Obama Says Iran has Right to Nuclear Energy

In another naive interview given by Obama, he suggested that Iran may have some right to nuclear energy. The only stipulation is that Iran “prove” that it’s aspirations are peaceful.  Obama has now given propaganda material to Iran.  They will use this to say, “See, even the US says we should have Nuclear Power.”  The content of the interview will now make it harder for the US or the United Nations to deter the proliferation of nuclear technology.  But, the comments by Obama do not only affect Iran, it also affects other countries.  Will Obama continue to be dumb?  What will he do next?  Next thing you know he will be traveling to North Korea and saying they have a right to nuclear power.  Obama has set a dangerous precedent.

Obama was quoted saying:

What I do believe is that Iran has legitimate energy concerns, legitimate aspirations…

Legitimate energy concerns?  They’re a member of OPEC.  They have a bunch of oil?  So now they need nuclear?  What are their legitimate aspirations?  To eliminate Israel off the face of the earth?  Obama doesn’t think.  Obama is then quoted saying the following with regard to the time line.

Although I don’t want to put artificial time tables on that process, we do want to make sure that, by the end of this year, we’ve actually seen a serious process move forward. And I think that we can measure whether or not the Iranians are serious.

Does Obama actually think that Iran will comply with US demands? We’ve known that Iran has been working on nuclear technology for a couple of years.  They’ve had plenty of time to show that they are serious.  I think when Obama says serious, he’s going to wait until Iran has missiles fitted with nuclear warheads.

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Obama leaves in the evening on a trip to Egypt and Saudi Arabia aimed at reaching out to the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims. He is due to make his speech in Cairo on Thursday.

Obama sounded an optimistic note about making progress toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, although he offered no new ideas for how he might try to secure a freeze on new building of Israeli settlements. The United States has called for a freeze, but Israeli leaders have rejected that.

Asked what he would say during his visit about human rights abuses, including the detention of political prisoners in Egypt, Obama indicated no stern lecture would be forthcoming.

He said he hoped to deliver the message that democratic values are principles that “they can embrace and affirm.”

Obama added that there is a danger “when the United States, or any country, thinks that we can simply impose these values on another country with a different history and a different culture.”

So, we can’t impose our values on another country?  Does the same also apply in reverse?  It appears that Iran and a few of the other countries are trying to impose their values on the United States.  Using this statement from Obama, this means that we should not be lecturing China about human rights violations.  We should not be lecturing Israel on how to handle the Palestinian conflict.  Obama contradicts himself in more than one way in this article.  Obama continues to disappoint and continues to be dumb.

Obama’s Foreign Policy

Earlier this week President Obama attended the Summit of the Americas. He listened as Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega bashed our country and even called us terrorists. Obama responded to Ortega’s tirade against the United States’ effort to free Cuba from Castro’s oppressive dictatorship with a very weak, don’t blame me “for things that happened when I was three months old” response. This is shocking given that hundreds of American and Cuban soldiers died for this noble effort after John F. Kennedy called them to do so. This insults the memories of those soldiers, Kennedy and most importantly, American values.

What is President Obama’s foreign policy? It’s still developing, but his track record so far does not inspire confidence. It seems like it’s more about appeasement than promoting American interests.  As Obama spoke about the dangers of nuclear proliferation, North Korea’s Kim Jong II launched a long range missile. North Korea is one of the most frightening regimes and is known as tyrannical and oppressive. According to CNN, Obama responded “Now is the time for a strong international response.” Nothing has happened, however.

Now is the time for strength, conviction and action. Our very safety depends upon it. Obama seems to be lacking all three when it comes to foreign policy.