„The events of the past week in Iran, following the June 12 presidential election there, have been remarkable and hopeful. It’s been a moment when one would like a president of the United States — who has, in such moments, a supporting but not an inconsequential role — to rise to the occasion. Barack Obama hasn’t. We are therefore put in the position of hoping that the words of an American president are being mostly ignored, that his weakness won’t matter, and that the forces of reform or revolution will be able to prevail — as they may — with the support of many in America, if not the president.“
(Stephen F. Hayes and William Kristol, Weekly Standard)