Why do CONs want Obama to speak up more...

[SHRED]

...regarding Iran?

Akmadinajad is a conservative.
They should be thrilled he won.

:shrug:

[Warpy]

1. They're trying to embarrass him

If they'd been paying attention, they'd have noticed he's already spoken in favor of peaceful protest.

[havocmom]

2. They don't really. If he were chatty on the subject, they would be berating him for that.

It is about the berating, not what he is actually doing or not doing.

[Triana]

6. Exactly. They can't keep up the "he's a failure" meme if they don't criticize

everything he does or does not do.

[timeforpeace]

12. Probably right. But it doesn't matter. He should just do what is right

and forget about them. That's what a president does.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. U.S. Neocons smell a chance - Asia Times

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KF20Ak01.html

[muntrv]

4. They want to get nuclear on Iran.

[Triana]

5. They want him to fail, make wrong steps. n/t

[SoCalDem]

7. They want to appear to have "swayed" him, pressured him

and they want him recorded---on the record---..so when things in Iran go south, they can play his words back and pin any negative spin they can manufacture , on him.. They want to make him unsuccessful in negotiating with Iran..

Republicans are little more than a bunch of bullies with media access, just stirring up trouble wherever they can.

[pleah]

8. They are praying for Obama to make any kind of error so they can

use it against him.

[liberal N proud]

9. Make sure that when this is all over the muslim world hates America

AGAIN!

Undoing any gains Obama has in mending relations with the mid east.

[AntiFascist]

10. Ahdmadinejad is the preferred enemy...

as long as he keeps making threats against Israel then they are happy because it means continued support for preemptive aggression in the Middle East.

[DailyGrind51]

11. For the same reason they want another "9/11",

to prove that President Obama is bad for America's security. They want him and us to fail, damn them!

[steelmania75]

13. They want Obama to defend the protests, so Iran will blame Obama, and the GOP will be blaming Obama

for getting Iran ticked at the US. Then they'll push for impeachment.

[JustAnotherGen]

14. Because LOSERS like McCain

Yes - he is a LOSER. That's not a petty 'insult' - it's a fact. He's a loser because he lost. And by virtue of that fact, his party and those who voted for him too. These losers know that Obama, Biden, & Clinton are NAILING foreign policy. They are nailing it. And every time they 'nail it' they gain more and more political capital.

Now - when will they start to spread it around? Dunno.

But at this point? For me? I don't want us to issue a statement because they WANT us to. If this is a 'revolution' - then kudos to the Iranian people - IF this is what they want. I'm assuming they do. But that's their country, their government, and they have complete total ownership of their country.

Other nations do not need the U.S. to mess things up or 'fix things' - they are grown people and I'm sure they can manage either end result on their own.

[moondust]

15. They don't believe in self-determination/autonomy.

Except when it's THEIR self-determination/autonomy.

They believe in manipulating people and things to suit themselves.

[MadHound]

16. They want to rattle the saber,

And better yet, get the military involved. You see, the only tool they have is a hammer, so every problem now looks like a nail to them.