Pathetic: Hotdog Diplomacy Still On with Iran

Its easy enough to scoff, lets point out the obvious. The regime in Iran will think it can get away with anything and at the same time the demonstrators remember the Obama admin's feckless position. Via HA:

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States said Monday its invitations were still standing for Iranian diplomats to attend July 4 celebrations at US embassies despite the crackdown on opposition supporters.

President Barack Obama's administration said earlier this month it would invite Iran to US embassy barbecues for the national holiday for the first time since the two nations severed relations following the 1979 Islamic revolution.

"There's no thought to rescinding the invitations to Iranian diplomats," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters."We have made a strategic decision to engage on a number of fronts with Iran," Kelly said. "We tried many years of isolation, and we're pursuing a different path now."

For the record Iran has not said they will attend. Can you imagine the photo-op of Iranian and American diplomats having a grand old time after events such as this: