Update On Bombing Iran

First a confession about the duelling t-shirts pic, one of those shirts is NOT a conservative T-shirt, I photoshopped it. Now on with the blog.

I want to comment on John McCain, Obama's rival in the presidential election, who is criticising Obama for not speaking up more forcefully to support the Iranian protesters.

Although I disagree with John McCain, I don't think telling him to "Shut up" is the right response. I am happy to hear him say he is supportive of the protesters. Since McCain thinks that the protesters are a significant part of the Iranian population, he may think twice before making further comments about bombing Iran. This is a good thing for peace.

So getting back to John McCain saying that Obama must give "moral support" to the Iranian protesters. Now this is the part where not only do I think John McCain is wrong, but he is the "useful idiot" who happens to have outlasted his usefulness. I'm just making a reference to John McCain calling Joe Klein of Time magazine a "useful idiot". Joe Klein thought McCain's idea of American "moral support" was not what the protesters needed or wanted. I might also mention that many years ago, George H W Bush made a few "moral support" remarks about Iraqis rising up against Saddam that resulted in their slaughter. Obama, at least learns from mistakes, while McCain either through innate stupidity, or through political opportunism, does not learn. That may be the difference between graduating at the top of the class, or at the bottom.

By the way, the definition of moral support, is support that includes talk, but no actual help. The Iranians should say to John McCain "Thanks but no thanks"

But what is so frustrating in dealing with John McCain, is that he is wrong on so many levels that I often miss one or two. Well, here's one that I'd like to get to before I get sidetracked: It is a lie to say that Obama has not given any moral support to the Iranian protesters. He has basically given the right amount of support in a situation that demands for diplomatic finesse. So McCain's entire line of reasoning is based on ignorance. Also, Obama has made the protests thinkable, because if McCain was president, the Iranians would be less likely to rebel in the streets, especially with Mr. Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran as president. We should also remember that it was the Republican "Axis of Evil" strategy that paved the way for the reactionary Iranians to come to power power four years ago.

This entire Iranian protest has validated Obama's "talk with the enemy" approach, while the right wing extremist approach is now irrelevant. Is it any wonder that despite the intense right wing anti-Obama campaign, most people are even more relieved that Obama won?