This is sheer foreign policy stupidity at its worst.
If these people get their freedom it will be IN SPITE of Obama, not because of anything he has done. Can you imagine a great president like Ronald Reagan, TR, or FDR (or even Bill Clinton?) standing idly by, proclaiming "we shouldn't meddle"? Would never have happened.
This is gross incompetence at its worst.
Embarrass yourself by taking your complaints to Kissinger.
BTW did I mention you're a partisan idiot?
Kissinger: Obama is handling the situation in Iran well.
In an interview with CNN yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) criticized President Obama’s approach to the turmoil in Iran, saying that he shouldn’t be concerned about being seen as “meddling” in Iran’s affairs. But on Fox News last night, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, noting that he was a McCain supporter, said that he thinks “the president has handled this well”:
KISSINGER: Well, you know, I was a McCain supporter and — but I think the president has handled this well. Anything that the United States says that puts us totally behind one of the contenders, behind Mousavi, would be a handicap for that person. And I think it’s the proper position to take that the people of Iran have to make that decision.
Of course, we have to state our fundamental convictions of freedom of speech, free elections, and I don’t see how President Obama could say less than he has, and even that is considered intolerable meddling. He has, after all, carefully stayed away from saying things that seem to support one side or the other. And I think it was the right thing to do because public support for the opposition would only be used by the — by Ahmadinejad — if I can ever learn his name properly — against Mousavi.
Watch it:
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