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syncope at 01:20pm on 19/06/2009
syncope at 01:20pm on 19/06/2009Oh the CBC they just compared Supernatural to The Wire, Mad Men, and Six Feet Under...WHAT? The scene they played was Dean crying, too! hahahahaa Oh lord. Also, Iranian Revolution Take Two and the call in is about downloading television?
Ron Paul was the one Congressman to vote against the crappy, weak-willed Iran wrist-slap decry (or whatever they're calling it). I was seriously hoping it was some Democrat actually standing up for human rights instead of a crackpot Republican, but if it had to be a crackpot, might as well be the most entertaining of the current batch.
Before this election situation, I was firmly with the Obama strategy of reengaging Iran in hopes of actually going back to the pre-Bush Iranian behind the scenes engagement. Now, not so much. Sometimes the lack of any depth of understanding by Americans about politics really scares and freaks me out--Iran has always been one of those cases. I mean, Bush's (can we even call it that? Cheney's maybe) FP legacy isn't just the Iraq fiasco, but lead to what's going on in Iran right now. It is, once again, our fault, basically. YAY! Go Team USA. Fucking hell.
Obama also said that it was "not productive, given the history of U.S.-Iranian relations, to be seen as meddling."
Yeah, this is so fucking beyond incorrect. However, what the hell else can we do? We blew our regime change load already and lost the opportunity to engage Khatami because of our OWN election fraud. This is rage, btw.
Politico reported that the White House worked to tone down the language: 'We made it clear that we didn't want to make the U.S. a foil in a debate that has nothing to do with us,' a senior administration told me this morning. 'This is a debate among Iranians.'"
A DEBATE? How do you have a goddamned debate with the army? No. This is where Obama loses the wackadoodle left (me). Absolutely NOT. This is so absolutely unacceptable.
Wait. We're calling those Saudi reeducation camps therapy now? Oh, ok, then. Dial me into the continuation of Orwellian propaganda coming from the Bush administration. Isn't this guy supposed to be fishing or killing other animals over on his farm these days? Christ. You were always irrelevant, George, and as sad and pathetic as I find you, I can only pity you are a tool of history if you remain silent. Now I hate you again. STFU!
But back to Iran (I fell down a Huffpost hole):
This is the problem with the long-range FP strategy that Obama is going with: yeah, it makes sense as long-term FP strategy, but sometimes shit happens and you have to react. The problem with having a strictly non-interventionist FP is that it's morally repugnant. This is same damned thing that happened in the Clinton administration. Why does the American left have to have no teeth? Interventionism doesn't not equal warmongering. Christ, and they even have Joe Biden in the administration. He must be losing his entire mind. LISTEN TO JOE BIDEN, YOU IDIOTS. I don't even think there's all much we can even do (I mean, because, you know, engaged in two wars on either side of Iran...*takes a valium*). I understand all that, but so? Isn't what Obama sold us to get in the Oval Office the dream that we'd Do Better? This is not doing better.
Idk, I'm completely disgusted with the Democrats. Again.
Ok, I'll stop now.
Ron Paul was the one Congressman to vote against the crappy, weak-willed Iran wrist-slap decry (or whatever they're calling it). I was seriously hoping it was some Democrat actually standing up for human rights instead of a crackpot Republican, but if it had to be a crackpot, might as well be the most entertaining of the current batch.
Before this election situation, I was firmly with the Obama strategy of reengaging Iran in hopes of actually going back to the pre-Bush Iranian behind the scenes engagement. Now, not so much. Sometimes the lack of any depth of understanding by Americans about politics really scares and freaks me out--Iran has always been one of those cases. I mean, Bush's (can we even call it that? Cheney's maybe) FP legacy isn't just the Iraq fiasco, but lead to what's going on in Iran right now. It is, once again, our fault, basically. YAY! Go Team USA. Fucking hell.
Obama also said that it was "not productive, given the history of U.S.-Iranian relations, to be seen as meddling."
Yeah, this is so fucking beyond incorrect. However, what the hell else can we do? We blew our regime change load already and lost the opportunity to engage Khatami because of our OWN election fraud. This is rage, btw.
Politico reported that the White House worked to tone down the language: 'We made it clear that we didn't want to make the U.S. a foil in a debate that has nothing to do with us,' a senior administration told me this morning. 'This is a debate among Iranians.'"
A DEBATE? How do you have a goddamned debate with the army? No. This is where Obama loses the wackadoodle left (me). Absolutely NOT. This is so absolutely unacceptable.
Wait. We're calling those Saudi reeducation camps therapy now? Oh, ok, then. Dial me into the continuation of Orwellian propaganda coming from the Bush administration. Isn't this guy supposed to be fishing or killing other animals over on his farm these days? Christ. You were always irrelevant, George, and as sad and pathetic as I find you, I can only pity you are a tool of history if you remain silent. Now I hate you again. STFU!
But back to Iran (I fell down a Huffpost hole):
This is the problem with the long-range FP strategy that Obama is going with: yeah, it makes sense as long-term FP strategy, but sometimes shit happens and you have to react. The problem with having a strictly non-interventionist FP is that it's morally repugnant. This is same damned thing that happened in the Clinton administration. Why does the American left have to have no teeth? Interventionism doesn't not equal warmongering. Christ, and they even have Joe Biden in the administration. He must be losing his entire mind. LISTEN TO JOE BIDEN, YOU IDIOTS. I don't even think there's all much we can even do (I mean, because, you know, engaged in two wars on either side of Iran...*takes a valium*). I understand all that, but so? Isn't what Obama sold us to get in the Oval Office the dream that we'd Do Better? This is not doing better.
Idk, I'm completely disgusted with the Democrats. Again.
Ok, I'll stop now.
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