Obama Got Iran Wrong?
Yesterday elected and exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya circled the skies over Tegucigalpa, but the Honduran military would not give him the green light to land on Honduran soil. So he headed to Managua, Nicaragua.
In line with the rest of the OAS, Obama had powerful words for the need to restore Zelaya to power in Honduras. This is a contrast with his Iran position, which one New Republic commentator argues suffered from the "Iraq effect" and fear that he would be branded an imperialist meddler in Iranian affairs:
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/07/06/nader-mousavizadeh-obama-s-iran-mistake.aspx
Now the Iranians can go around the world to Buenos Aires in 1994 to bomb a Jewish centre killing 85, but that is not meddling. Or to help form Hezbollah in Lebanon in the early 1980s to extend their regional grip and find favour with the Shi'ite population. No meddling here either. Or to fund Shi'ites in Iraq (including militias) and the Gulf states, as well as Hamas in Gaza. No trace of meddling here either. Go figure!
Tamir Bar-On
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