Iranian Crisis: The GOP continues to fail on foreign policy »
Posted By chuck-the-canuck 6 months, 1 week ago in Political NewsFor all of the conservative rhetoric that has been conspicuously directed at President Obama over the past week, one has to wonder if our GOP brethren understand Iran’s distinctive history, and furthermore, the ease with which American interventionism can stir-up the fundamentalist factions in the country, and undermine progress by reformists.
The typical, ill-conceived, emotionally-tempting, and very hastily analyzed response by the GOP of late, has been to claim that the president is “weak;” afraid to confront Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the ruling clerics of the Islamic Republic.
Amid their chest-thumping, conservatives argue that somehow, forceful remarks from President Obama and the American Congress will usher in a fantastical, domino-effect of freedom and democracy throughout the Middle East (sound familiar?)
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ur-land-is-my-land6 months, 1 week ago
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What I found interesting was that McCain was spearheading the SUPPORT-IRANIAN PEOPLE campaign. It was just a few month ago that he was singing bomb-bomb-bomb Iran ... Iranians have not forgotten the 1953 CIA coup in Iran and what possesses McCain to think that Iranians have forgotten his singing just a few months ago?
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RobertLCrocker6 months, 1 week ago
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GOP isn't setting policy. McCain was talking about bombing the nuke facilities, not the Iranian people.
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Problem here is that Mr. O's policies are failing and R policies wouldn't but R policies aren't the ones being implemented so the nattering nannies can say pretty much they want about them and it all kind of makes sense if you have enough Koolaid in your system. -
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