{"id":5858,"date":"2015-07-17T18:30:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T18:30:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-07-17T18:30:57","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T18:30:57","slug":"obama_wishes_muslims_a_happy_holiday_on_day_of_terrorist_attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2015\/07\/17\/obama_wishes_muslims_a_happy_holiday_on_day_of_terrorist_attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Wishes Muslims a Happy Holiday on Day of Terrorist Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Listen<\/a><\/p>\n

RUSH: We just had the notice, the news from the Jakarta Post that Obama wished Muslims happy Eid-ul-Fitr yesterday, celebrating the end of Ramadan. If you missed the tail end of the previous hour, let me just go through very quickly. “US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have conveyed greetings to Muslims who celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr in the US and countries around the world.”<\/p>\n

It was an official notice from the White House yesterday, folks, which caused me to go back in time to the Grooveyard of Forgotten References at RushLimbaugh.com. I found this, \u2019cause I knew this was there. I had a vague memory, so I went back and I searched and I found it. It\u2019s from the 20th of March this year. The headline at RushLimbaugh.com is: “Obama Addresses His People in Iran,<\/a>” and here\u2019s what this was about. <\/p>\n

Now, keep in mind Obama has just wished happy end of Ramadan to Muslims all over the world yesterday in the Jakarta News. Back on March 20th I said, “You know, folks, that election in Israel, the victory, Benjamin Netanyahu, that has really confounded Obama. Do you know what Obama did? He recorded a video address to the people of Iran,” after the Israeli election, “and blamed the hardliners in both of our countries, he\u2019s telling the people of Iran, for all the mess that\u2019s going on in the Middle East.”<\/line><\/p>\n

You don\u2019t remember this? This was from my program on March 20th, 2015, just this year. After Netanyahu won the election, Obama addressed the people of Iran in a video presentation in which he “blamed the hardliners in both of our countries, he\u2019s telling the people of Iran, for all the mess that\u2019s going on in the Middle East.” It\u2019s unprecedented? And it was happy Nowruz. Do you remember that? Okay, it was the Nowruz statement. <\/p>\n

“President Obama has used the Nowruz statement to speak directly to the people of Iran. And what he did, he compared Iranian hardliners to Americans who are skeptical of his nuclear deal with Iran. So here\u2019s the president of the United States speaking to the people of Iran. He is in the process of arranging and negotiating a nuclear deal with the mullahs of Iran, which will give them a nuclear weapon in ten years, if we are to believe what we\u2019re being told about the deal. <\/p>\n

“Obama goes on television in Iran to complain about Americans,” hardliners. “And he equates the American people who disagree with him to hardliners in Iran who disagree with their government. He compares Iranian hardliners to Americans who are skeptical of his deal.” So he compares Iranian hardliners to American conservatives. And we had the audio sound bite. We played the sound bite of Obama from the video, March 20, 2015. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: It was actually March 19th that the president addressed the people of Iran during the Iranian new year, which is Nowruz, and when you hear this — this is why I went back — it\u2019s incidental that I found Obama wishing Muslims happy end of Ramadan yesterday. <\/p>\n

And, by the way, that was in the Jakarta News. I\u2019m not making this stuff up. Yesterday while all of this is going on in Chattanooga, Obama and Michelle are wishing Muslims happy end of Ramadan on behalf of the American people. Well, back in March, after the Israeli elections, Obama addressed the Iranian people on video.<\/p>\n

<\/a>OBAMA: Hello to everyone celebrating Nowruz across the United States and in countries around the world. Nowruz Mubarak. This year we had the best opportunity in decades to pursue a different future between our countries. Just over a year ago we reached an initial understanding regarding Iran\u2019s nuclear program. I believe that our countries should be able to resolve this issue peacefully with diplomacy. Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons, and President Rouhani has said that Iran would never develop a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Then why do a deal? If the Ayatollah Khamenei has issued a fatwa against nuclear weapons, which, by the way, cannot be independently confirmed. We\u2019ve searched. We\u2019ve searched everywhere. Cannot find this fatwa. Normally fatwas, you can\u2019t miss them. Fatwas are a big deal. We can\u2019t find a fatwa. The Democrat Party has a fatwa against me, but we can\u2019t find a fatwa from the Ayatollah Khamenei against nukes, but if he\u2019s issued one and Obama said he has, then why do a deal. <\/p>\n

You mean there are hardliners in Iran that could upgrade the program with nuclear weapons and the Ayatollah wouldn\u2019t know? And not just the Ayatollah, President Rouhani also said that Iran would never develop a nuclear weapon, so why do a deal? Why lift the sanctions? And in the next bite Obama compares hardliners in Iran to hardliners in America.<\/p>\n

OBAMA: The days and weeks ahead will be critical. Our negotiations have made progress but gaps remain. And there are people in both our countries and beyond who oppose a diplomatic resolution. My message to you, the people of Iran, is that together we have to speak up for the future we seek. It\u2019s up to all of us, Iranians and Americans, to seize this moment and the possibilities that can bloom in this new season. Thank you, and Nowruz attan peruz.<\/p>\n