Roman Around

Decision, decisions.

One can only imagine the quandaries and complications that the most powerful man in the world must face on a daily basis. This goes way beyond having to decide which teleprompter to read from or how many waffles to eat before shooting hoops. This is exponentially more complex than crafting new and interesting ways to blame his own country for the ills of the world or deciding what is and isn’t terrorism. When one is both President of the United States and water walker, the challenges are prodigious – far beyond the likes of those that mere tea baggers and anti-government extremists must contend with.

-“Should I mention myself only once or twice in my Fall of the Berlin Wall Commemoration speech?”

-“Isn’t it important to describe how *I* felt after the Fort Hood “tragedy”?”

-“When do I tell everybody that it is their pleasure to have me as their supreme leader?”

It isn’t easy.

And thanks to everyone’s favorite whack-job totalitarian, President Barack Obama’s got even more decisions he’ll have to deal with.

It will be very interesting to see how the President - the man who launched a thousand indecisions – responds to an ultimatum given him by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

In short:  It’s either Israel or Iran. Decide.

From the Jerusalem Post:

Speaking in Istanbul at the 25th Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the Iranian president said that it was up to US President Barack Obama to realize his motto of “change”.

“The support of both Israel and Iran can’t go hand in hand,” he was quoted as saying by IRNA. “No change is made unless great choices are made.

“We would welcome the changes, and wait for big and correct decisions to be made… We will clasp any hand that is extended sincerely toward us, but changes should be made in practice.”

No doubt, it will please Ahmadinejad to no end knowing that President Obama is, in fact, all about change.

And hope, too.

And transformation.

In fact, helping things to fall into place for Bammy and his cooler-than-cool enlightened foreign polcy cats, is Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, William Burns, who, on Tuesday, told the Middle East Institute in Washington that the “U.S. recognizes the Iranian regime’s “right” to nuclear power, does not seek regime change and is ready for more talks with Iran.”

(This thing practically writes itself).

Said Burns:

We seek a relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran based upon mutual interest and mutual respect. We do not seek regime change. We have condemned terrorist attacks against Iran. We have recognized Iran’s international right to peaceful nuclear power. With our partners in the international community, we have demonstrated our willingness to take creative confidence-building steps, including our support for the IAEA’s offer of fuel for the Tehran research reactor.

Okay.

And then pretty flowers will bloom everywhere, fuzzy bunnies will prance across the rolling fields of brotherhood, beautiful puffy clouds will waft whimsically across skies of endless blue, and all the people of the world will join hands and sing songs of love and peace.

For some reason, I hear the following play out in my head:

Okay, Mr. Child Molestor. I have to run to the store. I’m trusting you to watch my kids because you said your child raping days are behind you, and you’re not even interested in pre-teens anymore. I believe you. I believe in second chances. I’ll be back as soon as I can. The girls’ room is upstairs, second door on the right. They’ll probably just sleep righ through. There’s soda in the fridge.

You see my point.

The real question is … why stop at Israel and Iran?

Why not present the always-ready-to-negotiate Barack Obama with a choice between secular government and Sharia law? Or between Islam and Christianity? Or between Holocaust and Holocaust denial?

The possibilities are endless.

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