Dangerous Naivete in Foreign Policy

IBDeditorials.com: Editorials, Political Cartoons, and Polls from Investor's Business Daily -- Rookie Errors Mar Obama's Efforts So Far:

"What did his televised overture to the Iranians accomplish, except to reassure them that he was not going to do a damn thing to stop them from getting a nuclear bomb? It is a mistake that can go ringing down the corridors of history.

Future generations who live in the shadow of that nuclear threat may wonder what we were thinking about, putting our lives — and theirs — in the hands of a rookie because we liked his style and symbolism?"

This column does a great job of covering the broad range of foolish foreign policy actions this administration has undertaken in its two months on the job. I believe the President's letter to the Russians, and his video to the Iranians were highly personal initiatives - and they both show how terribly wrong-headed he is in dealing with dangerous foreign adversaries.