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| 2005-03-05 | ||
..Sir, I beg yer indulgence - I know you are not fond of us posting from other blogs, but given the source, I hope you'll permit this one.
Clinton Apologized to Iran? "At the ArabNews (which raises some red flags), Amir Taheri has an almost unbelievable account of statements by former President Bill Clinton in Davos: Who Should Apologize to Whom? (Thanks to all who emailed.) Where is the country that Bill Clinton, a former president of the United States, feels ideologically most at home? Before you answer, here is the condition that such a country must fulfill: It must hold several consecutive elections that produce 70 percent majorities for "liberals and progressives." Well, if you thought of one of the Scandinavian countries or, perhaps, New Zealand or Canada, you are wrong. Believe it or not, the country Bill Clinton so admires is the Islamic Republic of Iran. Here is what Clinton said at a meeting on the margins of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, just a few weeks ago: "Iran today is, in a sense, the only country where progressive ideas enjoy a vast constituency. It is there that the ideas that I subscribe to are defended by a majority." And here is what Clinton had to say in a recent television interview with Charlie Rose: "Iran is the only country in the world that has now had six elections since the first election of President Khatami (in 1997). (It is) the only one with elections, including the United States, including Israel, including you name it, where the liberals, or the progressives, have won two-thirds to 70 percent of the vote in six elections: Two for president; two for the Parliament, the Majlis; two for the mayoralties. In every single election, the guys I identify with got two-thirds to 70 percent of the vote. There is no other country in the world I can say that about, certainly not my own." So, while millions of Iranians, especially the young, look to the United States as a mode of progress and democracy, a former president of the US looks to the Islamic Republic as his ideological homeland...." "... Clinton told his audience in Davos, as well as Charlie Rose, that during his presidency he had "formally apologized on behalf of the United States" for what he termed "American crimes against Iran." But what were those "crimes"? Clinton summed them thus: "It's a sad story that really began in the 1950s when the United States deposed Mr. Mossadegh, who was an elected parliamentary And it gets a WHOLE lot worse than that, Ranters. It may well be that Eason Jordan went down not because of his statements, but in order to keep THIS from hitting the fan.....(RTWT)
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| Posted by:Mike Kozlowski |
| #3 No joke. He turned into a moonbat par excellence. Not that it is all of the sudden. He was always a bit in moonbatland. Now he seems to be a full resident. I am not sure how this will be received by Hildebeast. She probably isn't pleased. She was rather working hard on her 'centrist' position, lately. |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-03-05 7:14:54 PM |
| #2 Is this a joke? Or did Clinton really loose it this time. Thanks only to Clinto N. Korea seems to have nukes today. |
| Posted by: Glereper Craviter7929 2005-03-05 6:44:31 PM |
| #1 litter grim freepers is always good. |
| Posted by: half 2005-03-05 2:20:44 PM |