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Who on earth (except the mullahs) thinks that THIS is still a good idea?? Or that it ever was?!

From a State Department briefing yesterday:

QUESTION: This isn’t a frivolous question, really. Do you think it’s still appropriate to have Iranians come to these July 4th parties under the circumstances? I mean, is there any thought being given to like, rescinding invitations?

MR. KELLY: No, there’s no thought to rescinding the invitations to Iranian diplomats.

QUESTION: It’s appropriate to have a social dialogue with them if they come?

MR. KELLY: Well, we have made a strategic decision to engage on a number of fronts with Iran, and we tried many years of isolation and we’re pursuing a different path now.

QUESTION: Have they said yes?

QUESTION: The President keeps saying that —

MR. KELLY: I don’t know, Arshad.

Absolutely disgusting. We're having Iranian officials for a barbecue on INDEPENDENCE DAY, while they're murdering their own people who are asking for... independence. This administration is pathetic. Let's list, shall we?

This is the State Department that:
Told China that its brutality towards its own people was of less concern that global warming.

Gave Russia a "reset" button (mistranslated, by the way) for relations-- as at least three administration-critical journalists' murders were being investigated.

Pledged millions of dollars in aid to Palestinians (and indirectly to Hamas) and regularly shafts Israel.

Turned their backs on Eastern Europe, leaving them at the mercy of a newly-imperial Russia/USSR.

There are other things. I just don't feel like throwing up this early in the morning.