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Offline Meshakhad

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Protests Greet Iranian President After Conversation With Obama
« on: September 28, 2013, 10:26:09 pm »
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/09/28/protests-greet-iranian-president-after-historic-conversation-with-obama/?intcmp=trending

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A shoe was thrown at Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's motorcade Saturday as he arrived home to a mixed reception after his historic call with Barack Obama, an AFP correspondent reported.

Iranian newspapers hailed the first contact with a US president in more than three decades as the ending of a long taboo.

But his 15-minute conversation with the leader of a country long derided as the "Great Satan" was too much for some hardliners.

Nearly 60 gathered outside Tehran's Mehrabad Airport, chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" as his motorcade passed.

They were outnumbered by 200 to 300 supporters of the president chanting: “Thank you Rouhani,” who were separated from the protesters by a small contingent of police.

The shoe was thrown as Rouhani stood up through the sunroof of his car to acknowledge the crowd. It failed to hit its target.

Well, this makes me like the new guy a little more. If he's actually pissing off the hardliners...
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Re: Protests Greet Iranian President After Conversation With Obama
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2013, 10:38:34 pm »
I've almost forgotten the last time a shoe was thrown.
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Re: Protests Greet Iranian President After Conversation With Obama
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2013, 11:17:37 pm »
Quote from: KZN02 on September 28, 2013, 10:38:34 pm
I've almost forgotten the last time a shoe was thrown.


I had forgotten how classic it was.
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Re: Protests Greet Iranian President After Conversation With Obama
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2013, 12:15:29 am »
Quote from: Her3tiK on September 28, 2013, 11:17:37 pm
Quote from: KZN02 on September 28, 2013, 10:38:34 pm
I've almost forgotten the last time a shoe was thrown.


I had forgotten how classic it was.

Or how good Bush rolled for his Reflex save.
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Re: Protests Greet Iranian President After Conversation With Obama
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2013, 02:24:41 am »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D5oKEVqQJg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D5oKEVqQJg</a>
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Re: Protests Greet Iranian President After Conversation With Obama
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2013, 03:06:23 am »
Okay, so offer some give and take. Obviously this can't be the same as prior negotiations, where the US government has simply presented what they want to happen, with nothing offered in return. Even the sanctions that are supposed to exist as punishment for their nuclear program are not offered in return for ending it. Even apart from Iranian self-interest, no country will accept such a humiliation.

Also, in general, the US has to stop pretending that to negotiate with the mighty United States is some sort of privilege. It isn't. Negotiations are mutually beneficial.
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Re: Protests Greet Iranian President After Conversation With Obama
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2013, 03:19:10 pm »
Wasn't that shoe thrown at Bush towards the end of his presidency? Kind of sums up his presidency nicely.
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Re: Protests Greet Iranian President After Conversation With Obama
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2013, 03:27:55 pm »
W's presidency = Dodgy

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Re: Protests Greet Iranian President After Conversation With Obama
« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2013, 04:54:28 am »
I love how we all got nothing out of this news story except for shoes being thrown.
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Re: Protests Greet Iranian President After Conversation With Obama
« Reply #9 on: October 01, 2013, 07:36:56 pm »
Well, I got a bit more. I also see that the fundamentalists are losing power in Iran. Honestly, I'm still surprised that the ayatollahs let Rouhani run at all.
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Re: Protests Greet Iranian President After Conversation With Obama
« Reply #10 on: October 01, 2013, 09:07:15 pm »
Well..he wasn't Dinner Jacket that's for sure.
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Re: Protests Greet Iranian President After Conversation With Obama
« Reply #11 on: October 01, 2013, 11:18:57 pm »
Quote from: Id82 on September 29, 2013, 03:19:10 pm
Wasn't that shoe thrown at Bush towards the end of his presidency? Kind of sums up his presidency nicely.

Pretty much.

Also, some people in Iraq put up a giant shoe monument shortly after that happened.
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Re: Protests Greet Iranian President After Conversation With Obama
« Reply #12 on: October 01, 2013, 11:38:02 pm »
Quote from: Random Guy on October 01, 2013, 11:18:57 pm
Quote from: Id82 on September 29, 2013, 03:19:10 pm
Wasn't that shoe thrown at Bush towards the end of his presidency? Kind of sums up his presidency nicely.

Pretty much.

Also, some people in Iraq put up a giant shoe monument shortly after that happened.

In other news, the world is a Monty Python sketch.
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