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Iranians posting selfies of themselves with our President, after Iranian TV broadcasts Obama's speech for the first time ever.
Go away warmongers, at least for a while.
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE!
ETA:
mylye2222
(2,992 posts)Take that in tour eyes, Warmongers.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)I'm celebrating along with you & them.
For all who want peace.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)I love all who wish for and celebrate when it occurs.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)I'm having some vis à vis the naysayers and haters!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Indeed it is.
JustAnotherGen
(31,879 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)He could be a friend or neighbor down the street. In many ways he is. I hope he and all like him around the world know that we are celebrating too. I love seeing real people in Iran, feeling proud and happy of the accomplishments of their leaders and others around the world who want the best for him.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)and with you and with all who feel proud of peace!
jomin41
(559 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Welcome to DU, jomin41. Good time to be here!
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Seriously. WOW! In the best sense of the word.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)to concentrate and comment on the 'positive',
n'est-ce pas?
malaise
(269,157 posts)for PEACE!!
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)to fight Iran if Obama started a war. . .
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)kids, all will be rushing to the Front Lines, same as they did last time!
Actually I think there should be a law that if you start a war, you MUST fight in it or your heirs.
Same as the old days. Leaders didn't get to sit in their comfortable homes starting wars for other people's children to fight.
I imagine that would be quite a deterrent for the cowards who think war is so great.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)yellowwoodII
(616 posts)As the neocons that got us into Iraq did
freshwest
(53,661 posts)President Obama on the International Nuclear Framework with Iran
By The White House - Apr 2, 2015
Speaking from the Rose Garden, President Obama lays out the details of a historic framework with Iran that will prevent the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon. April 2, 2015
Listen to what made him happy. Obama has been working on this for years and said "This is not a game." This is doing what's right. Obama has long said, "We must move from 'Might Makes Right' to 'Right Makes Might.'"
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)HALLELUJAH!
Stellar
(5,644 posts)he's always fixing ish...what is wrong with this man? First bin-Laden now this.
Now, if somebody can put that speech in the form of "Green eggs and ham", maybe a lot of Republic0ns can understand its importance.
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)A selfie for peace. I love that.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)so I can't go find them.
Isn't it a beautiful idea? Tweeting selfies for peace!
GIVE IT A CHANCE!
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)I believe that most of the people of the world truly do want peace. It is only those who are willing to sacrifice the blood of others for gold that don't.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)Thank you - thank you Surya for your wonderful post - and Thank you Mr. President and Secretary of State John Kerry - for all you do against all odds...
What a great way to start the day.. makes all the hate go away....and start anew..... April 2, 2015 (agreement reached), April 3, 2015, sighs of relief everywhere....
Yes, we have the right man in the White House...a man for all seasons..and yes, we were right - electing President Barack Hussein Obama -TWICE - ....a defining moment....and a day of reflection for me...
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)I was moved enough by that image that I just had to share it in an OP.
How blessed we are to have this exceptional man at the helm in these troubled times.
We done good electin' him....you bet'cha! (attempt to parody Saracuda)
Hekate
(90,793 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)And, it's a goooooaaaaaal for the peace-lovers!
TBF
(32,090 posts)contrary to what Orange Man would have us believe ...
nakocal
(555 posts)Two countries in the Middle East supported the US after 9/11 - Israel and Iran. And then George Bush drove them away and started an undeclared war against them. This put the hardliners in Iran in power for a decade.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)mcar
(42,372 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)I want to hug the Iranians too! And I want to hug my President too!
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Don't 'cha just wanna give 'em a big
Did you happen to see this, lunatica? Also, too cool for school...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141058068
ybbor
(1,555 posts)And of course that he is a Muslim!
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Very COOL
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Tears in my eyes, beautiful Op~ Surya?
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)world wide wally
(21,754 posts)An amazing concept
(albeit usually in an abstract form)
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)cloudbase
(5,525 posts)but the prez has at last earned that Nobel.
Good for us all!
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)handling of the dicey Ukraine crisis, etc. etc.
I'd say this success just beefs up his Nobel Laureate CV!
calimary
(81,466 posts)LOVE these! The Iranian PEOPLE are for this. They're probably sick to death of being regarded as the pariah of the Middle East. They probably want to come in from the cold. I don't blame them!
I think it's kinda cool that THIS President has now presided over not one but TWO "bring down this wall" type things: Cuba, and now Iran. Seriously. We need to turn a page on this shit. It's a new day. A new century. A new world.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Can you just imagine any RW nutjob grinning with a photo of the Iranian Chief Ayatollah--no matter how successful the final peace agreement is?
Not in our fondest dreams...
me b zola
(19,053 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)War Horse
(931 posts)By Iranians, if I'm not mistaken: A "Telfie".
cilla4progress
(24,766 posts)how much better the rest of the world is than us in some places, like the halls of Congress.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)It's nice to see an administration actually doing what they are hired to do.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)I'm on CET. Time to hit the 'foin'.
mountain grammy
(26,648 posts)thank you!
Peace.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)while putting it together...
yellowwoodII
(616 posts)This is the way it ought to be.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)'This is the way it ought to be.'
WORD!
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Literal translation:
'too owly'
http://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/traduction/trop+chouette.html
hobgoblin
(31 posts)I am at a loss for words...just smiles and tears!
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)You don't post very often, I see. Welcome to the party!
Avalux
(35,015 posts)I want to have a big party and hang out with all of them!
And all of you too, of course!
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)we'll find something else to imbibe.
They do really good grub, though!