Why Obama Needs a Legitimate Government in Iran
Yesterday President Obama’s Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, described Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as “the elected leader” of Iran. Today the administration backtracked, with the help of a friendly–perhaps planted–question from the White House press corps:
QUESTION: Switching topics slightly and then we might go back to North Korea. Do you have any reaction to the swearing-in of [...]
What Our Fundamental Values Demand
From today’s Krauthammer column:
Even from the narrow perspective of the nuclear issue, the administration’s geopolitical calculus is absurd. There is zero chance that any such talks will denuclearize Iran. On Monday, President Ahmadinejad declared yet again that the nuclear “file is shut, forever.” The only hope for a resolution of the nuclear question is regime [...]
Obama on Murders and Beatings in Iran: "I Am Deeply Troubled"
Obama’s says he’s “deeply troubled” by the violence in Iran, but can’t comment on whether the election was a sham because we didn’t have election monitors on the ground. More importantly, he seems to say, we’re not going to let the Iranian government’s violent crackdown keep us from negotiating with Iran:
“I have always felt that, [...]
