"Obama Predicts Other Middle Eastern Countries Will Punish Iran"

[KoKo]

Obama Predicts Other Middle Eastern Countries Will Punish Iran
Susan Crabtree | October 13, 2011, 1:11PM

President Obama said Iran will pay a price for a plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, arguing that the Iranian regime has increasingly alienated other countries in the Middle East.
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"Iran has been hypocritical when dealing with the Arab Spring -- their ability to prop up the Syrian regime when they are killing their own citizens," Obama said. "Increasingly, the international community will consider out of bounds and punish Iran."

Obama said he would not comment on the details of the investigation into the Iranian-tied plot, leaving that to Attorney General Eric Holder. But Obama readily acknowledged that "individuals in the Iranian government knew about this plot."

"Even if at the highest levels there was not detailed operational knowledge, there has to be accountability with anyone engaged in the Iranian government," he said." "The thing for Iran to answer to the international community is why anyone in his government is engaging in these activities, which I acknowledged before are out of bounds -- not just for a country like Iran --but violate basic principles about how diplomats dealt with for centuries.

Watch below for Obama's response at the presser:

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/obama-predicts-other-middle-eastern-countries-will-punish-iran.php?ref=fpb

[aquart]

1. Good. Butt out.

[joeybee12]

2. Actually, other Middle Eastern countries probably more readily see this "plot" for the BS it is...

It'll just make the United States more loathed in that area of the world.

[MisterP]

3. oh yes, such a champion of the Arab Spring

who can forget his support against the governments of Egypt, Bahrain, Qatar, and Yemen?! who can forget his temperate noninvolvement in Libya?!

[Motown_Johnny]

4. Let the Saudis take point on this, no reason for us to.