Obama: Iran Has the Right to Nuclear Power

[Killer]

The Joooooooooos won't like this...


Tuesday, 02 June 2009

President Barack Obama suggested that Iran may have some right to nuclear energy _ provided it proves by the end of the year that its aspirations are peaceful.

In a BBC interview broadcast Tuesday, he also restated plans to pursue direct diplomacy with Tehran to encourage it set aside any ambitions for nuclear weapons it might harbor.

Iran has insisted its nuclear program is aimed at generating electricity. But the U.S. and other Western governments accuse Tehran of seeking atomic weapons.

"What I do believe is that Iran has legitimate energy concerns, legitimate aspirations," Obama said, adding that the international community also "has a very real interest" in preventing a nuclear arms race.

The president has indicated a willingness to seek deeper international sanctions against Tehran if it does not respond positively to U.S. attempts to open negotiations on its nuclear program. Obama has said Tehran has until the end of the year to show it wants to engage with Washington.

Obama leaves in the evening on a trip to Egypt and Saudi Arabia aimed at reaching out to the world's 1.5 billion Muslims. He is due to make his speech in Cairo on Thursday.

Obama sounded an optimistic note about making progress toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, although he offered no new ideas for how he might try to secure a freeze on new building of Israeli settlements. The United States has called for a freeze, but Israeli leaders have rejected that.

Asked what he would say during his visit about human rights abuses, including the detention of political prisoners in Egypt, Obama indicated no stern lecture would be forthcoming.

He said he hoped to deliver the message that democratic values are principles that "they can embrace and affirm."

Obama added that there is a danger "when the United States, or any country, thinks that we can simply impose these values on another country with a different history and a different culture."

http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/6970/53

[steelwall]

Holy hell...

[KYsteelfan]

I honestly cant understand how this moron got elected

[Killer]

Doesn't this mean our own people should have the right to build more nuclear power plants too?

[MACH1]

Spineless boob

[KeiselPower99]

Thinking about politics and then hearing this just makes my head hurt. Spineless bastard.t.

[HometownGal]

Don't forget to take the tea and cookies with you on your trip, Wimpy.

[Killer]

burka burka


Obama Says U.S. Could Be Seen as a Muslim Country, Too


“And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world,” Mr. Obama said. “And so there’s got to be a better dialogue and a better understanding between the two peoples.”

Mr. Obama said. “And the impulse towards destruction as opposed to how can we study science and mathematics and restore the incredible scientific and knowledge — the output that came about during centuries of Islamic culture.”

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...ast-speech/?hp

[Killer]

Originally Posted by steelwall

Holy hell...

Allah Akbar

Allah Akbar

Allah Akbar


Hey! - I think I'm getting the hang of this, I might be turning mooselimb

[steelwall]

Originally Posted by Killer

Allah Akbar

Allah Akbar

Allah Akbar


Hey! - I think I'm getting the hang of this, I might be turning mooselimb

Better watch out..... with those words you just went on the right wing, anit-muslim, anti democrat, anti police, and anti semetic terrorist watchdog group.

oh yeah and the anti terrorist, terrorist watchdog group..... if I left out another group I sincerly apologize....