One of the many foreign policy disasters of the Obama Administration was its failure to support the "Green Revolution" in Iran in 2009 when thousands of young people rallied in the streets to overthrow the mullahs and move toward a more democratic government. Obama lent his support with - crickets. Nada. Nothing.
A new book has just been published, Iran Wars, that goes into why this happened. Bloomberg in its review of the book reports that that:
"Obama wasn't just reluctant to show solidarity in 2009, he feared the demonstrations would sabotage his secret outreach to Iran. In his new book, "The Iran Wars," Wall Street Journal reporter Jay Solomon uncovers new details on how far Obama went to avoid helping Iran's green movement. Behind the scenes, Obama overruled advisers who wanted to do what America had done at similar transitions from dictatorship to democracy, and signal America's support."
Apparently he wanted a "legacy" of a New Deal with the mullahs and wasn't going to let anything derail it. This guy is either a narcissist of unbelievable proportions or he works for someone other than those who elected him. Either way it was a tragic and reprehensible betrayal of fundamental American values that speaks for itself.
townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2016/08/25/wow-obama-ignored-green-revolution-to-bolster-his-own-iran-deal-legacy-n2209714
townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2016/08/25/wow-obama-ignored-green-revolution-to-bolster-his-own-iran-deal-legacy-n2209714
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