US Launches Virtual Embassy For Iran 174
An anonymous reader sends this excerpt from a report at Al Jazeera "The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama has launched a virtual embassy for Iran in what it said was a bid to promote dialogue with the Iranian people in the absence of formal diplomatic ties. The web-based embassy went online on Tuesday in English and Farsi, offering visitors what it described as 'another perspective' for Iranians who 'remain hungry for information about the United States.' 'This website is not a formal diplomatic mission, nor does it represent or describe a real U.S. embassy accredited to the Iranian government,' the U.S. state department said in an introductory note. 'But, in the absence of direct contact, it can work as a bridge between the American and Iranian people.'"
I'm not an actual embassy... (Score:5, Funny)
slashdotted already? (Score:3, Funny)
slashdotted already? Oh here I got a cut and paste for my friends here:
Why Virtual Embassy Tehran?
Its harder to take hostages online, and our current prez Jimmy Carter the Second doesn't want to redo that, although he seems cool with "StagFlation II the adventure continues".
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Video Remarks to Virtual Embassy Tehran
"We have outlawed Tehran and the bombing begins in five minutes". Oh wait that was Ronnie's microphone test line from three decades ago. Well, different day, same old scare tactic to maintain control.
Former Iranian Embassy
Earlier this year, the State Department provided essential repairs for the former Iranian Embassy in Washington, DC, which was closed in 1980, to ensure the safety of mechanical, electrical, plumbing systems, and auditory and visual bugging and monitoring systems, along with an extensive array of external CCTV cameras monitored by the FBI. Also installed geiger counters for your protection.
Re:In future news.. (Score:4, Funny)
Also, President Michelle Bachmann has closed [go.com] it.
Re:In future news.. (Score:5, Funny)
Worse than that, Iranian hackers stormed the Virtual Embassy and took 52 user accounts hostage.
Obama is rumored to have ordered a strike team assembled from the top elite US Battlefield 2 soldiers, to stage a daring rescue in high-polygon-count Virtual Blackhawk helicopters.
Re:In future news.. (Score:4, Funny)
In better future news, the US opens virtual embassies for all countries and dramatically reduces the number of bureaucrats taxpayers have to pay to sit in overseas offices.
Re:You want this to be interesting... (Score:3, Funny)
one of the most irresponsible, corrupt and ruthless governments in the world
So you mean the U.S. government?