Obama Advisers Privately Crediting Cairo Speech For Revolution In Iran

So just to get this straight, Obama refrained from condemning the murderous violence brought to bear against the protesters in Iran over fears that he might be seen as meddling. He’s downplayed the impact speaking out can have world events like this. And he’s said that he still respects Iran’s current regime. And the Iranians’ invitation for the 4th of July BBQ is still totally on.
But the protests? Well he’s responsible.

Obama’s approach to Iran, including his assertion that the unrest there represents a debate among Iranians unrelated to the United States, is an acknowledgment that a U.S. president’s words have a limited ability to alter foreign events in real time and could do more harm than good. But privately Obama advisers are crediting his Cairo speech for inspiring the protesters, especially the young ones, who are now posing the most direct challenge to the republic’s Islamic authority in its 30-year history.
One senior administration official with experience in the Middle East said, “There clearly is in the region a sense of new possibilities,” adding that “I was struck in the aftermath of the president’s speech that there was a connection. It was very sweeping in terms of its reach.”

So I’m confused. Did Obama meddle in his Cairo speech then?

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  • http://www.willisms.com/ Zsa Zsa

    The shooting of Political Opponents in the streets for protesting just doesn’t seem to be important enough for Obama to speak out against until he has to. The job of POTUS is way too much for Obama. He would rather spend US into Socialism while he bows to Islam.

  • bill-tb

    Don’t you love it, to liberals, fascists and communists Obama is a ruler, hey, silly me I thought he was elected a president.

    But when you live in a two bit tin-horn dictatorship like Indonesia, which is nothing more than a Muslim military junta, how you supposed to learn freedom and liberty.

    I notice Obama has trouble with those words. I wonder why.

  • Cass.Mastha

    That place is so volatile – it has everything to do with oppression and repression.

  • Mickey

    Wait a minute….the loons at Huffington post (and dino) said the riots were started by CIA operatives.

  • http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/ goon

    Obama, after 6 months, is no longer a mystery. He is an clearly an old school socialist and foreign policy novice.

    I think he is Jimmy Carter on Steroids.

  • tothestars2

    and I’m not talking about Iran

  • http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/ goon

    Wait a minute….the loons at Huffington post (and dino) said the riots were started by CIA operatives

    Shows you how smart Dino is. Dino should read some of the Twitter posts.

  • tothestars2

    One day, the clouds will clear, the sun will come out, and this nightmare will be over.

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Petraeus Last Best Hope

    The Cairo speech will go down in infamy. THE ONE slapped at friends, appeased enemies and then led the gullible to think he was offering something more that his trademark of empty words.

    Obama, after 6 months, is no longer a mystery. He is an clearly an old school socialist and foreign policy novice.

    This reality is just now dawning on both the GOP and the voters. He was invulnerable to attack before because no one knew what he meant or who he was. Obama has now lost the protection of being an unknown commodity.

    Watch the cheap suit unravel.

  • Mickey

    well Obama has its own way of ruling his country,

    He does act like a “ruler” doesn’t he. It still is not “his” country. He works “for” us and I’m looking forward to handing him his walking papers in 2012.

    and i know his responsible enough in all his decision

    (Grammatically poor aside), I don’t see it that way. I view Obama as immature, dishonest and highly narcissist. He lacks the maturity to accept his errors, he lies frequently in his rhetoric and he turns every major eventinto being all about himself. For Obama it is all about “I”.

  • Buzz

    Tuesday, June 23, 2009

    Obama Advisers Privately Crediting Cairo Speech For Revolution In Iran

    The Ones words are strong.

  • http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/ goon

    But privately Obama advisers are crediting his Cairo speech for inspiring the protesters, especially the young ones, who are now posing the most direct challenge to the republic’s Islamic authority in its 30-year history.

    Let me get this right NOBAMA is taking credit for a disaster? Barry O is letting them twist in the Wind in Tehran.

  • Bat One

    This bit of self-congratulatory nonsense is probably best filed away along with that no tax increase for anyone making less than $250,000 pronouncement, the “new era of transparency and openness” promise, the no lobbyists pledge… well, you get the idea.

    It’s kinda like Neville Chamberlain taking credit for defeating Hitler’s Germany in World War II.

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