LET HIM STAY THERE – AT 8:16 A.M. ET:  Iran continues to poke a stick in our eye, despite the nuclear deal.   And now an American villain will help the Iranians celebrate their growing power.  From Fox: 

Louis Farrakhan, the controversial leader of the Nation of Islam, is set to speak Thursday at a rally in Iran for one of its new drones, Iranian media report.

The planned ceremony marks 37 years after Iran's Islamic Revolution, in which Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seized control from the Shah, who had gone into exile.

Both Farrahkan and Iranian president Hassan Rouhani will speak, Iran's Tasnim News Agency reports. The homegrown drone will go on display along with a ballistic missile and a satellite carrier, organizer Asghar Abkhezr said.

Farrakhan and Rouhani met for dinner as recently as 2013, in New York City.

Critics have long condemned Farrakhan, 82, for his inflammatory statements about Jews, Catholics, gays and Asians.

COMMENT:  I wonder if the White House will condemn Farrakhan's presence.  Or the Iranian ceremony.  Or anything else done in Tehran.  Obama, who now almost seems a distant figure, wants to make Iran the centerpiece of his Mideast policy, replacing our traditional allies.  It is a fool's errand, done by a fool.

We've said that any of the presidential candidates would be better than Obama on national security.  That is no longer the case.  Bernie Sanders would be worse.  More honest, perhaps, but worse.

February 10, 2016