Hearing bits and pieces about what all is going on in Iran right now with the presidential ballot problems, and various journalists and pundits discussing what the U.S. response is, should be, or should have been, I thought I’d let my imagination run wild and determine what kind of response some recent Presidents (and wannabe presidents) would have.
Reagan: If you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for Iran and for the Middle East, then, Mr. Supreme Leader, recount those votes!
Bush (41): Read my lips: no new political or military actions.
Clinton: Now I want you to listen to me. I’m not going to say this again: I did NOT have political relations with that country, Iran. I never told anybody to protest, not a single time. Never. These allegations are false.
Bush (43): What? Trouble in Iran? Nuke them. I don’t care what it takes. Get every gun, every plane, every piece of artillery and get them over that country. America is threatened by these yahoos, and we’re gonna protect ourselves by wiping out everyone else. Just let me at ‘em, they’re going to regret messin’ with George Dubya.
Obama: Well, we’re going to have to have a dialogue here. And mark my words, I’ll be adding to the agenda this whole election counting issue. I definitely think we need to chat about this. And after some dialogue, we can talk a little more and see if it gets anywhere. And if that doesn’t work, we’ll send over a few billion dollars in stimulus money in an attempt to continue our efforts at dialogue.
A few others:
Al Gore: At first I wasn’t going to comment because I’m not sure I can link this issue in Iran to global warming. And after reading all about this on the Internet (which I helped invent), I really can’t make any statements. I mean, I have no experience whatsoever of losing an election and then raising a giant stink by alleging voter fraud and miscounting and conspiracies.
John Kerry: I don’t have much to comment on. But I served in Vietnam.
