Old School Conservatives to Neocons: Chillax

It's been nice to see that not all conservatives are freaking out over President Obama's supposed "inaction" towards Iran and "lack of support" for the Iranian protesters. Many old school conservatives (I guess that's what I'll call them) have not only come out to compliment Obama's current strategy towards Iran, but have also chided the whacky neocons for their unreasonable criticisms of the president's actions.

Including:

George Will



Henry Kissinger



Peggy Noonan

To refuse to see all this as progress, or potential progress, is perverse to the point of wicked. To insist the American president, in the first days of the rebellion, insert the American government into the drama was shortsighted and mischievous. The ayatollahs were only too eager to demonize the demonstrators as mindless lackeys of the Great Satan Cowboy Uncle Sam, or whatever they call us this week. John McCain and others went quite crazy insisting President Obama declare whose side America was on, as if the world doesn't know whose side America is on. "In the cause of freedom, America cannot be neutral," said Rep. Mike Pence. Who says it's neutral?

This was Aggressive Political Solipsism at work: Always exploit events to show you love freedom more than the other guy, always make someone else's delicate drama your excuse for a thumping curtain speech.

Ah sanity.