June 22, 2009
Quote of the Day Nominee
The Refugee will not presume to usurp "Quote of the Day" priviledges, but thinks the one below is a worthy nominee. Fouad Ajami, writing in today's WSJ, pens an excellent piece on Obama's naivite and education about Iran.
Days into his presidency, it should be recalled, Mr. Obama had spoken of his desire to restore to America's relation with the Muslim world the respect and mutual interest that had existed 30 or 20 years earlier. It so happened that he was speaking, almost to the day, on the 30th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution -- and that the time span he was referring to, his golden age, covered the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the American standoff with Libya, the fall of Beirut to the forces of terror, and the downing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Liberal opinion would have howled had this history been offered by George W. Bush, but Barack Obama was granted a waiver.
Worth the read.
Iran Posted by Boulder Refugee at June 22, 2009 12:20 PM
Not only do you have plenipotentiary QOTD privileges, br, I was looking at this one as well.
What interested me today was how closely Ajami's piece paralleled the Editorial Board's. They said the same things and used the same examples. They're both right.
Nomination seconded.
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