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by Brian Grummell
Graf lifted from Hot Air concerning the drama and upheaval in Iran and the White House’s strange CNN-like, near-silence on the issue:
Fun fact: Whereas The One was “shocked and outraged” by the murder of George Tiller, the most he can muster here for mass beatings and cold-blooded killings across Iran is that he’s “troubled.” Make of it what you will.
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I remember during the lead-up to the election thinking at times that Mr. Obama detested all this world politics stuff. He treated it just seriously enough during the debates but was far more interested in driving discussion back to domestic issues (like the current health care proposal), very much in line with his organizing roots.
That sentiment is hardly unique among Presidential aspirants, but unlike recent Presidential predecessors it looks like with this first international crisis he’s stubbornly trying to avoid dignifying the situation with a more robust response. This points to one of his internal tensions, charismatic and drawn to the highest office but ideologically more suited to something more nuts and bolts like congressional work putting together legislation. Like it or not he signed up for all that comes with the job and ought be more Presidential here.
Hopefully he wakes up from that fantasy of a Presidency unencumbered by a distressed world, and can show a little more interest, agility and skill in what seems like a fairly critical juncture in U.S./Iranian relations and the shaping of the Middle East.
