Monday, 10 May 2010

Will Obama Stay the Course?

President Obama tried to engage--appease and actually align with--Iran, and it went on developing nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.

He tried to reconcile with the Taliban, and its Pakistani branch attempted to car-bomb Times Square. 

He restored relations with Syria, and it drew closer to Tehran.

He encouraged Turkey's crypto-Islamist government, and it tilted even more towards Iran.

He reached out to organized, fundamentalist/fascist Islam, and it massacred American soldiers in Texas.

His policy is an utter failure. Will he scrap it or stay the course?

Saturday, May 08, 2010

 

On Obama and Iran, With Apologies to Churchill

Regarding the Iranian problem, as Winston Churchill might have said, when President Obama entered the White House, he was given a choice between shame and war. He chose shame, and we will get war--on Iran's terms.