2-5-09

A few days ago the Obama administration, in an effort to show everyone just how cool and loved throughout the world the new president is, announced they were “sending” a women’s badminton team to Iran in an effort to become best friends forever with a country who’s leaders would love nothing more than to see all of the non Muslim American people die tomorrow.

The Obama administration is sending a women’s badminton team to Iran this week as part of a broad bid to engage the Iranian people through educational and cultural exchanges, the State Department said Monday.

Amid a wide-ranging review of U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic, the trip is the new administration’s first foray into such exchanges that began while President George W. Bush was in the White House. Past exchanges have involved athletes from other sports, artists, academics and professionals.

This stuff took place when George W. Bush was in office? Who knew especially considering how the Iranian president continues to espouse his hatred of us and our way of life every opportunity he gets. Continuing on,

It said the U.S. squad was invited by the Iranian Badminton Federation and that they hoped to extend an invitation to Iran’s national team to come to the United States in July. This week’s trip is being sponsored by the State Department, which since 2006 has promoted people-to-people exchanges with Iran.

I guess we learn something new every day. The Iranian Badminton Federation? How do the women play with those face-covering-top-of-the-head-to-the-ankles burqas? I mean it’s hard enough to simply snowboard when wearing one of those things:

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