Obama backs off from pledge to talk with Iran | World news | The Guardian

Barack Obama has begun to edge away from his offer to pursue talks with Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after being hammered by Republicans as an "appeaser".

Now on the cusp of securing the Democratic nomination, Obama yesterday continued to attack John McCain, his likely Republican opponent in November, over his hawkish foreign policy.

"He has spent his last week describing his foreign policy as who he won't talk to," Obama told a rally in Florida yesterday.

After Tuesday's primaries, in which Obama lost badly to Hillary Clinton in Kentucky but won well in Oregon, he is now just 65 delegates away from the Democratic nomination.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 12:08:09 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Fran:
being hammered by Republicans as an "appeaser".

And how is giving in to Republican pressure not being an "appeaser"?

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 12:12:12 AM EST
[ Parent ]
You only appease bad guys, not Good Guys.

Following Good Guys is just leadership in action -  also called 'the end of history.'

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 05:19:23 AM EST
[ Parent ]
The discourse on foreign policy in the US is so fundamentally dishonest that I'm beginning to woder if it's worth even commenting upon.

Stupidity compounded by ignorance married to arrogance and a pitiful sense of grandiose entitlement.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 06:52:06 AM EST
[ Parent ]
I think the Guardian is running way too far with Bill Richardson's quote, because this isn't at all what happened.  Quite the contrary, Obama went out and said, "Why are they so afraid of talking to people?" and basically called them idiots.

Now the story's out that McCain doesn't even know the difference between the president and the supreme leader in terms of responsibilities in Iran's government structure.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 08:36:46 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Republican heads would explode if they understood the concept of "the President is not the Supreme Leader".

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 08:41:07 AM EST
[ Parent ]
It would've been hilarious if the ignorance weren't so scary.  Joke Line sat there questioning McCain, continuously pointing out that foreign policy and the nuclear program did not fall under Ahmedinejad's authority.  McCain just sat there stuttering like the senile old man he is.  It was pathetic.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 08:46:39 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Login
. Make a new account
. Reset password
Occasional Series