tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771892655051987797.post4319249116654415041..comments2023-07-26T05:01:10.813-07:00Comments on DC's Musings: Deceptively Nice HonestlyDennis C Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00914332467365539148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771892655051987797.post-50670094609890724942009-06-25T08:02:05.151-07:002009-06-25T08:02:05.151-07:00Kissinger's comment was invalidated when the A...Kissinger's comment was invalidated when the Ayatollah blamed America for meddling before Obama even said anything. Obama's silence was indicative of his inexperience and not knowing what to do--where were his advisors and those crack Democrat foreign policy experts who gave so much advice to Bush? Interesting that Obama did not step up the commentary supporting the demonstraters until after Congress voted unanimously minus 1 to condemn the Iranian government and support the protesters. Who knows what opportunity was lost by his silence.Dennis C Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00914332467365539148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771892655051987797.post-61304656516457063292009-06-24T20:32:56.149-07:002009-06-24T20:32:56.149-07:00"Yet Obama's cautious stance has been end..."Yet Obama's cautious stance has been endorsed by a broad group of U.S. foreign policy makers, from Henry Kissinger and Richard Lugar on the right..."<br /><br />"By avoiding being seen to "meddle" in Iran's internal affairs, say his backers, Obama has blunted attempts by Tehran's hard-line leaders to blame the protests on foreign intervention. "I think the President has handled this well," Kissinger told Fox News on Sunday. "Anything that the United States says that puts us totally behind one of the contenders ... would be a handicap for that person.""Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com