While we edge closer to Obama’s declared deadline for getting really serious about Iran’s nuclear program, the Iranian regime is making friends. This report explains that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez are “pledging to deepen their ties and stand together against the United States and world powers the two perceive as imperialistic.”

Chavez is a busy despot:

Chavez is on an 11-day tour that has taken him to Libya, Algeria, Syria and Iran. The leftist Venezuelan leader is also to visit Belarus, Russia and Spain in the trip he has described as a bid to build a “multi-polar world” and counter U.S. influence. After landing in Tehran late Friday — his eighth visit to Iran so far — Chavez said Iran is “a true strategic ally, a staunch ally” to his country and defended Iran’s right to a nuclear program.

Now keep in mind that the administration, as Rick has pointed out, is doing all it can to aid Manuel Zelaya — Chavez’s eager student. And if Obama “succeeds” in forcing Zelaya’s return over the wishes of the Honduran legislature, Supreme Court, Catholic Church, business community, and Honduras’ middle class, what will he have achieved? Why, bolstering Chavez’s reputation as someone who can force America’s hand — no matter what mere national constitutions or popular opinion have to say about it.

It is incomprehensible that Obama seems blissfully unaware of the larger implications of his Honduran policy. One can only assume that, as with his Syrian policy, he is now in the business of trying to ingratiate America with the strongmen while averting his eyes from their more disagreeable conduct. The result, of course, will be only to enhance our adversaries’ prestige — not to mention their contempt for the U.S.

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