Credibility Gap/Foreign

The lead up to the Iraq war was very depressing. It was very very clear to me that there was no change that Iraq had nuclear weapons or any other weapons of mass destruction. The fabrication of legitimacy of war was straight out of 1984 and utterly disgusting. Instead of trying to do everything to avoid needless war. Instead of looking at facts, Junior fabricated the whole thing and for some reason a majority of the US backed him in his lie.

The point of this is not to rehash history that can't be rewritten. It's just I was recently struck with the stark contrast of O seeking sanctions against Iran.

In the first case, much of the world, including our staunchest allies knew Junior was talking crap. He didn't allow the UN agencies to finish their inspections. He tried to link Iraq to 9/11 on the most tenuous of connections. He concocted a story about Nigerian uranium which he used to further manipulate everyone during his state of the union. It will never happen, but yes, Junior should be put up on trial for war crimes.

With Obama, he's got credibility with the American people and with our allies. He has a much worse hand because the unprovoked war on Iraq cost us too much in people, money, and credibility. I'm not saying that O will necessarily solve all the problems with Iran, or even that he can avoid war. But he is passing sanctions. He is trying to isolate Iran diplomatically. He's actually paying attention to the facts, rather that just the political advantages. He's putting the US on the right side again. It's good to see.