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Obama's backseat drivers, John Kerry, Susan Rice, and Ben Rhodes have lots of advice for Trump on Iran
2018-01-01
[American Thinker] Former Secretary of State (and Vietnam veteran) John Kerry and former National Security Advisor Susan Rice seem to be shuddering. And so is Ben Rhodes. Iran is having another freedom revolution, following the 2009 one the Obama administration flubbed, and they don't want President Trump to get his big bumbling hands on it. He might just ... mess it up.

Kerry emphasized that it was an "Iranian moment," meaning America's White House should say nothing.
With humility about how little we know about what's happening inside Iran, this much is clear: it's an Iranian moment and not anyone else's. But the rights of people to protest peacefully and voice their aspirations are universal and governments everywhere should respect that.

‐ John Kerry (@JohnKerry) December 31, 2017

Rice had the same message, just more direct:

Posted by:Besoeker

#6  On the plus side, you now know what not to do.
Posted by: H. Jineng3062   2018-01-01 20:26  

#5  One thing they have definitively learned from history is they cannot learn from history.
Posted by: newc   2018-01-01 19:48  

#4  The only name missing from this list of chump-ass fools potential advisers is Jimmy Carter.
Posted by: SteveS   2018-01-01 16:03  

#3  Well there have been numerous intelligence community senior assessments and predictive analysis updates concerning the Soviet Union... Iran.

[sarc off]
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-01-01 14:21  

#2  ISIS collapsed within a year, if the Iranian government topples within a similar amount of time the Obama foreign policy will really look pathetic.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-01-01 14:17  

#1  Whatever Jawn Jawn Kerry recommends, do the opposite.
Posted by: Raj   2018-01-01 12:51  

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