Gird your loins.
Question: What do these two stories have in common?
Iran Unrest Reveals Split In U.S. on Its Role Abroad
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Obama’s approach to Iran, including his assertion that the unrest there represents a debate among Iranians unrelated to the United States, is an acknowledgment that a U.S. president’s words have a limited ability to alter foreign events in real time and could do more harm than good. But privately Obama advisers are crediting his Cairo speech for inspiring the protesters, especially the young ones, who are now posing the most direct challenge to the republic’s Islamic authority in its 30-year history.
[Via The Campaign Spot]
US says hot dog diplomacy still on with IranWASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States said Monday its invitations were still standing for Iranian diplomats to attend July 4 celebrations at US embassies despite the crackdown on opposition supporters.
President Barack Obama’s administration said earlier this month it would invite Iran to US embassy barbecues for the national holiday for the first time since the two nations severed relations following the 1979 Islamic revolution.
[Via Weasel Zippers, via Hot Air]
Answer: Both demonstrate that the administration’s only real focus on any issue is its effect on domestic policy. Continue reading Hot dogs in public, credit-taking in private: the White House’s search for an Iranian domestic strategy.