Hillary Clinton: Iran Is ‘Trying to Hijack’ Mid-East Revolutions
- Posted on April 15, 2011 at 6:37pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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The Associated Press:
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday accused Iran of trying to hijack democratic revolutions around the Mideast and warned Arab nations not to permit intolerance against women and religious minorities.
Clinton said Iran was clearly trying to use uprisings around the region to further its own goals and foment broader unrest while at the same time cracking down on its own reform movement.
“I think that that everyone is aware if its efforts to exploit and even hijack what are legitimate protests. But certainly in an era of instant communication we hope that people will not be fooled by their tactics.”
Clinton said the U.S. sees “no evidence yet that Iran instigated such protests but we do see activities by Iran to try to take advantage of these uprisings.”
Clinton also warned that rising intolerance toward women and religious minorities threatens to undermine democratic transitions around the Arab world and spread violent extremism.
The Wall Street Journal confirms this (and the Journal has a nice video report to go with the story which explains why the U.S. is more worried about Iranian intervention in the Mid-East revolutions, but not as worried about Saudi Arabia’s meddling in nearby protests):
Iran is secretly helping Syrian President Bashar al-Assad put down pro-democracy demonstrations, according to U.S. officials, who say Tehran is providing gear to suppress crowds and assistance blocking and monitoring protesters’ use of the Internet, cellphones and text-messaging.
At the same time, communications intercepted by U.S. spy agencies show Tehran is actively exploring ways to aid some Shiite hardliners in Bahrain and Yemen and destabilize longstanding U.S. allies there, say U.S. officials familiar with the intelligence. Such moves could challenge interests of the U.S. and Saudi Arabia and inflame sectarian tensions across the Middle East, they say.
“We believe that Iran is materially assisting the Syrian government in its efforts to suppress their own people,” said an Obama administration official.
Read the Journal story here.
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Comments (62)
endgamer
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 6:47pmHillary, Now you have an excuse to bomb them!! That was the New World Order plan all along..
Report Post »Glenn, there will not be a caliphate.. They will be destroyed by backing the unrest WE started.
JROCCOD
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 4:27pmThis is the most incompetant, inept, impotent, useless administration in the history of this country.
Report Post »Hey Hillary, does any of this surprise you? or, are you just following “imam” Obama’s road map of the destruction of the United States of America? I think its time to take sides…..
lylee
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 7:23pmThis is the most incompetant, inept, impotent, useless administration in the history of this country.
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That depends on what your objective is.
bs2722
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 4:25pmSo nice of Hillary to get with the program. If she watched Beck she would have known that months ago.
Report Post »smartgirl
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 2:36pmSure would like to know why none of my comments gets posted.
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 4:05pmi have the same problem i can put on 10 comments come back a hour latter and they are gone . we must be telling the truth and they are afraid
Report Post »smartgirl
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 2:35pmAnd Hillary is surprised by this? She‘s as incompetent as the rest of Barry’s buds.
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 2:09pmOh really…….like you never knew this…you allowed this mess, and its only going to get much worse.
Report Post »orion1958
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 1:41pmif she didn’t know that already beforehand. Then she‘s the stupidest person on the planet if she didn’t know that the Iranians had a hand in and already. We already knew that from the get go that the Iranians had a hand in.
Report Post »wildwood
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 1:31pmBravo!!!!! she should tell us something that we don’t already know!!!Did she just wake up from a long slumber!!!!
Report Post »teddie888
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 1:24pmAnd you‘re trying to tell me she didn’t know that Iran would? If she‘s so stupid she shouldn’t be in the position she is in and if she did then she is a American hater
Report Post »nptden
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 2:29pmShe’s not stupid. She is just a NWO communist. The fat cats of the NWO are China & Russia who are the roots of Communism. The UN is just a cover, and a way for them to implement their plans. They are playing the Muslim Radicals to do the dirty work and weaken and destroy the US and Europe. Then they will clean up what’s left and have the oil they need. Soros, Barack and Hillary hope the ‘transformation’ of America will be achieved when they sand-bag our military, and destroy our economy. We will further be debilitated by the ‘southern invasion’. Notice how they cater to Chavez, and Brazil… Mexico is in the mix also. Where getting surrounded like Israel.
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 1:09pmArmageddon this way comes!
The NYT two weeks ago confirmed what Glenn Beck has been telling us — that the Samantha Power has a plan to ram a Palestinian state through the UN by Sept. That’s just a little over 4 months from now. European newspapers are also reporting that Samantha Power will be Hillary Clinton’s replacement as Sec of States (and fancy that, she’s not even American). Obama has her in the WH right now and is grooming her for that position.
The second part of Power’s plan is to place troops into Israel and impose a No Fly Zone to stop Israel from its blockade of (arms to) Gaza. The Palestinians in Gaza will import larger, more sophisticated missiles from Iran and Syrian, and within six months, they will initiate a bloody war upon Israel. Other Arabs, including Egypt (as they have recently said they would) will follow suit when Israel retaliates.
It doesn’t take a genius to see the writing on the wall. Mid-East war will halt Mid-East oil to the U.S. We will see gasoline rationing and $7-10 gas prices within 3-6 months of this war. Within one year, we will be rationing food!
FOOD? Yes! Why food? Farm production in the U.S. depends on crude oil. How do you think farmers grow enough food for the entire population? Are we going to run all those huge farm machines by putting SAILS on them? When the oil comes to a halt, so does FOOD production in the U.S.
We must stop looking at crude oil so myopically! It’s NOT just about the price of gas to drive to work! Consider the ripple effects through our economy and way of life! It not only affect the PRICE of everything, but also the AVAILABILITY of everything!
Prepare quickly, because when that war erupts, food HERE will become a scarcity within a few months time!
(I’m a grain trader, so this is a subject I know something about. Grain stocks in the USA are at the lowest levels in decades! The USDA is praying for a large bumper crop this year to avoid a potential disaster because they have sold most of our stored grain to other countries. Don’t assume that because the store shelves appear well-stocked today, that there is permanent abundance tomorrow!)
Report Post »nptden
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 1:02pmHILLARY you must really think we are stupid. You and your commie NWO POTUS supported these so-called ‘democracy revolutions’ in Egypt and Libya, where the Muslim Brotherhood will probably takeover with Iran’s blessing. Yet you do nothing about Real democratic protest in Iran or Syria. We got your number Hillary. We were always two steps ahead of you 60′s hippies. People are becoming more AWARE of your commie past. Similar to Barry, Saul Alinsky gives you all away. Your day is coming, big Mama. You dope heads just can’t cover it anymore. You both look terrible when your high.
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 12:52pmFirst you DAMN Hillary then you use her as a reference. It’s kind of like when you go to a few of the “conservative” websites – there is the ad that Obama gave this or that and you can refi your mortgage or reduce your credit card debt. Truly – in every bit of all of this it’s the MONEY.
Report Post »ginpa
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 12:46pmJust read your Bible to see where this is going.
Report Post »It is not good for the ‘bad’ guys!!
Eblaze44
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 12:53pmIn their book – you are the bad guys – and the books are both only credible to the ones who believe them.
Report Post »toru66
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 1:32pmYes you‘re almost right in your statement but just like oxygen isn’t visible, the proof is in the fire! Islam came around 600 years after Christianity. There is one absolute TRUTH whether you embrace that TRUTH or not, the day is coming when “EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW AND EVERY TONGUE CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD!” Phil. 2:9-11
Report Post »libertarianjude
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 12:23pmAnd just who was behind the protests in the middle east? Say State Dept, with their training Arabs in how to demonstrate using facebook and the internet to coordinate the events. Don’t suppose that the direction came from His Smugness whose advisors thought “winning democracy through revolution” was the perfect election ploy.
Report Post »geonj
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 12:17pmHillary is master of the obvious.
Report Post »cruzinbill
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 12:10pmNo Hillary your kidding.We the real people of th USA knew that from the beginning.Most people in this country are smarter than you and your terriost party.We also know Hillary and the ratical left are behind all the events going on in the middle east.Adjustater organizers.
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 4:03pmsure they are dont doubt it 2 months ago we were giving libya money now they are enemy these democraps will do anything to rile up there party. theyb are whores for votes killing woman and children so they can get votes really sad
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 12:09pmHey jeffery 777 if isreal nuked them obamma would bring them up on war crimes. Only obamma may bomb a soverign nation without congress approval.. You must remember obamma dosent like isreal
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 12:06pmwell hillary why dont you and the nobel piece prize winner start another war you dont even need congress approval .im sure tough guy is ready for another way to liven up his base . oh by the way on the border of the us is mexico in one grave the other day they found 250 murdered the count of murdered is now in the thousands once again. my question is this if libya is so important to the safety of america why isnt mexico . ? i think they are a bigger threat to our security then libya. i am still waiting for pictures of the dead that gaddafi murdered in riots unlike bush who had photos of people being gassed obamma shows none,bring em home all the troops like you said you would do over 2 years ago put them on our border and nobody will enter. hey maybe you cant start bombing mexico dont worry about the woman and children its not stopping you in afganastan or libya
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 12:10pmBravo……Clinton finally gets it. In a few months Odumber will also get it.
Report Post »Itchee Dryback
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 11:58amGolly!..reaally?
Report Post »She’s smart!
johnkostik
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 11:43amEzekiel 38 & 39 spell it out. Israel won’t preemptively attack. But, when Russia, Iran, Turkey, Libya and Sudan attack Israel, Israel will decimate them. Did you see the headline this week that Syria’s leaders are getting their families out of Damascus? Perhaps, they read the Isaiah 17 prophecy, “Damascus will be no more.”
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on April 17, 2011 at 3:31amEzekiel 38:5 mentions Iran by its original name of Persia…And, notice Libya.
Report Post »Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
spreadcommonsensenot pc
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 11:17amHey Hillary!!!!! isnt that what you accuse Irans prez Hock-a-hairball the same thing as YOU and Willie are doing to America?????? Progressive 1 world wannabe scum………
Report Post »ED4237
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 11:08amEven Iran has friends in th region like Syria. They will probably have Hezbulla help out there to so the regime in Syria can put down the demonstrations. These people don’t want any real freedom any way and Clinton is nuts trying to say they want what we have. The admin has tried to convince the American people that helping these people out will help them gain freedom look at Egypt they have a virginty squad they didn’t have that before they are going to be more hardlined now. The Russian throw Iran is suppling weapons to Hamas and Hezbulla they did it in 06 thats what got Isreal to vote in a hardliner they have now. You wait in a month or two Hezbulla will start with Isreal also to cause real trouble in the region.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 10:31amYou mean the ones you set up, hillary? Gee, now isn’t that a kick in the behind!
Report Post »EP46
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 5:35pm100% right. All of these ‘revolutions’ were staged and organized by the people who are trying to destroy America and create a New World Order. The same groups have been working in these countries for years getting everything in place. In Egypt they had classes that lasted 100 hours on how to create a revolution. This was just weeks before the ‘spontaneous” uprising. Hillary and her good pal Soros might have left Iran out of the loop and now Iran is mad. Mubarak 30+ yrs in Egypt kept saying it was ‘foreigners” Ghadaffi 40+ years says it is ‘foreigners’. Tell us Mrs. Clinton, who are these ‘forces’ that are causing all these revolutions and trying to oust the leaders that will not let the Islamic radicals and Muslim Brotherhood take over the governments of their countries ??????
Report Post »icareabouttheusa
Posted on April 17, 2011 at 10:24amComforting to know Hillary is on top of things…
Report Post »tbolt71
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 7:37amSteve Cooper at theconservativemonster.com fortold of this months ago…watch for russia‘s and china’s involvement too…it’s coming
Report Post »TheLascone
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 11:59amYes Tbolt
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MOLLYPITCHER
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 7:31amEveryone knows that Iran is going to be the demise of the civilized world. Why don’t these idiot politicians actually do something worth while, that might be good for the country, and the world, do something about this sandpit. Or are they going to just have more “tough talks” and tell them that their being naughty as if they were a four year old child.
Report Post »Jeffrey777
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 9:03amI can’t wait until Israel gets some tactical nukes into that dangerous radical nation. Don’t expect the US to anything to Iran.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 1:09pmIt would be nice if Iran makes the bomb and it miss fires in the process and glasses their whole nation…
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 1:20pmWhy is everything obvious to me and not to Hillary. Right from the git-go, there was no question about Iran’s nvolvement in the revolutions, all with help from Hillary. Jimmy Carter must be proud of Hillary and Obama.
Report Post »obama-mecca-me-sick
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 3:14pmNo Hillary!! say it ain’t so!!!!! Glenn Beck knows more than our Secretary of State. These idiots in office are leading America and Israel down a treacherous path , not to mention the protesters in Middle East countries.
Report Post »lylee
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 4:19pmSo Mrs. Clinton, you defined the problem, what are you and your Communist boss going to do about it?
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 7:23pmNO.. Say it ain’t so.. WHO would have thought one corrupt country leader taking advantage of ANOTHER country’s interference and encouragement in another country .. EACH for their OWN agenda’s.. See Hilary that’s what you get when you let boy wonder encourage people to rise up.. thinking HE (Obama) and the UNIONS would come out ahead on the deal OPPPS.. Keep your NOSE and encouragement OUT of others business.. and while your at it can you tell the U.N. to shut up and sit down when they interfere with OUR country and laws..
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 9:20pmIsrael can’t take much more before it fights back, it’s with more than I could have stood. TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS ISRAEL!!
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 9:23pmCome on Hillary. Get with it. This is old news. Beck has been saying this for months
Report Post »Wayner
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 10:34pmHillary had better not let her boss hear her say things like that
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on April 17, 2011 at 12:26amMOLLYPITCHER I think BHO’s strategy is to just use harsh language. … Hey is it just me or does Ahmadinejad (sorry I had to clear my throat) look a lot like little Anthony Weiner?
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