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Kass on Obama: "He's right not to saber-rattle in Iran"
I hope you don't mind two Kass articles in one week. I think this offers an interesting perspective. Excerpt here:...For the past several days, Obama has been thwacked by Republican critics, Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham, for being too timid and weak on Iran. Other critics have pummeled him with images of the late President Ronald Reagan standing up to the Soviet repression of a democratic Poland, as the evil empire began to crack under Reagan's resolve. But Iran isn't Poland. The themes involving freedom and self-determination may be similar, but the dynamics aren't the same. After an extremely cautious first several days, Obama ratcheted up the rhetoric just a bit at his Tuesday news conference, saying he's appalled and outraged. But not enough to do anything about it publicly. "I've made it clear that the United States respects the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran and is not interfering with Iran's affairs," Obama said carefully.... Posted by: mom 2009-06-24 |
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