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Originally Posted by blankall
My point is that people's attitudes change. Regardless of how people see the US in the negative light, they are still seen as the most powerful country in the world.
To the people protesting in the street having the most powerful country give you a few words of encouragement will hardly be perceived as meddling by those people on the streets.
I think the hardliners might use that as an excuse to demonize the demonstrators, but there will always be an excuse for that. I don't see President Obama being taken in the same light by the people genuinely looking for change.
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Right, but this isn't about the vocal minority in the streets, it's about the silent majority who are watching the protests and trying to decide where they stand on the election results - some of whom voted for Ahmadinejad, some of whom voted for Mousavi. No doubt there are some soft Ahmadinejad supporters who are having second thoughts based on what they're seeing, but vocal US support will allow them to more easily dismiss this as a western plot.