Krauthammer says Iran is feeling the heat...but I thought Obama was WEAK on Iran!

Krauthammer says Iran is feeling the heat…but I thought Obama was WEAK on Iran!

Middle East • August 2010 • Views: 545

The meme on the right has long been that Obama’s policy toward Iran has been a massive failure. Some have even suggested that this administration is AFRAID of Ahmadinejad. I suppose a good few wingnuts did a spit take with their coffee this morning when they read these words from one of their heroes, Charles Krauthammer:

The Iranian regime is beginning to realize even President Obama’s patience is limited, and Iran actually may face a reckoning for its nuclear defiance.

Better get your talking point on this issue straight, GOP.

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HelloDare Sun, Aug 1, 2010 4:40:44pm

… even President Obama’s patience is limited …

Obama should be leading the world in opposition to Ahmadinejad, not trailing behind. If our President were stronger, he may have gotten concession from Russia for dumping the missiles in Poland — whether or not missiles in Poland made strategic sense. Russia is not helping us and the world with Iran.

How does your highlighted quote prove your point? Obama is strong because his patience is finally wearing out?

And there’s this bit of strength:

Brown And Sarkozy Fought With Obama Over Iranian Nuclear Announcement

The President is believed to have angered the European leaders by insisting on delaying a joint press conference until after he had chaired a meeting of the UN Security Council.

Mr Obama is said to have been worried the announcement would undermine the impact of his session on nuclear non-proliferation.

Details of the disagreement appeared to explain why Mr Brown and Mr Sarkozy, the French president, took a harder line on Iran than the American leader at the meeting

The Prime Minister said it was time “to draw a line in the sand” on Tehran’s nuclear programme while the Frenchman mocked Mr Obama for the naivety of his “dreams” of eliminating nuclear weapons.

According to French officials, Mr Brown and particularly Mr Sarkozy wanted to make a declaration on Sep 24, either at the Security Council meeting chaired by the US president or just afterwards.

The Europeans considered that there was no better stage from which to tell the world that the three countries’ intelligence services had worked together to uncover an underground uranium enrichment facility under construction at Qom.

But Mr Obama did not want to “spoil the image of success” of his disarmament session, which passed a resolution to work towards a nuclear-free world and a host of measures designed to control the spread of nuclear weapons and reduce existing stocks.

After much arm-twisting, Mr Brown and Mr Sarkozy were persuaded to delay the announcement until the opening of the G20 summit the next day in Pittsburgh.

Their joint appearance on Sep 25 overshadowed declarations about shifting the balance of power from the G8 to the G20 and launching a framework to rebalance economic growth.

News of the disagreement came as Mohammed ElBaradei, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, was due to arrive in Tehran today [Sat].

He was expected to finalise a visit by inspectors to the enrichment facility within a fortnight, the allies have made progress in the prolonged impasse over Iran’s nuclear programme.