Presidential Candidate Obama, Berlin, July 24, 2008:
This is the moment we must help answer the call for a new dawn in the Middle East. My country must stand with yours and with Europe in sending a direct message to Iran that it must abandon its nuclear ambitions. We must support the Lebanese who have marched and bled for democracy, and the Israelis and Palestinians who seek a secure and lasting peace. And despite past differences, this is the moment when the world should support the millions of Iraqis who seek to rebuild their lives, even as we pass responsibility to the Iraqi government and finally bring this war to a close.
It seems to have escaped President Obama’s notice that there are Iranians currently on the streets of Tehran who are marching and bleeding for democracy right now. There are millions of Iranians seeking a new future.
President Obama, March 2009 in a video address to the Iranian people:
“With the coming of a new season, we’re reminded of this precious humanity that we all share. And we can once again call upon this spirit as we seek the promise of a new beginning,”
This is what is happening in Iran today, which could be described as the promise of a new beginning:
How come global warming is a crisis, but on the potential world changing events in Iran, Obama is cowardly voting ‘present’?