Into the Fire

From the AP: In a new overture to Iran, the Obama administration has authorized U.S. embassies around the world to invite Iranian officials to Independence Day parties they host on or around July 4th…. So, we’ll bring the sparklers, they’ll bring the centrifuge….? Sounds like, er, fun. (Insert raucous peals of inappropriate Hillary laughter here.) Meanwhile, in a distinctly less congenial frame of mind, Obama is telling the Israelis not to have any more babies. Maybe this is all part of Obama’s new “good role model” offensive. As he told the BBC on the almost-eve of his foreign trip (first bow, I mean, stop, Saudi Arabia), “I think the thing that we can do most importantly is serve as a good role model.” That’ll show ‘em.