re: #335 KenJen

He’s probably looking at past polling data to gauge where Americans and the world stand on the issue before his advisors write a speech for him.

I don’t feel any great need to blame Obama for his current inactivity. He has already actively screwed up the Iran issue so badly that his passivity now is just a drop in the bucket.

Still, I’m wondering more and more why he can’t at least say a few words at a podium somewhere. I think it’s because there’s no way he can do that and look good in the process. His schtick is to be above it all, to offer empty yet sometimes inspiring platitudes about people reaching out, joining hands, overcoming the anger of the past by mere force of hope. He’s not about reaching down into the muck, getting dirty, thinking about the real problems that face the world and how to solve them.

Blood is pouring out in the streets of Tehran. There’s no way to talk about that and sound like you’re above it all, and everything is just going to work out fine.