Why else would he now want talks with President Obama? (H/t Gateway Pundit.)
Recall, that first as candidate, then as President, the Democrat offered to meet with the Iranian oligarch without conditions and Ahmadinejad wouldn’t give him the time of day. Now, in the wake of his government’s violent suppression of popular demonstrations against his supposed reelection, it’s clear his regime lacks the legitimacy many assumed it had.
We now know that the Iranian people do not support the regime.
Let us hope that, given that violent suppression, our president knows better than to agree to such a meeting. I doubt the Iranian would have talked about such a meeting if he did not feel threatened by the protests by his people. Perhaps, he seeks the legitimacy from world leaders than he cannot find at home.
UPDATE: Here is another sign why Ahmadinejad might feel less secure than he once did, a leading clerical group is at odds with the oligarch’s religious patron over the election. A split seems to be emerging among the nation’s clerics:
The most important group of religious leaders in Irancalled the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate on Saturday, an act of defiance against the country’s supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country’s clerical establishment.
A statement by the group, the Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qum, represents a significant, if so far symbolic, setback for the government and especially the authority of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose word is supposed to be final.
And Obama will eagerly reach out and take his bloody hands, just as he insists on reinstalling the corrupt thug Zelaya in Honduras in violation of that country’s own laws.
What leftists like Obama do not understand is that the Mullahs aren’t simply behaving like thugs, they *are* thugs. And no agreement with them will be worth the paper its written on.
I have $20 saying that Obama will agree to meet with Mahmoud, thereby giving Mahmoud more legitimacy.
Didn’t Mahmoud recently say “I won”?
Obama is cut from the same cloth as Ahmadinejad. After Acorn is done with the 2010 census, America will never have a fair election again (not that the past ones were perfect, but this will take it to a whole new level).
Obama doesn’t care about freedom or liberty. He cares about power, just like Zelaya in Honduras, Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez, Cuba’s Castro, and the Saudi king. And most recent, was his inexcusable indifference to the people of Iran. He offerred his late, tepid comments only after he started taking heat about the matter.
Wake up. This will not be just another political clown the cititzens will vote out of office. He’s not going anywhere.
Yeesh. And to seek legitimacy from a bungling idiot like Chairman Obama. How freakin’ sad is that?
Nice to have you back.
Your point is well taken that Ahmadinejad does not have the full support of the people. It is highly likely that the past election was rift with fraud and the people demosntrated. The world saw the violence perpetrated upon innocents by the police. The tepid response by Obama, an FOC, (Friend of Chavez), has motivated him to meet. The meeting will serve to validate his election. Other than that, nothing of substance will come out of such a meeting; no amnesty for the demostrators, no restrictions of the development of nuclear power. Remember, no preconditions.
No nothing except the mighty sucking power Hoover or Dyson might envy.
Wish there was a Billy Mays type ad for Barack Obama’s International Knob Polish.
#9 – “Wish there was a Billy Mays type ad for Barack Obama’s International Knob Polish.”
I think there is one, starring buckeyednutlover.
Sorry, couldn’t resist. 😉
Regards,
Peter H.
Why apologize? Nutlicker’s comments are the SS,DD.