Iran: Who Is/Should Obama Be Taking Advice From?

[JSojourner]

The first name is the person you think Obama is paying more attention to.  The second is the person whose advice you think he SHOULD be taking.

Some background...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090605/pl_bloomberg/anr10rbcgdeq

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98RO2680&show_article=1

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/17/mccain-rips-obama-cautious-response-protests-irans-election/

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/06/16/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5091165.shtml?tag=stack

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I think he's listening to both, and should be listening to both.  I'd like him to lean towards the McCain side, though.

[Beet]

McCain has his history wrong. We didnt stand up for Prague Spring in 1968. We didnt save solidarity, at least not in 1981. Unless he is talking about some ineffectual bleating. Which is what Gordon Brown did yesterday.

McCain speaks from the heart, I understand this. But there's nothing the US can do. Words of denouncement simply won't be effective. What matters are the issues at hand-- the nuclear issue, the peace issue, the economic issues-- America can best help Iran's domestic reformers by giving them leverage on these issues. Realpolitik is something even Khamenei can understand.