SMITH: People in this country say you haven't said enough; that you haven't been forceful enough in your support for those people on the street -- to which you say?It's still a shock to see the smug on Obama has not worn off yet since it oozes off him so profusely. Lucky for him, new smug is being shipped in by the truckload to the White House garage.
OBAMA: To which I say: The last thing that I want to do is to have the United States be a foil for those forces inside Iran, who would love nothing better than to make this an argument about the United States. That's what they do. That's what we're already seeing.
We shouldn't be playing into that. There should be no distractions from the fact that the Iranian people are seeking to let their voices be heard. What we can do is bear witness and say to the world that the incredible demonstrations that we've seen is a testimony to, I think, what Dr. King called "the arc of the moral universe." It's long, but it bends towards justice. [...]
SMITH: Leon Panetta intimated the former vice president was playing politics with national security issues. The former president has intoned his own displeasure with some of your policy changes. I think they feel like some of the things that you've done, in fact, are treacherous.
OBAMA: Well, I think when it comes to Vice President Cheney, he and I have a deep disagreement about what's required to keep the American people safe. And I think that disagreement has been amply aired and certainly he has a right to voice his opinions. I would argue that our policies are making the American people safer, and that some of the policies that he's promoted in the past have not.
By his statements, he is showing to the American people that he is playing his cards right, who have no idea that the table has been set up in advance. Remember Casino Royale? The table is always set beforehand.
The post-election hostilities inside Iran between the largely conservative government and a sizable fraction of the young liberals were aroused, to a large extent, by American intelligence forces. If only the CIA could stimulate the US economy the way they stimulated conflict inside Iran because they're damn sure good at it. And why wouldn't they be? Their pros. They have all the money in the world, literally. And so much criminal experience to boot.
In his most recent article on the Iranian election fallout called, Iran Falls to US PSYOPS, Paul Craig Roberts writes:
We are now witnessing in Tehran US “attempts to foment a popular revolution” in the guise of another CIA orchestrated “color revolution.” It is possible that splits among the mullahs themselves brought about by their rival ambitions will aid and abet what the Telegraph (May 27, 2007) reported were “CIA plans for a propaganda and disinformation campaign intended to destabilize, and eventually topple, the theocratic rule of the mullahs.” It is certainly a fact that the secularized youth of Tehran have played into the CIA’s hands.It is war, pure and simple. Call it a proxy war or a covert war, but war is war. And sadly the Iranian people are once again in the middle of it. The reactionary and oppressive mullahs on one end, and imperialist jackals on the other. If MLK Jr is right in believing that the arc of the moral universe bends toward justice, then god willing, both of these devilish actors will be written off in this long Iranian drama, once and for all. I pray that the bravery of the rebels is matched by their intelligence and foresightedness. I have faith that if they remain diligent and honorable then they will secure a truly independent Iran, free from religious tyrants and hostile foreign invaders.
The Mousavi protests have set up Iran either for a US puppet government or for a military strike. The mullahs are in a lose-lose situation. Even if the mullahs hold together and suppress the protests, the legitimacy of the Iranian government in the eyes of the outside world has been damaged. Obama’s diplomatic approach is over before it started. The neocons and Israel have won.
The US intervention and the orchestrated disinformation pumped out by the western media are so transparent that it is impossible to believe than any informed person or government is taken in. One cannot avoid the conclusion that the West wants the 1978 Iranian Revolution overthrown and intends to use deception or violence to achieve that goal.
But I'm not convinced that all will turn right in the end. All throughout history there has been an over abundance of useless idiots, and I'm afraid that the participants in these demonstrations, aside from the key leaders, are indeed that; useless idiots who are unaware of the greater interests involved. The sophisticated operation carried out by the CIA, Mossad and a large portion of the Western media is extraordinary, but they are not masterminds.
And what's this talk by Obama of bearing witness? Imperialists dogs have been given free reign inside Iran by the White House for two summers. Shame on Obama. If he was a serious president he would call back the dogs and put a leash around them with a tag that says Corroborators in Action. Or better yet, Criminals in Action.
The president is not a Muslim, that's been proven, but he is also not a Christian. He has failed to uphold one of the ten commandments; Exodus 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
