Obama Administration Endorses Chavez Power Grab

Charles Krauthammer - Obama's 'Kick Me' Diplomacy - washingtonpost.com:

"when the State Department says that Hugo Chávez's president-for-life referendum, which was preceded by a sham government-controlled campaign featuring the tear-gassing of the opposition, was 'for the most part . . . a process that was fully consistent with democratic process,' you have to wonder if Month One is not a harbinger of things to come."

This is just the punchline of a devastating assessment of Team Obama's first month behind the wheel of foreign policy. Read the column. Jimmy Carter on steroids?

Good News You Probably Don't See Featured on the MSM

IBDeditorials.com: Editorials, Political Cartoons, and Polls from Investor's Business Daily -- In Iraq's Vote, America Wins And Iran Loses: "In Iraq's Vote, America Wins And Iran Loses

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER | Posted Friday, February 13, 2009 4:20 PM PT

Preoccupied as it was poring through Tom Daschle's tax returns, Washington hardly noticed a near miracle abroad. Iraq held provincial elections.

There was no Election Day violence. Security was handled by Iraqi forces with little U.S. involvement. A fabulous bazaar of 14,400 candidates representing 400 parties participated, yielding results highly favorable to both Iraq and the U.S."

I will apologize in advance for slavishly recommending virtually every Krauthammer column. He is brilliant.

Remember how candidate Obama repeatedly asserted that the Iraq war was playing into the hands of Iran? Let's hope President Obama comes to terms with reality and builds upon this success instead of undermining it.