OBAMA DE-FUNDS PRO-DEMOCRACY PROGRAM FOR IRAN

Obama was (is?) going to rely solely on his persuasive rhetoric to turn Iran into a democracy and have it throw down its nuclear arms.

Will today's horrors make him think more might be necessary?

What planet is he living on?

New Heights in Not Meddling

At Newsmax, Ken Timmerman reports that President Obama has zeroed out funding in the 2010 budget for pro-democracy programs in Iran. As Ken tells it, the new administration is merely carrying to conclusion the undermining of the Bush-era initiative already achieved by -- surprise! -- the Bush State Department:

Newsmax has learned that the Obama administration also has zeroed out funding for pro-democracy programs inside Iran from the State Department budget for fiscal 2010, just as protests in Iran are ramping up.