Is Obama Doing Enough?

The media has been asking if the President has been doing enough about the current Iranian crisis and my response to this is yes, he is.

First of all, every single time we've meddled in the Middle East, it backfired on us. From the first coup in Iran, to the hostage crisis, to everything we've done 'for' Israel, Iraq and Afghanistan, and so on and so forth has backfired on us, creating a hotbed of hatred and terrorism directed at us. Thus I think it is high time that we just sit on our asses and let them fight it for themselves.

It is their fight, not ours. The election crisis is an internal affair and it is up to the Iranians to solve it, not us. Who appointed us? We are not the world police. And besides, they don't want or need our help. They never have.

There are two possible outcomes in this crisis, Khamenei and Ahmadinejad win and the revolution is crushed or they lose and the revolution puts up a moderate (probably Mousavi.) Whatever the outcome, neutrality is our best option. If we claim support for the revolution and the current Iranian government prevails, then we will be shooting ourselves in the foot if we want any diplomatic concessions from Iran in the future. They will refuse to cooperate. If the revolution succeeds, then opponents throughout the middle east will claim (as they currently are doing) that the revolution is just a sham perpetrated by the US and there'll be suspicions against their legitimacy. Thus neutrality is our best option here. Let them fight it out, we'll stay out of it.

Perhaps we need to keep up pressure on the current Iranian government to let them know the world is watching them and judging them, as a way to try to keep them from going too far, but I really don't think there is much we can or should do.

Let Iran fix Iran's problems.

J Kuhl Signing Off