Democrat Barack Obama underscored his willingness to talk to leaders of countries like Iran that are considered U.S. adversaries but said on Monday that does not necessarily mean an audience with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Obama, the Democratic Party front-runner vying to face Republican Sen. John McCain in the November race for the White House, has said he was willing to meet with leaders of countries such as Iran, Syria, Cuba and Venezuela without preconditions.
McCain has criticized that view, saying that sitting down with someone like Ahmadinejad would give the Iranian president a spotlight and send the wrong signal to U.S. allies such as Israel.
Iran does not recognize Israel's existence and Ahmadinejad has called the country a "stinking corpse."
Obama, an Illinois senator, said Iranian presidential elections in 2009 would be a factor in the timing of any meetings, as would considerations of who wields the power.
"There's no reason why we would necessarily meet with Ahmadinejad before we know that he was actually in power. He's not the most powerful person in Iran," Obama told reporters while campaigning in New Mexico.
What happened to "meeting without preconditions"? What about "talking with our friends and talking with our enemies"? Something has changed here.
Just a little while ago in this video, Obama specifically implies that he would meet with Ahmadinejad:
Even better, is that during a debate, a question is asked if Obama would meet with leaders of various countries, INCLUDING IRAN WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF HIS PRESIDENCY, and Obama said "I would".
That's some major backtracking. Because during the first year of Obama's administration, Ahamadinejad would still be the leader of Iran. Then, if Obama is saying that he's not sure who'd be in power at the time, that's splitting hairs and trying to backtrack.
Your Messiah is starting to crumble Democrats.
Travis
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