Well, we would not have wanted Iranians coming to the US to tell us how wrong Bush v. Gore was in 2000.  So why not consider the golden rule in international politics?  The President has said plainly what is and should be the U.S. position. 

But I do think it was good for the State department to ask Twitter to remain available for Iranians to communicate.

Obama is approaching this situation correctly.  He has told the Iranian government that the world is watching and to stop the violence against its own people.. This is an internal matter in Iran. They need to solve it themselves.  If they want our help they will ask for it. I’ve spent hours on Twitter reading the messages coming out of the country and they are horrifying but they also show the courage of a people fighting for their own destiny.  No matter how this ends we need to remember that Iran will not be a Western style democracy.  Like much of the Middle East they are tribal, our ways don’t work for them.  What they do want is a say in how their country is run and for their votes to count.  The days of the US and/or its allies charging in on a white horse are over.  To be honest if Iran didn’t have a boat load of oil the situation would be ignored much like what happened in Hungary in 1956 when Soviet tanks rolled into the country and crushed a revolt.  The people begged for help but the world couldn’t have cared less.   Much as people posture about freedom its all about the oil -shamefully.

We need to remember, that the bush adminastration tried very hard to start a war with Iran. We also need to remember the past relationship between us and Iran as well as Iraq!

We need there oil, and they and the world knows it.

Interfering with Iran now would be an act of war to Russia who needs there oil.

Our world is closer now to a nucular war then it ever has been. We could use one however to cut down the population. But it would be close to our extintion.

So the question should be, are you willing to die for it?

What the U.S. needs to do is to make sure we know. That’s all we can do for now. The media needs to make sure this stays on TV for all the world to see.

On healthcare I fear Obama will shaft us. On Iran he is doing exactly the right thing.   The Iran situation has to be handled with care and restraint. Considering our ugly behavior of 30 years ago in Iran and it’s outcome [what we see now], it is that meddling usually backfires. Especially in a volatile situation where we have no credibility. The young people in Iran know we are for them. But Iran must make its own destiny. For the moment, at least.