GOP Goad

The continued insistence from the right that President Obama interfere in the goings-on in Iran presents itself as glaringly obvious.

• Republicans call Obama timid on Iran: Critics say president needs to take a tougher public stand

Republicans want the President to interfere because they know it's the wrong thing to do. Perhaps in their delusional grandeur they believe people will listen to their misguided opinions and act rashly as a consequence.

All in all, it's a transparent and manipulative tactic: Goad people into thinking the President should intervene in Iran so that he looks bad if he doesn't, and appears inept if he does because it's a foolhardy move to begin with.