Give them liberty or give me CNN!

Roger Cohen, New York Times:

Deceit and the attempted silencing of dissent are now Iran’s everyday currency. In this city of whispers one of the whispers now is: Where is Obama?

The short answer to this might be "the United States" -- the same place Roger Cohen will be (or the closest hotel room to it) during the final crackdown in Iran, no doubt helped along by the perception of foreign intrigue à la certain columnists in the New York Times.