clipped from: www.julescrittenden.com   

Two examples of cruel clarity. First, Robert Kagan at the Washington Post


The turmoil in Iran since last week’s election has confused the foreign policy debate here in the United States in interesting ways.

And in their desire to attribute all good things to the work of President Obama, they have even suggested that the ferment in Iran is due to Obama’s public appeals to Iranians and Muslims.

Kagan, though he stops short of suggesting where this might lead, does a masterful job of laying out the ugly truth … tragic flaws, inanity, impotence and all … of Obama’s morally and geopolitically bankrupt strategy. Read the whole thing.

via Iowahawk, here’s a special message to the people of Iran from President Barack Obama himself

A Special Message to the People of Iran

By Barack Obama
President of the United States

Greetings. As president of United States — or, if you prefer, the Great Satan — I have have been following with keen interest the vigorous post-election debate and vibrant political