As far back as I can remember there has always been a certain tradition in the US politics. The candidates could go after each other with everything they've got, and even accuse one another of lying and cheating. But once the election results are in, the loser congratulates the winner, the sitting President invites the President-Elect to the White House, shows him around and they move forward. The old President retires with dignity and the new one assumes responsibility for all the challenges, old and new.
But something different happened this time around. Trump never let go of his hatred of the Clintons, the Bush family and the Obamas. Even 2 years into his presidency he still talks about all the “wrongs” that they have done, and how everything is still their fault.
Sounds familiar? To the Iranians, of course it is.
This is how we see the politics. All our problems go back to 14 centuries ago when the Arabs invaded us. And the Shah/Mossadegh flare-up, and most recently, how the foreign powers removed the late Shah from the throne. It was all a coup by Jimmy Carter, General Huyser, Sullivan and the Guadeloupe meeting. We were just innocent bystanders getting swept away by an international conspiracy designed to make the Iranians miserable.
So after 40 years in exile we have managed to hack into the American psyche and make many of them to see the politics like many of us; everything is somebody else’s fault and the solution lies with a certain omnipotent leader.
Congratulations!
so there you go we finally left an impression! but joke aside Obama did same thing blamed Bush for everything (In a way he was right the man started two wars and drained the treasury) , Regan blamed carter and so on.
During the campaign, Obama made a distinction between himself who was opposed to the Iraqi war and Hillary who voted for it. But after he took the oath of office, he never looked back. There was a lot pressure on him to put Cheney on trial for torture and lying about WMD, but he moved on.
Reagan never looked back at Carter weaknesses. He spoke about the future and the “shining city on the hill.” All these presidents considered it beneath the high office to blame others.
Trump has been infected with the vindictive/Oghdeh-ei part of the Iranian DNA.
on the part of vindictive/Oghdeh-ei part, yes i agree with you. At times the man acts like a 14 year old teenager.
Obama did whine about Bush Jr and his policy's all the time and yes in a real deomcracy with alleged rule of low, he should have gobe after Cheney and rest of warmongers who have blood on their hands but I realize we live in banana republic now and days any way so my expections are not high from any of these guys!