Thursday 10 September 2009

Israel Matzav: Confirmed: Obama encouraged stolen Iranian election

Confirmed: Obama encouraged stolen Iranian election

This is from David Ignatius' column in Thursday's Washington Post (Hat Tip: Jennifer Rubin):

One Iranian political figure has told a Western intermediary that the Obama administration may have unwittingly encouraged the regime's power grab by sending two letters to Khamenei before the June election. The first, delivered through Iran's mission to the United Nations, was a general invitation to dialogue. Khamenei is said to have taken a month to answer, and then only in vague terms. A second Obama administration letter reiterated U.S. interest in engagement. According to the Iranian political figure, this may have emboldened Khamenei and Ahmadinejad to think they had a free hand on June 12.

In other words, seeing how weak Obama is, Khameni and Ahamdinejad figured they could get away with stealing the election.

But Iran is taking advantage of what it perceives as Obama's weakness in another way. Writing in the New York Post, Amir Taheri explains why Iran may 'talk' to the United States.
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Israel Matzav: Confirmed: Obama encouraged stolen Iranian election

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