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Pulled across the Rubicon

June 20, 2009 - 2:32 pm - by Richard Fernandez
hdgreene
2009-06-20 15:37:42

I wonder. If we had applied “The Doctrine of Unintended Consequences” to President Obama’s attempt to partner up with the Mullahs to seek a better world, might we have seen this coming? But who could have guessed that what the Democrats did for “Affordable Housing” (Rahm Emanuel and Barney Frank’s bursting bubble) and what they will do to National Health Care, would also happen to the Islamic Republic? As Obama closed for the kiss, could the Mullah’s have stumbled backwards, attempting to escape that cold embrace? Of course, it is to early to anticipate the fall of the Theocracy. Still, it would be ironic in “the obese guy on food stamps who is malnourished” sort of way, if it happened immediately after the State Department got its way.

And I know: crediting President Obama for any good outcome is like giving the rooster credit for daybreak. But face it, he’ll get it anyways. I was in Dunkin Donuts this morning and saw the crawl on the screen while the crowds threw rocks and waited on return fire: “Iranians demand change.” You know, the kind you can believe in. How do you say Si, se puede in Farsi?