Pence: US won't repeat 'shameful mistake' of ignoring resistance of Iranian people

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY JOHN BOWDEN - 01/01/18 01:40 PM EST

Vice President Mike Pence said Monday that the U.S. will not repeat the "shameful mistake" of ignoring the "heroic resistance of the Iranian people" as the Trump administration vows to support Iranian protesters.

Pence tweeted that the multi-day protests against the rule of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and President Hassan Rouhani give Americans "hope and faith" for change in Tehran.

"As long as @RealDonaldTrump is POTUS and I am VP, the United States of America will not repeat the shameful mistake of our past when others stood by and ignored the heroic resistance of the Iranian people as they fought against their brutal regime," Pence tweeted.

"The bold and growing resistance of the Iranian people today gives hope and faith to all who struggle for freedom and against tyranny. We must not and we will not let them down," he added in a second tweet.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/366986-pence-us-wont-repeat-shameful-mistake-of-ignoring-resistance-of

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Graham rips Iranian president for calling protests ‘nothing’

BY BRETT SAMUELS - 01/01/18 01:05 PM EST

Sen. Lindsey Graham on Monday ripped the Iranian president for downplaying the significance of ongoing civilian protests.

Link to tweet

Graham urged President Trump “and all those who love freedom” to support the protests “and punish their oppressors to the fullest extent possible.”

Link to tweet

At least ten people were killed Sunday after protesters took to the streets for a fourth-consecutive day throughout the country to protest economic hardships and alleged government corruption.

Some protesters in the country's capital reportedly chanted "death to Rouhani" and "death to the dictator," referring apparently to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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http://thehill.com/policy/international/366982-graham-rips-iranian-government-for-calling-protests-nothing

[underpants]

1. Uh, is he referring to the Revolution in 1979?

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Yeah he listens to Iranian resistance, but not resistance in the U.S.

Traitor

[KPN]

3. More "fake" history is all.

Shut the fuck up Pence.

[47of74]

11. I second that motion.

[cstanleytech]

4. Boy, they are pulling out all the stops to try and distract their voter base over the screwing over

they are going to be receiving with this shitty tax bill they passed all on their own.

[mr_lebowski]

5. Adding,"Support for The People will be shown via embargo on Food, Rx, Med Supplies, and School Books

And if that doesn't work to bring down the standard of livi ... I mean the Regime, the United States and it's allies are prepared to begin a bombing campaign against strategic targets such as schools, hospitals, shopping malls and bazaars, and public parks.

The Regime must be made to suffer!"

[marble falls]

6. Oh by all means, lets interfere. Look how well its worked out for Venezuela and Yemen.

[procon]

7. Why don't they give equal support to the heroic American Resistance movement

that opposes the Trump Administration? Americans also share the "hope and faith" that we can change the politics of Washington DC.

Will Pence speak up and defend the Women's Movement who are fighting against the brutal Trump regime? Will he praise "The bold and growing resistance of the American people for giving hope and faith to all who struggle for freedom and against tyranny?"

"We must not and we will not let them down," Pence vows to the Iranians, a promise that should begin here, in his own country.

[JI7]

8. Doesn't trump and ivanka don business with the iranian revolutionary guard ?

[TeamPooka]

9. You'll have to fight the war with Iran by yourself Pence. We're not interested in more GOP quagmires

in the Middle East

[dalton99a]

15. +1

[matt819]

10. And yet

He ignores the resistance of more than half of the American population.

[47of74]

12. Yeah I was just about to say the same

Fucker couldn't care less about the American people.

[Roy Rolling]

13. The Iranian People Have His Unwavering Support

Unless they block a highway, then it's "run 'em over."

[ffr]

14. "Shameful" isn't a word Pence should be throwing around casually

Coming from a republicon about to be indicted, arrested, or both for his treasonous actions against the United States.

[riversedge]

16. All of a sudden both Pence and Trump are concerned about the civil rights in Iran. We are in

a very dangerous situation.

[still_one]

17. f**k Pence and the Hill for spreading the distortion of what the protests are about. The nuclear

deal was supposed to open economic channels into Iran, but based on what the republicans, and the current assholes in charge have done, those economic channels were not opened, and actually more sanctions were slapped on Iran.

These are the same group of imbeciles in the U.S. who decided that invading Iraq based on a lie was a good thing.

I suspect a good number of Iranians believe the Iranian government gave too much away with that nuclear agreement because it didn't help their economic situation in no small part due to the subtle sabotaging of it by the republicans.

I wouldn't be surprised if the U.S. clandestinely tries to involve itself again in the overthrow of the government of Iran, that brought the Shah to power, and if that actually is attempted, the blow back will be far worse then when the hostages were taken, after the Shah was expelled.

[padah513]

18. Let's see...

Iran is backed by Russia
North Korea is backed by China
Just saying...

[Corgigal]

19. Manafort pick

might want to stay quiet and roll up under some blankets right now.

They might forget you exist that way.


No charge for my non legal advice.