Even Obama Won't Last Forever

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Peace: An Opportunity Missed?

As Obama stood today and accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, his chance to cement a real reason to deserve such an award is slipping away.

In Iran, the seething anti-theocracy revolt hasn't died down, but instead has percolated below the surface at a slow, rolling boil.

The Basiji and Revolutionary Guard are backing down from confrontations with the Green's leaders, and the movement teeters on a breakthrough.

And when a few words of support from the Obama administration could rally them to a final victory, he remains silent.

This is not some craven crowd of dissidents! The Persians are highly-intelligent. They're well-organized and tech-savvy. They're plugged into the internet, Facebook and Twitter. They know to hit-and-run often enough to confound and confuse the Ahmedinejad regime.

And the White House silence is deafening!!

Is the Obama administration so overly-engrossed in revamping our healthcare system to pay any attention to Iran (witness his dithering over Afghanistan and McChrystal's request)?

Could it be any regime change in Iran the results in a westward-oriented government would be a vindication of Bush's street-level efforts and the left's hatred for anything Bush-positive has blinded them to an opportunity akin to the fall of the Berlin Wall?

Maybe the Nobel people should have waited a year before giving their golden boy his laurels.




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