Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Obama has his hands full with Iran

President Obama certainly has his hands full following his first 100 days in office.

He gets a load of grief for cozying up to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. He’s ridiculed for bowing to King Abdullah. He’s criticized by the Republicans for releasing the torture memos and then by his own party for not prosecuting torturers, although it looks like he is buckling on the last point and won’t stand in the way.

He wants to be friends with Iran but is greeted by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with snarling barking.

It’s this last bit of drama that could very well define Obama’s presidency. Just how is the president going to deal with a man who has about as much subtly as a Fox News political pundit.

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