Strong criticism could backfire but a muted response leaves an impression of weakness.
So far senior U.S. officials have given a guarded response to the disputed vote.
Several analysts said on Monday the White House was in a no-win situation but the best option was to stand back rather than inject U.S. views into the Iranian political debate.
The U.S. ability to do harm in Iranian politics is much greater than doing good.
Obama showed his inexperience, or maybe lack of judgement, when he said he was excited by Iran's robust election debate. 
The photo above is from Andrew Sullivan’s blog The Daily Dish.
Was Obama naïve enough to think there would be a fair and uncontested election in Iran? Maybe there wasn’t a chapter about that in his Community Organizing handbook.
The “robust election debate” that Obama admired has killed and injured debaters.
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