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RUSH: I mentioned, ladies and gentlemen, that while Iran has launched a bunch of missiles that can reach Israel, Obama is telling everybody we need to learn to speak Spanish. Let\u2019s listen to Obama discussing this latest development from Iran. First, we\u2019ll start at Good Morning America today. Diane Sawyer said to The Messiah, ‘As you know, Iran has test-fired nine missiles, including one of them the Shahab-3 that has a 1250-mile range. They said it could reach Israel. What should the US do in response?\u2019<\/p>\n

OBAMA: Instead of engaging in over-the-top rhetoric, what we should be doing is gathering our allies together in a serious effort to apply sanctions to Iran and encourage them to change their behavior.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Stop the tape. What does he think has been going on, for crying out loud? The European Union, our favorite allies, according to Obama, have been jawboning with Ahmadinejad and the Iranians for years. The Bush administration, ‘Okay, you want to farm all this out, you want them to do it, we\u2019ll stay out of it because we\u2019re in Iraq, fine,\u2019 the European Union did it, they came up with nothing. Ahmadinejad reputedly spat in the face of everybody he was talking to. The UN sent their atomic agency guy in there, Mohammed ElBaradei, said these guys aren\u2019t cutting back on anything. The UN even said this. We have had sanctions on Iran. We have frozen Iranian assets. We have done everything he suggests that we do, and where has it led? To nine missiles being launched today. Here\u2019s the rest of the meaningless, uninformed, ignorant drivel from The Messiah.<\/p>\n

OBAMA: We also had a report that, uh, exports from the United States to Iran have actually increased during the Bush years, uh, and it\u2019s that kind of mixed signal that I think, uh, has led to the kind of situation that we\u2019re in right now. Iran is a grave threat. We have to make sure that we are working with our allies to — to, uh, to apply tightening pressure, uh, economically on Iran, at the same time as we start engaging in the kind of direct diplomacy, uh, that can lead them to standing down on issues like nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

RUSH: What does this guy not get? I told you he\u2019s an appeaser. This is our fault. Iran launched these missiles because it\u2019s our fault, because of our over-the-top rhetoric, because we\u2019re just being too big a bully. I am so sick and tired of people in this party blaming this country for the rogue behavior of tyrants and dictators, and Obama is doing it. You heard his reference here, ‘We also had a report that exports from the US to Iran have actually increased during the Bush years.\u2019 They have, but there\u2019s a reason. In fact, McCain was asked about this yesterday. He was in Pittsburgh, and here\u2019s the exchange.<\/p>\n

REPORTER: We\u2019ve learned that the exports to Iran increased by tenfold during the Bush administration, the biggest export was cigarettes. Given that the — yeah — that the — supposedly —<\/p>\n

MCCAIN: That\u2019s a way of killing them. (laughter) I meant that as a joke.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Were you able to hear that? The reporter said, ‘We\u2019ve got all these exports, exports to Iran increased by tenfold during the Bush administration.\u2019 And the reporter said to McCain, ‘Yeah, and the biggest export was cigarettes,\u2019 and McCain goes, (doing McCain impression) ‘That\u2019s a way of killing them, that\u2019s a way of killing them, it\u2019s a joke, it\u2019s a joke.\u2019 He did, he said it\u2019s a way of killing them. (laughing) Let me tell you about these exports. Even I, ladies and gentlemen, I\u2019ve said this before, it is so embarrassing that I, El Rushbo, a mere mortal, working in media, know more about what\u2019s going on in Iran and why we\u2019re doing it than the Democrat Party\u2019s damn nominee. Cigarettes, hairspray, we are exporting goods and services to the people of Iran because there is a growing opposition to the mullahs in Iran, and we want the population of Iran on our side. This is one of the reasons we have not yet launched any kind of military action because the people of Iran have hope that we are going to be able to rid them of the vise grip in which they are held by the mullahs and Ahmadinejad. So of course we export things to them that improve or make their lives better. If they like cigarettes, so what? A lot of people do. Screw it if you don\u2019t. If they do, fine. (doing McCain impression) ‘If they want to kill themselves, he-he, he-he, he-he, let \u2019em.\u2019 No, it\u2019s the wrong attitude to have. <\/p>\n

They\u2019re not getting airplane parts; they\u2019re not getting missile parts; they\u2019re not getting military parts. They\u2019re getting consumer things. We\u2019re trying to establish a good relationship with the people of Iran, and The Messiah, Lord Obama, is clueless. ‘Instead of engaging in over-the-top rhetoric.\u2019 Where is the over-the-top rhetoric coming from? How about from Ahmadinejad, threatening to annihilate Israel every other week. I\u2019m sick and tired of this, folks. We looked straight into the eyes of evil, and when Obama does, he sees the United States. He sees this little midget running around, Ahmadinejad, as a by-product of American belligerence and imperialism. If we were just nice people, if we just didn\u2019t have these bullies like Bush and Cheney, why, Ahmadinejad would be nice to us. It is a level of ignorance that portends a danger that is unthinkable to me if this guy actually wins the White House. Let\u2019s go back, by the way, May 18th in Pendleton, Oregon, at a campaign event, Senator Obama said this about American foreign policy.<\/p>\n

OBAMA: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don\u2019t pose a serious threat to us. Iran, they spend one one-hundredth of what we spend on the military. If Iran ever tried to pose a serious threat to us, they wouldn\u2019t stand a chance.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Hell, it\u2019s just the exact opposite. If you end up in power, they\u2019re going to be able to do anything they want because they know you\u2019re not going to react at all. They launched nine missiles at Israel and you come out with some pompous, arrogant ignorance that ought to embarrass everybody in your party. Then this morning on the Today Show after he was finished waxing eloquent on ABC, Obama was queried by Matt Lauer who said, ‘If you were president this morning, what would your immediate response be to all these missile tests by Iran?\u2019<\/p>\n

OBAMA: Well, I think we\u2019ve gotta gather up all the intelligence, uh, necessary with the situation, but there\u2019s no doubt that we\u2019re seeing rising tensions in the area, and it\u2019s part of the reason why it\u2019s so important for us to have a coherent policy with respect to Iran. It has to combine much tougher, uh, threats of economic sanctions with direct diplomacy, opening up channels of communication so that we avoid provocation but we give strong incentives for the Iranians to change their behavior. We gotta have —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Lord.<\/p>\n

OBAMA: — more aggressive diplomacy that unfortunately has been absent, uh, over the last several years. If we don\u2019t, then we\u2019re going to continue to see, uh, rising tensions that could lead into real problems.<\/p>\n

RUSH: It is a real problem. They just launched nine missiles today, doofus! Gather up all the intelligence? Watch your television. ‘No doubt that we\u2019re seeing rising tensions, part of the reason why it\u2019s so important for us to have a coherent policy with respect to Iran?\u2019 There\u2019s nothing coherent in anything Obama has said about this since the tests of the missiles took place. ‘Much tougher threats of economic sanctions?\u2019 The Germans, the French have joined us in freezing some assets on a couple banks here and there. I\u2019m stunned. Well, I know, obviously that Obama has to take this position. This is the leftist position, America\u2019s responsible for this. Bush is incompetent; Bush lied. Only Obama and his munificence can fix this situation simply by virtue of his presence. I mean that\u2019s the campaign lingo. But, meanwhile, while all this pontificating and preening in the mirror goes on, they\u2019ve launched the missiles, one of them that can hit Israel. And I guarantee you there\u2019s nobody in Israel, I don\u2019t care how far leftist some of the Israelis can be, nobody there saying, ‘You know, we need to go talk to these guys. We need to have direct diplomacy. We need to ratchet down the over-the-top lingo.\u2019 I guarantee you. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: Okay, Barack, you\u2019re president now. You\u2019re president. The Iranians don\u2019t stand a chance, right? That\u2019s what they said about the Germans back in the late thirties, they don\u2019t stand a chance, dinky little country. How about 19 terrorists on an airplane, Obama? I bet you wouldn\u2019t think they stood a chance, either. So you\u2019re president. What would you say, Obama, to the Iranians to convince them to stop building offensive forces and nukes against Israel and Lebanon and Iraq and others? What would you do, Obama? It\u2019s one thing to sit there and say we need direct diplomacy and all this other rotgut drivel that pours out of your mouth, but what would you do? What would you do to stop the Russians? What would you do to stop the North Koreans and the ChiComs, Obama, from supporting Iran? That\u2019s who Iran\u2019s allies are, Russia, the North Koreans, and the ChiComs. What would you say to Iran to stop \u2019em, President Obama? Let\u2019s hear it! Give it a try. Don\u2019t just sit there and pontificate, the usual John Kerry line, ‘We just need to do it smarter. We need to fight the war smarter. We need to do our diplomacy smarter.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Somebody show me some grain of intelligence on the left in the Democrat Party, and I might listen to it. I don\u2019t hear any intelligence. I don\u2019t hear any smarts. Just give it a try, Obama, so we can all know the wisdom that you would use, that nobody else has come up with to deal with people like Ahmadinejad, Adolf Hitler, you tell us. You tell us, President Obama, just what would you do? About this business the Iranians don\u2019t stand a chance. Look at it from their perspective, Obama. What happened when they overran our embassy and took hostages in 1979? Nothing. One of the guys that was in that group that took the hostages is now the president, Ahmadinejad. Obama, what happened when Iran had Hezbollah blow up the Marine barracks, 1983, 241 US Marines killed? What happened to them after they did that, Obama? What happened when Iran had its Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah blow up the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, 19 US Air Force members killed in 1996, what happened to them, Obama? Seems to me, Obama, they challenge us plenty, and they\u2019ve stood a pretty good chance doing so, because we don\u2019t do anything. Jimmy Carter thought he could deal with these people the same way you do, and all that happened was a bunch of helicopters and military equipment got ground into the dust of the desert during an aborted pathetic rescue attempt. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: Boy, I\u2019ll bet the Iranians are quaking in their boots now, ladies and gentlemen. A House committee has just convened to discuss the Iranian\u2019s launching of nine missiles, one of which has the range necessary to strike Israel. That\u2019s the way to handle it, have a bunch of meetings in Washington. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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