Obama finally “meddles” – strongly condemns violence in Iran
There, that wasn’t so hard, was it?
Congress strongly condemns Iranian violence, Obama remains silent (UPDATE: O STARTING TO SOUND FIRM?)
And they did so overwhelmingly. It was a “toned down” resolution, of course – toned down by the Obama administration, who are taking the “wait and see” approach on Iran rather than coming out and strongly condemning the violence and murder taking place on the street against those who oppose the current Iranian regime.
The latest goings-on in Iran
The protests continue, the violent and brutal crackdowns on dissent continue, the Iranian government continues to try and muffle the media and electronic forms of communication, and Iran’s “senior ayatollah” has condemned the election results as a sham. Read all that and more at Memeorandum, where the links on the good, bad, and ugly continue to pile up.
Idiotic quote of the day – from Jimmy Carter
Via the Telegraph (from over the weekend):
Independent pre-election polling indicated wide margin of support for Ahmadinejad
Policy/think tank analysts Ken Ballen and Patrick Doherty have written a piece for the WaPo suggesting that the election results from Iran perhaps really do reflect the will of the Iranian people: