Did Obama really think a video tape could change the US relations with the major sponser of Islamofacist (Persian) terrorism, Iran? Is he really that naive when it comes to International terrorism sponsors and their stated goals of eliminating Western culture and thought?
Does he know what he is talking about? Can Obama be trusted to defend the US Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic? Does he really have our best interests at heart?
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Tehran does not see any change in U.S. policy.
Saturday March 21, 2009
Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed overtures from President Barak Obama on Saturday, saying Tehran does not see any change in U.S. policy under its new administration.
Khamenei was responding to a video message Obama released Friday in which he reached out to Iran on the occasion of Nowruz, the Persian new year, and expressed hopes for an improvement in nearly 30 years of strained relations.
Khamenei holds the last word on major policy decisions, and how Iran ultimately responds to any concrete U.S. effort to engage the country will depend largely on his say.
In his most direct assessment of Obama and prospects for better ties, Khamenei said there will be no change between the two countries unless the American president puts an end to U.S. hostility toward Iran and brings “real changes” in foreign policy.
“They chant the slogan of change but no change is seen in practice. We haven’t seen any change,” Khamenei said in a speech before a crowd of tens of thousands in the northeastern holy city of Mashhad.
In his video message, Obama said the United States wants to engage Iran, but he also warned that a right place for Iran in the international community “cannot be reached through terror or arms, but rather through peaceful actions that demonstrate the true greatness of the Iranian people and civilization.”
Khamenei asked how Obama could congratulate Iranians on the new year and accuse the country of supporting terrorism and seeking nuclear weapons in the same message.
Khamenei said there has been no change even in Obama’s language compared to that of his predecessor.
“He (Obama) insulted the Islamic Republic of Iran from the first day. If you are right that change has come, where is that change? What is the sign of that change? Make it clear for us what has changed.”
Diplomatic ties between the U.S. and Iran were cut after the U.S. Embassy hostage-taking after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which toppled the pro-U.S. shah and brought to power a government of Islamic clerics.
Obama gave Iran a video tape.
Iranians are not Arabs…they are Persians!
Iran IS the Persian Terrorist state and sponsor of Persian Terrorism. Again Iranians are Persians NOT Arabs.