Excellent idea.
With the exception of professional maverick Ron Paul,
Congress at least made the necessary GESTURE of issuing
a strong statement of support for the protestors.
Obama, predictably, waffled,( being the “Chief Executive”
he thinks he’s entitled to all kinds of important “nuance”), and in early statements even did a verbal ‘bow’ to “The Supreme Leader” Khameini, by referring to him BY THAT NAME, something NO OTHER ‘LEADER’ OF A WESTERN POWER WOULD EVER HAVE DONE! Hence, he showed him respect, and let it be know where he really stands.......only later did he issue his timid and tepid statements of support, drawing the well-deserved criticism of both Sarkozy and Gordon Brown, two men who’ve also been slighted by him in different ways, and who are VERY aware by now of just how odd it must feel to have someone like Obama at the helm of one of their presumed historic allies.
Obama has ushered in a confounding era in American politics: he ALWAYS shows just who he is, RIGHT AT THE OUTSET, just as he did with his initial response to the Iranian situation: as such, EVERYONE should take him at his word; he tips his hand immediately and there shouldn’t be any doubt where he stands. I , for one, am not going to be patient enough to assume he will “grow” in office; there is FAR TOO MUCH AT STAKE in the world right now for me to want to watch a movie called “The Education of Barack Obama”, and get a feelgood rush when he finally manages to come round to our way of thinking “in the end”.
It won’t happen, and I never assumed it would.