The inability of the Obama Administration to effectively address in any manner the situation in Iran has become personal. I can now identify, be it remotely, with the people seeking to rectify a not only perceived but actual election fraud. A young man, a person I have never met, has been arrested in Tehran and jailed for participating in one of the heavily publicized anti-Ahmadinejad rallies. His cousin is a member of my extended family and he explained the plight of this brave but unfortunate protester and the fears of their mutual grandparents, still living in Iran, as the family attempts to gain his release.

Although my focus is on the exposure of yet another flaw in our President and his policies, I marveled at the source of this depressing news in that his life story so exemplifies all that is and must remain great and unique about America. The young man who communicated with me is a tall, handsome, college and law school educated best friend of my son-in-law. He is a first generation Persian-American whose father fled the dictatorial regime of the Shah of Iran to begin a new life in South Carolina. His bride of less than a year is a beautiful, successful, high profile, college educated daughter of close family friends. I consider her to be my niece. She is a first generation Cuban-American whose family fled the collapsing dictatorial regime of Batista and the rise of Castro to begin a new life in Florida.

The only nation in the world where is it possible for such a thing to happen is America. The fathers of these young American family members could not have come from more diverse backgrounds and yet they both came to the United States of America as their refuge and hope for the future. Our nation has long been the worldwide acknowledged haven for any person wanting to experience capitalism, individual freedom and a reasonable tax structure. Yet all three of these best of our national traits are under attack from the Obama Administration as he and the so called Progressives champion socialism, big government control over our lives and an oppressive tax and spend policy.

Returning to Iran, President Obama is in a dilemma. He is being criticized by many for an obviously weak approach to the Iranian election crisis and his failure to rally behind those seeking a real democracy. However, his hands are tied because he fears that any overtly anti-Iranian government or anti-Admadinejad expressions will be viewed by the rest of the Muslim world as nothing more than a thinly veiled anti-Islam sentiment. He can't have this for it would counter his expressed desire to form a partnership with the Muslim world. Military options are not appropriate or viable. Obama could appeal to the UN but that would be just as effective as it was in controlling North Korea's missile and atomic bomb programs. Obama's only approach is to voice his unhappiness; have Hillary Clinton express her unhappiness and ask other world leaders to do the same.

This is worthless.

The victims of this Iranian election fraud are the people of Iran, the cousin of my young friend and the world prestige of the United States. Again we, an America led by President B. H. Obama, have lost some of our international prestige and lost more credibility in our international policy.