He's been following the advice of Republican Senator Richard Lugar. Commentators George Will and Joe Scarborough (no fans of Obama overall) have either praised his handling of the crisis or have told his Republican critics to stuff it. Henry Kissinger has praised the way Obama is dealing with Iran. John McClaughlin, a former Bush CIA official, recently told the Heritage Foundation we need a LESS confrontational approach to Iran and said a military option should be completely off the table.
Nah, those dudes are fools! None of them are devout believers in anything, else they would understand the nature of the thing they're dealing with: Unless stopped (either from external forces or internal forces), the current Iranian leadership will attempt to destroy Israel in the coming years. But it doesn't have to happen. We have the power to stop to it. Only the will is lacking.
