UPDATE: Welcome visitors from iPandora! Thanks for the link Matthew!
Before we start, head on over to Gateway Pundit and take a look at some of the photos and videos he’s assembled. Go on, I’ll wait.
Here’s one to get you started:
Time magazine says that one protester rally drew between 2-3 million people. (H/T Hot Air)
Compare this article from the UK Telegraph about Obama’s response with the response of the Republican whip Eric Cantor.
The Obama administration’s response to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s fraudulent election victory is cowardly, lily-livered and wrong. The White House’s refusal to officially question the result or even condemn the brutal suppression of opposition protestors, is undermining America’s standing as a global power, and is little more than a face-saving, cynical exercise in appeasement that will all end in tears.
That’s right. The world hates us. (And not just over Obama’s naive protectionism). Although Reagan and George W. Bush might have sided with freedom-lovers against tyranny, Obama prefers to free America-hating terrorists, who mocks his own country to get a pat on the head from ruthless dictators, who gives Iran a free pass on nuclear plants, and who cuts missile defense as North Korea launches missiles over Japan.
Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday’s Meet the Press:
“we’re going to withhold comment… I mean we’re just waiting to see.”
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a statement on Saturday:
“the United States has refrained from commenting on the election in Iran”
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs:
“impressed by the vigorous debate and enthusiasm this election generated.”
Now, you might think that Germany, led by Dr. Angela Merkel, might be worse than Obama. But you’d be very wrong. Merkel is a conservative – she believes in freedom, and her statement shows that Germany has elected someone a backbone, someone who cares about what goes on in other nations.
…the Germans, who shamefully happen to be Europe’s biggest exporters to Iran, strongly denounced the crackdown on protestors, as have a number of European governments. Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier condemned the “brutal actions” against demonstrators, and summoned the Iranian Ambassador to Berlin in protest.
UPDATE: France piles on. FRANCE! But Sarkozy is a conservative, not a radical leftist like Obama. (H/T Gateway Pundit)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday branded Iran’s election result a fraud as the international outcry over the security forces’ crackdown on the opposition in Tehran intensified.
Governments from Asia to Europe voiced concern about the violence that erupted Monday during rallies protesting the hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election, with US President Barack Obama saying he had “deep concerns” while also not wanting to meddle in Iran’s affairs.
But while some governments tried to avoid taking sides, Sarkozy said the unrest was a direct result of Ahmadinejad’s failings in his first term.
“The extent of the fraud is proportional to the violent reaction,” said the French leader.
MUST-SEE: Brit Hume calls out the Democrats on their moral equivalence and hypocrisy: (H/T Hot Air)
What do you expect from a party of godless hedonists? They want “free” health care… who cares about other people’s human rights? They were never interested in helping others… they just want to steal what other people worked for. It’s all about the money.
Hot Air links to a Fox News poll in which 66% of respondents said that Obama was not being tough enough on Iran. Presumably the blame-America-first crowd who voted for him will be pleased with his inaction. What do they care about liberty? George W. Bush push liberty harder than any president since Ronald Reagan. Now we have to watch pro-democracy protesters die, while President Pantywaist dithers over health care.
Republicans speak out against tyranny
Let’s take a look at Eric Cantor’s statement in The Hill. (H/T Gateway Pundit)
“The Administration’s silence in the face of Iran’s brutal suppression of democratic rights represents a step backwards for homegrown democracy in the Middle East,” Cantor said. “President Obama must take a strong public position in the face of violence and human rights abuses. We have a moral responsibility to lead the world in opposition to Iran’s extreme response to peaceful protests.
“In addition, Iran’s clerical regime has made clear that its nuclear program will move forward,” he said. “The United States cannot trust the aspirations of a nation that is a state-sponsor of terrorism, and the Administration must work with Congress to do everything in its power to deny Iran nuclear weapons.”
He’s the House Republican Whip.
WINTERY KNIGHT 
Right with you.
I’m becoming increasingly convinced that those who follow the Democrat party are, most often, in it for themselves.
They usually have little to no understanding of economics, history, philosophy, etc. So it’s not a malicious self-interest. It’s an ignorant selfishness which drives the rabid and blind support of dangerous philosophies and worldviews such as those espoused by Obama and his pretentious pals in the halls of pretending power in DC.
There is a denial of anything moral affecting our lives. And too often we see these same philosophies reflected in the images on the evening news and in the pages of the local rags.
An immoral person cannot lead morally. And a failure to lead morally is a failure to lead at all except into the same downward plunge the immoral leaders life is taking.
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Did you read my posts on the personal finances of Obama and his supreme court justice? They are both wastrels! I’m thinking that during a recession, we need to elect someone who has at least run a business and met payroll. Mitt Romney would have been a good choice, even if he is a squishy moderate.
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Yes, I did indeed read those posts, or others with similar stories in my blogroll.
I don’t like “lesser of two evil” votes any more than the next guy, but because nobody is perfect we’re never voting for a “good” against an “evil”.
Any of the (R) options last year would have been vastly superior to the current (D).
But, in a pragmatic, long-term view, I’m kinda glad the (R)’s around the country and Conservatives and sensibles of all nomination are being shown, with such striking clarity, what the “other side” wants to do. The moral bankrupcty, the complete lack of intelligent or even competent leadership, the failure of those currently leading to exhibit even the slightest of positive aspects to their leadership.
Revealing their striking dishonesty and graspingly corrupt collusions so nakedly cannot bring them to many victories for too long, and showing their hand so brazenly will backfire on them sooner rather than later.
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Yes, but what if Obama messes with the census and other voter fraud techniques and we never get back in? I think that Bush should have been more partisan and fixed some of these voter fraud problems, and to Heck with the media.
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I don’t know.
I can only pray.
And have faith (not empty hope) in God’s plans being bigger than my own and his future for this great nation to bring glory to Him.
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Matthew,
Thinking their tactics will backfire after a while sounds logical, but I dunno…I’ve seen an incredible amount of bending over backwards, covering the eyes, and truth twisting in my short 30 years. I mean, when 9/11 came around, many were proclaiming that as the end of relativism…whodathunkit, but relativism emerged even stronger as a result of 9/11! I also thought that people in the media and gov’t would see the face of Islam for what it is, but we instead get more and more moral equivalency as a result of 9/11. Islam has almost been elevated to victim status (kinda odd to think a religion could have victim status, but truth is sometimes stranger than fiction), for crying out loud!
I can’t help but wonder if we’re gonna see more ironic twisting this time around. Somehow, they’ll find a way to work this in their favor, and much of the public will buy the message, simply because it wants to.
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Rich,
You may indeed be correct. And I’d have to say history appears to be on your side.
I prefer to remain incurably optimistic.
Sure, the sky may be falling, and I’ll be ready for it if and when it does. But I’ll keep on welcoming the coming rain to water the crops until the chunks start to hurt.
BTW, I enjoy your blog immensely Pugnascious.
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