Obama to Iran: 'the world is watching'

As if Obama didn't have enough crises to juggle, both domestic and international, he's now being blasted by--big surprise--Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and his posse for not showing enough support to the Iran protesters.

Yo! What is he supposed to do? Go into Iran as Bush went into Iraq and "show them how it's done"? Puh-lease.

In my view, if you have nothing constructive to contribute to this, or any other situation, just shut the fuck up. Sorry, but opportunistic politicizing pisses me off.

I'd like to see McCain face and handle half of the crap Obama is facing and managing as president, crap that, by the way, and I don't care what anybody says, was largely brought on by W and his administration's hardheaded, arrogant, stupid, shortsighted policies. McCain would dropped the ball sometime in the first week, if you ask me.

In response to the clusterfuck in Iran today, the White House released the following statement by President Obama:

"The Iranian government must understand that the world is watching. We mourn each and every innocent life that is lost. We call on the Iranian government to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people. The universal rights to assembly and free speech must be respected, and the United States stands with all who seek to exercise those rights.

As I said in Cairo, suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away. The Iranian people will ultimately judge the actions of their own government. If the Iranian government seeks the respect of the international community, it must respect the dignity of its own people and govern through consent, not coercion.

Martin Luther King once said: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” I believe that. The international community believes that. And right now, we are bearing witness to the Iranian peoples’ belief in that truth, and we will continue to bear witness."

Meanwhile, former President Bill Clinton was quoted by AP saying the Iranian government is trying to block modern ideas and freedom.

Sources: BNO News, My Twisted Mind; photo source unknown
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