Yes, but he didn't say it "American-y" enough.

/just getting the ball rolling for the Freepers

And he waited this long to grow a pair? Perhaps saying something as this was happening might have been more meaningful.

Good statement by the Prez, if a little late.

"Me apologize? Pfft! Hey Ahamadinijad, you need to apologize to your people, then we'll talk."

I like it.

stvdallas: And he waited this long to grow a pair? Perhaps saying something as this was happening might have been more meaningful.

WTF do people equate bravery with ox-like stupidity?

A measured response is what this situation needed. Banging a pot over things as they happened was what the Iranian regime wanted. Obama screwed them over by not giving them something to point to.

Dadgummit, Obama! Why didn't you do this when it would've been counterproductive and politically damaging?!

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Kinda starting to sound like ol' W, ain't he. . . .. Must be starting to realize things were being handled CORRECTLY in previous years.

With the ironic-yet-oblivious username, I think it's time for another game of What's His Fark Handle?

Gotta love those true Real Americans, the Republicans.

They get mad when Obama does something right, but screamed out in orgasmic bliss whenever Dubya would fark the puppy, international-diplomacy speaking, of course.

Why yes, someone DID get told.

DO NOT WANT Poster Girl: A measured response is what this situation needed. Banging a pot over things as they happened was what the Iranian regime wanted. Obama screwed them over by not giving them something to point to.


Obama has handled the situation masterfully. The fact he used a shared stage with Chancellor Merkel is symbolic of the manner the US is , finally, crafting foreign policy; we're no longer acting like a vigilante but as a team player.

He should have rubbed her shoulders. The woman looks tense.

Well, when people start calling for the executions of protest leaders, you kind of cross a very big red line there.

How long and how hard?

"The violence perpetrated against them is outrageous. We see it and we condemn it," Mr. Obama said

You go girl!

CanisNoir: Good statement by the Prez, if a little late.

"Me apologize? Pfft! Hey Ahamadinijad, you need to apologize to your people, then we'll talk."

I like it.

I prefer your phrasing.

They need another revolution.

"But...but...but...It wasn't soon enough, or strong enough, or something...Waaaaah! I don't want to have to give him any credit!"

stvdallas: And he waited this long to grow a pair? Perhaps saying something as this was happening might have been more meaningful.

Please. Your ilk wouldn't be happy with anything he did, unless it was launch half a dozen nukes over there the minute things got slightly noteworthy.

Then you would have been upset because Iran wasn't bombed ENOUGH, if there were still people alive. Just admit it. You won't be happy with anything until at least 2016, and maybe not even then.

Forced and lame usage of the Fark meme ":suck it" - go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200

A gave them the rope, they put it around their necks and jumped off, now he's simply holding firm on the other end.

Sorry - I think all world leaders feel the same about power at their core. I don't think any of them wouldn't absolutely LOVE to be in absolute power.

Humanity are chess pieces in the hands of a few.

/just sayin'

"We will not forget," she said through a translator. "Iran can't count on the world community turning a blind eye."

Maybe..but we won't do anything either.

mattyc: Sorry - I think all world leaders feel the same about power at their core. I don't think any of them wouldn't absolutely LOVE to be in absolute power.

Humanity are chess pieces in the hands of a few.

/just sayin'

Nut in

Robert1966: "But...but...but...It wasn't soon enough, or strong enough, or something...Waaaaah! I don't want to have to give him any credit!"

If you must know, I give him credit for brushing off an obvious troll. As far as calling it a "suck it" moment, no, sorry.

AdolfOliverPanties: He should have rubbed her shoulders. The woman looks tense.

LOL! Thanks for the laugh.

I liek Obama, eh tells off turrists and doesn't afraid of anything.

USP .45: Forced and lame usage of the Fark meme ":suck it" - go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200

LOL yeah, as if this is so original LOL

crm114: I liek Obama, eh tells off turrists and doesn't afraid of anything.

sept spellin'.

I don't think Ahmadinejad is much into BBC.

Unlike your mom.

Nice to see a response that is not sycophantic to the Iranians. I think their government has proved at this point that there was good reason to act like they were shiate-heads for all these years. I just hope their people are able to take control of the government. I hear the #2 ayatollah may be trying to get rid of Khamenai asn throw a new election. Here is hoping.

/the above is not an indictment of the current administrations diplomacy attempts.
//It is an acknowledgment that Iran's government is close to the picture the previous administrations painted.

DO NOT WANT Poster Girl:

WTF do people equate bravery with ox-like stupidity?

A measured response is what this situation needed. Banging a pot over things as they happened was what the Iranian regime wanted. Obama screwed them over by not giving them something to point to.


Unfortunately after eight years of ham-fisted foreign policy, its what many people have come to expect from our leadership.

crm114: I liek Obama, eh tells off turrists and doesn't afraid of anything.

I think terrorist fist bump is a pretty cool guy, eh gives biatchslaps to dictators and doesn't afraid of anything.

Obama loses! And after he spent so much effort trying not to be sucked in. Ahmadinejad and a macho American public that doesn't understand anything but fights both pressured him and he caved. HE CAVED. Obama caved from pressure from a bunch of testosterone wonks and the biggest loser in the Middle East. So much for the resolve to stay above it all. What happened, Mr. President? Does nobody see the posters in this thread congratulating him for losing the war of willpower and moral superiority? What does a missile defense system or predator drone fleet matter if the CoC folds under mild baiting and the bleating of mass media who want a showdown to sell ads? Sun Tzu would be displeased, I think.

USP .45: Forced and lame usage of the Fark meme ":suck it" - go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200

You give too much credit to Fark.

Or are "Oh snap!", "You got told", and "Landshark!" Fark memes too?

I also hear sticking your thumb up and saying, "Aaaaaaayyyyy" is a meme made popular by Fark.

Suck it Dolphins!

"Iran can't count on the world community turning a blind eye."


And now, back to our 24/7/365 Michael Jackson coverage, which will continue indefinately, or until Patrick Swayze dies, or some hot white girl goes missing, or we get some pictures of Mark Sanford's chippie that look more hittable than that first batch.

The fact that he took a little while means he's taking it darned seriously. If it was a 24-hour turn around cowboy whooping yell it would've been riddled with disingenuous posturing.

Dang neo-cons go well out of their way to suck the joy out of existence.

hyperspacemonkey: Obama loses! And after he spent so much effort trying not to be sucked in. Ahmadinejad and a macho American public that doesn't understand anything but fights both pressured him and he caved. HE CAVED. Obama caved from pressure from a bunch of testosterone wonks and the biggest loser in the Middle East. So much for the resolve to stay above it all. What happened, Mr. President? Does nobody see the posters in this thread congratulating him for losing the war of willpower and moral superiority? What does a missile defense system or predator drone fleet matter if the CoC folds under mild baiting and the bleating of mass media who want a showdown to sell ads? Sun Tzu would be displeased, I think.


FOUND ONE!

Moonies!

I didn't really equate the President's response to 'suck it'.

Just once I'd like to see/hear a response that just really goes off. Like "Ahmadinejad, you ignorant bastard son of a camel.... (with much more juicy insults to follow)" Later when pressed for an apology the Pres can respond with "calling you an ignorant bastard son of a camel was unfair to camels everywhere and for that I apologize."

DO NOT WANT Poster Girl: stvdallas: And he waited this long to grow a pair? Perhaps saying something as this was happening might have been more meaningful.

WTF do people equate bravery with ox-like stupidity?

A measured response is what this situation needed. Banging a pot over things as they happened was what the Iranian regime wanted. Obama screwed them over by not giving them something to point to.

.(this)
And that is why we had to wait. Iran's posturing that the U.S. is "meddling" had to seem like the empty rhetoric it is. If we sent aid or drones (as McCain called for) we would be acting as a police force and we would be viewed as such. Now that the clerics are getting involved (though I suspect it's just for show and swagger) other Islamic nations will get in there and hopefully resolve the issue themselves.

Howie Spankowitz: Yes, but he didn't say it "American-y" enough.

/just getting the ball rolling for the Freepers


Heh. Yeah, the group that up until a couple of weeks ago still wanted us to "bomb bomb Iran" and turn Tehran into a glass parking lot is suddenly "concerned" about the Iranian people.

Now maybe someday his balls will descend and he will stand up to North Korea. I have tried being a liberal but it is too hard when they are such cowards.



/goes without saying

FredaDeStilleto: DO NOT WANT Poster Girl: A measured response is what this situation needed. Banging a pot over things as they happened was what the Iranian regime wanted. Obama screwed them over by not giving them something to point to.


Obama has handled the situation masterfully. The fact he used a shared stage with Chancellor Merkel is symbolic of the manner the US is , finally, crafting foreign policy; we're no longer acting like a vigilante but as a team player.

Exactly, I couldn't be happier with Obama's response and timing


Just imagine if McCain would have won....we would be so screwed right now.

Gulper Eel: "Iran can't count on the world community turning a blind eye."


And now, back to our 24/7/365 Michael Jackson coverage, which will continue indefinately, or until Patrick Swayze dies, or some hot white girl goes missing, or we get some pictures of Mark Sanford's chippie that look more hittable than that first batch.

Be fair, the iran thing has been great for keeping Afghanistan and Iraq out of the headlines. :)

dazuwood: Be fair, the iran thing has been great for keeping Afghanistan and Iraq out of the headlines. :)

And the tragic death of Jeff Goldblum.

Gulper Eel: "Iran can't count on the world community turning a blind eye."


And now, back to our 24/7/365 Michael Jackson coverage, which will continue indefinately, or until Patrick Swayze dies, or some hot white girl goes missing, or we get some pictures of Mark Sanford's chippie that look more hittable than that first batch.

I'm not sure you can use your own short attention span as a robust defense here.

DO NOT WANT Poster Girl: WTF do people equate bravery with ox-like stupidity?

A measured response is what this situation needed. Banging a pot over things as they happened was what the Iranian regime wanted. Obama screwed them over by not giving them something to point to.

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