Obama's Iran Election Ineptitude Worsens Nuclear Threat
While the president fiddles, the ayatollah burns the midnight oil on nukes
Jamie M. Fly served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and on the National Security Council staff from 2005-2009. He is executive director of the Foreign Policy Initiative.
President Obama should state his full support for the protesters on the street and denounce the regime's tactics while also stating that he will not engage with a regime that has blood on its hands.
The Obama administration, having wasted its first six months in office, doesn't deserve another six to coddle Tehran while the regime trounces dissent and progresses down the path to a nuclear weapon.
Leaders who kill their own people should be condemned, not "engaged," and should certainly not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.
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Reader Comments
Decisive and Swift Action Required to Neuteralize Iranian Nuke Threat
The Iranian president has declared his mission and objective. Only a deluded or deceitful fellow would not admit that this man with nuclear weapons would be a deadly combination. Let the free world act decisively and quickly to remove this danger. If we stand idly by, we will rue our deadly procrastination. Let the free world act swiftly with fearlessness against this Iranian Islamist threat to our nations and democracies.
In God we trust.
Death Knell
Fool! Any perceived foreign influence in support of the reformers will sound the death knell for the movement! That is a weapon that Ahmadinejad would LOVE to use against the reformers! If you knew ANYTHING about Iran and this issue you would know that they don't like foreigners meddling in their affairs, and that the biggest strength of the reformist movement is that it is intrinsically and wholly Iranian! Obama is doing his part to help the reformers by shutting his mouth! And you should too! -MM
Maybe Ahmadinejad Should Question Obama's Legitimacy
Perhaps Barrack Hussein Obama doesn't want to forcefully contest Ahmadinejad's election for fear Ahmadinejad will bring up Obama's still unverified birth certificate and sealed college records, challenging his legitimacy as president. Which would be amusing since Obama has had a retinue of lawyers on retainer just to circumvent legal queries into his birth certificate.
More than likely though, Obama is taking notes and quite approves of Ahmadinejad's treatment of his country men. After all, post election Obama has admitted his muslim parentage and before the election he remarked that muslim call to prayer is beautiful music in his ears.
My bet is Obama wants to hear more of his favorite music closer to home.
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