Islamic regime, and not [one] that wants to protect the rights of Muslims," says Massoumeh Torfeh, an Iran expert at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies. "After all, the people who are suffering in the prisons in Iran are also Muslims.

The people who were killed in the demonstrations were also Muslim." "After 30 years, [the Islamic system] is losing, it's getting tired, it's getting old. It no longer has any new ideas, any new strategy to offer. It's just fundamentalist heated speech, and nothing more than that," says Torfeh.

This is certainly encouraging

 

[Willie99]

LOL

I'm thinking it's hard for them to conceal their laughter when they're speaking sometimes

you know they can't possibly fear Obama

 

[SoonerNation]

Hey Israel.....its your time....go get em!!!

 

[ScottL]

SoonerNation
"cunning linguist, master debator"

Priceless!

 

[SoonerNation]

lol Scott....wish it was mine, but I got that from a gentleman named Tom Leykis...

 

[ScottL]

Still two good qualities to emulate SD

Iranian Arms Trafficker Sentenced to Five Years - Sebastian Rotella (Los Angeles Times)

Amir Hossein Ardebili, 36, an Iranian arms trafficker, was sentenced in Delaware on Monday to five years in prison after being snared in a global undercover investigation.

He pleaded guilty last year to violating U.S. arms control laws by trying to purchase components for Iranian fighter planes and missile guidance systems.

Tips from American companies that deal in electronic technology with potential military uses brought Ardebili to the attention of U.S. investigators. His exclusive client, according to court documents, was the Iranian government.

"He sent thousands upon thousands of solicitations to U.S. companies, requesting quotes [on] tens of thousands of components, many used in military applications," court documents said.

 

[ScottL]

Wow this Ahmanutjob is kookoo for Cocoa Puffs!

Ahmadinejad Reportedly Claims U.S. is Blocking Return of Mankind's Savior
Monday, December 07, 2009

REUTERS / Al Arabiya

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims the United States is attempting to thwart the return of mankind's savior, according to reports from Al Arabiya, a television news station based in Dubai.

Ahmadinejad reportedly claims he has documented evidence that the U.S. is blocking the return of Mahdi, the Imam believed by Muslims to be the savior.

“We have documented proof that they believe that a descendant of the prophet of Islam will raise in these parts and he will dry the roots of all injustice in the world,” Ahmadinejad said during a speech on Monday, according to Al Arabiya.

"They have devised all these plans to prevent the coming of the Hidden Imam because they know that the Iranian nation is the one that will prepare the grounds for his coming and will be the supporters of his rule," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying.

Ahmadinejad continued the rant by claiming there have been plots by both the West as well as countries in the East to wipe out his country, according to Iranian news Web site Tabak.

"They have planned to annihilate Iran. This is why all policymakers and analysts believe Iran is the true winner in the Middle East," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying by the site. He also alleged that foreign nations seek to control Iran's oil and natural resources.

"In Afghanistan, they are caught like an animal in a quagmire. But instead of pulling their troops out to save themselves, they are deploying more soldiers. Even if they stay in Afghanistan for another 50 years they will be forced to leave with disgrace — because this is a historical experience," Ahmadinejad reportedly said.

"They know themselves that they need Iran in the Middle East, but because of their arrogance they do not want to accept this reality. They are nothing without the Iranian nation and all their rhetoric is because they don't want to appear weak."