A big hullabaloo was made over President Obama’s Nowruz greeting to Iran (Nowruz is the Iranian spring equinox/new year celebration). The Obamamaniacs seem to think it was a singularly brilliant foreign policy maneuver. Never mind that Bush did basically the same thing last year and nobody was offering to fellate him over it.
Unlike the Obama throng, however, The Ayatollah isn’t exactly thrilled:
“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.
I never thought I’d say it, but, The Ayatollah Khamenei has a point!
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…
“Have you released Iranian assets? Have you lifted oppressive sanctions? Have you given up mudslinging and making accusations against the great Iranian nation and its officials? Have you given up your unconditional support for the Zionist regime? Even the language remains unchanged,” Khamenei said.
I think Khameni should relax. At the rate we’re going with managing the banks, once our financial system collapses, we won’t be able to afford the empire anymore and we’ll finally leave Iran alone.