It's Bush's fault that Iran hates us

[avatar4321]

http://www.insight-report.com/2008/080304/obama.html

Apparently a senior Obama advisor is saying that Iran's anti American hatred is because of President Bush. Maybe someone should inform this obviously brilliant man that our problems with Iran started in the Carter Administration. I know President Bush has alot of power as President, but time travel isnt one of them.

[stephanie]

I don't know....maybe he does have that time travel stuff figured out...
Hell....he's the fault for everything else in the world....isn't he??:coffee:

[Kathianne]

hmmm, remember this? What was it that Obama has been saying? All Presidents have tried:

http://www.fas.org/news/iran/2000/000321-iran1.htm


DATE=3/21/2000
TYPE=U-S OPINION ROUNDUP
TITLE=U-S OFFERS OLIVE BRANCH TO IRAN
NUMBER=6-11738
BYLINE=ANDREW GUTHRIE
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
EDITOR=ASSIGNMENTS
TELEPHONE=619-3335
INTERNET=YES
CONTENT=



INTRO: Reacting to the recent parliamentary elections
in Iran in which reformers scored a huge victory over
the anti-U-S religious hierarchy, the United States
has lifted restrictions on several products from that
nation.

Some bans, specifically on crude oil, remain, but the
gesture, made in a speech last week by Secretary of
State Madeleine Albright, is seen as a major overture
to the government in Teheran. Several U-S papers
agree, and we get a sampling now from ___________ in
today's Editorial Digest.

TEXT: In her speech, Mrs. Albright announced several
steps including the beginning of a process to return
millions of dollars in frozen assets to Iran. The
money has been held since 1980 after Iranian militants
stormed the U-S Embassy and took more than 50 people
hostage.

The changes also included a lifting of an import ban
on several Iranian luxury goods such as pistachios and
caviar; relaxing entry for Iranian scholars and
athletes to visit the United States.

While Mrs. Albright did not actually apologize, she
did acknowledge past American meddling in Iran,
including Central Intelligence Agency cooperation in
the ouster of nationalist Prime Minister Mohammed
Mossadegh in 1953. It was that overthrow that
restored the reign of the Shah to power, and
ultimately led to the Islamic fundamentalist
revolution in 1979.

The Washington Post called the steps "the boldest
attempt yet by the Clinton administration to
capitalize on the movement toward moderation" that
began in Iran with the election in 1997 of President
Mohammed Khatami, a reformist Islamic cleric....

[hjmick]

It goes back farther than Carter, but he probably did the most damage. The U.S. support of the Shah started the animosity among the Ayatollahs.

[Kathianne]

It goes back farther than Carter, but he probably did the most damage. The U.S. support of the Shah started the animosity among the Ayatollahs.

At least since 1953, when the CIA and British helped the Shah come to power.

[DragonStryk72]

http://www.insight-report.com/2008/080304/obama.html

Apparently a senior Obama advisor is saying that Iran's anti American hatred is because of President Bush. Maybe someone should inform this obviously brilliant man that our problems with Iran started in the Carter Administration. I know President Bush has alot of power as President, but time travel isnt one of them.

Again, I don't like Bush, and yes, I do believe he's committed crimes against this country's constitution, as well as put us in a more dangerous place. However, Iran has hated for almost two generations now. Hell, Bush's dad couldn't have been all that old when it got started.