Saturday, December 26, 2009

I Thought That You Didn't Like Carping, Mr. O'Reilly

It's fairly obvious that Charles Krauthammer doesn't think much of President Obama's Iran policy. This, in that, yes, he basically hammers him nightly (on Fox, of course) about it. He apparently doesn't think that the President's approach is strenuous enough. But, other than an occasional bromide about supporting the dissidents, Mr. Krauthammer doesn't tell us what he thinks that President Obama SHOULD BE DOING. I mean, yeah, support the protesters - but HOW? Is Mr. Krauthammer suggesting that we provide them with military assistance, or simply rhetoric (the first President Bush - who I've ironically come to respect over the years - told the Iraqi Shiites that the U.S. "supported" THEM - this, and then the poor bastards ended up getting slaughtered)? Is he saying that WE should attack them (an action that most military analysts say would be disastrous)? Sanctions certainly have no teeth without without China and Russia cooperating. What, Mr. Krauthammer?..............................................................................................P.S. Look, folks, I am NOT in any way against criticizing Obama (either from the left OR the right). I do it myself from time to time. But to constantly hammer the fellow on THIS, an issue that literally has NO easy answers (this, as evidenced by Krauthammer's own lack of constructive advice), I don't know, you just might not want to be so overtly divisive. Just a suggestion.

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