Now that the House has passed their meaningless - one part feel-good, nine parts politics - resolution on Iran, let's let the grown-ups talk. From an interview with Harry Smith of CBS:
SMITH: People in this country say you haven't said enough, that you haven't been forceful enough in your support for those people on the street -- to which you say?
THE PRESIDENT: To which I say, the last thing that I want to do is to have the United States be a foil for those forces inside Iran who would love nothing better than to make this an argument about the United States. That's what they do. That's what we're already seeing. We shouldn't be playing into that. There should be no distractions from the fact that the Iranian people are seeking to let their voices be heard.
What we can do is bear witness and say to the world that the incredible demonstrations that we've seen is a testimony to I think what Dr. King called the "arc of the moral universe." It's long but it bends towards justice.
A-freaking-men. How hard is that to understand, and how embarrassing is it that nearly every Democratic member of the House was too afraid to stand up and say no to Republican grandstanding?
Meanwhile, thousands of people with real courage are taking to the streets throughout Tehran in the face of overwhelming government forces - horrific reports coming from around the city. Follow the story in Zoltan's diary