It’s an international crisis -- and the international community has its opinions on whether President Obama is on the right track.
When it comes to Iran, Obama’s been criticized in some countries for being too cautious. Others say he should resist calls to take a tougher stance.
We’re looking at different perspectives from around the world on how Obama is handling events as protests and violence increase.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, foreign affairs analyst Nile Gardner says Obama needs to do something instead looking like “a deer in the headlights.”
“His response has been weak-kneed and utterly lacking in conviction. When faced with his first real test as a world leader Barack Obama decided to press the snooze button rather than take decisive action.” (Daily Telegraph)
But Tariq Alhomayed in the London-base Saudi Arabian newspaper, Asharq Al-Awsat, disagrees.
He says Obama is right to do nothing.
“That's right, [nothing] because the Iranian regime is eager for any US interference – whether this interference is correct [or not] - in order to tie the just demands made by a broad swath of the Iranian people with working for foreign powers.” (Asharq Al-Awsat)
In the Jerusalem Post, columnist Caroline Glick sees Obama’s failure to “stick his neck out” for the anti-regime protesters as creating an opportunity for Israel.
By changing its policy and championing democracy in Iran, Israel could garner support in the Muslim world and:
“Israeli outreach to the Iranian people now struggling to overthrow the regime would expose the Obama administration's effective support for the mullahs against their people in all its absurdity and moral blindness.” (Jerusalem Post)
Do you think the rest of the world is being too critical of Obama? Or, are you asking yourself why more countries aren’t stepping up to the plate to defend the protesters?
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