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Friday, September 11, 2015

The Degree of Difficulty is High, I Admit

As President Obama attempts to execute the Iran deal in order to help make Iran--despite its nutball Shia Islamist government--a responsible regional power, let's look at how our president's "tame" Islamist government in Turkey that he thought could be our main Middle East partner is turning out.

Ah, partnership!

Political violence exploded in Turkey [Tuesday] as supporters of Islamist President Recep Erdogan’s AKP Party attacked newspapers and offices of opposition political parties.

If President Obama was unable to turn "moderate" Islamists in Turkey into democracy-loving partners, how on Earth does he think he can achieve that result with the full-blown Islamist nutballs (of the Shia variety) in Iran?