Iran

Protests in Iran against the ruling mullahs have become so wide-spread that the media has no choice but pay attention and report. And unlike the previous administration President Trump seems to believe that Iran is part of (or the actual root) of the problem in the Middle-East. Not part of the solution as President Obama so wanted to believe.

"The Obama administration's lack of support for the Green Revolution [in 2009] was part of a pattern in which it did not hold Iran accountable for any provocation. It would seem it was part of a general approach that began Obama's first week in office in 2009 of wanting to reach a deal with Iran at pretty much any cost."  Obama was "soft" on Iran from the start and wrong on Iran to the finish.

A recent Politico article documented that the Obama Administration was so blinded by a desire for a nuclear deal with Iran that it went so far as to stop the DEA from cracking down on Hezbollah drug-running.

Project Cassandra makes the Iran-Contra affair look like "small potatoes".  But will there be the media outrage and coverage over Project Cassandra and the Obama Administration's shameful and most likely illegal dealing with the Iranian Mullahs? I doubt it. David French does a good job of detailing on how Obama kept giving Iran and inch and they (and Hezbollah) would consistently take a mile.

So what is going to happen to the regime in Iran? Who knows. It is so hard to get any real information from the talking heads. And one should always be aware that most of these talking heads have an agenda. Many of them wish to protect Obama's legacy which as more and more days pass seem like an indefensible position.

How many times can a "news" outlet like the New York Times put forth wrong ideas about Iran and the positions of President Trump and Obama?  It's things like this that make it hard to gauge the signal from the noise.

And what happens if President trump repudiates the Iran Nuclear Deal this month? I don't know but I'm glad that the world seems to be watching.