Over the weekend, both conservative columnist George Will and former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan argued that conservative criticism of President Obama��s rhetorical restraint amidst the Iranian protests was unwarranted.

��The president is being roundly criticized for insufficient rhetorical support for what��s going on over there. It seems foolish criticism,�� Will said.

��To insist the American president, in the first days of the rebellion, insert the American government into the drama was shortsighted and mischievous,�� Noonan wrote. ��The ayatollahs were only too eager to demonize the demonstrators as mindless lackeys of the Great Satan Cowboy Uncle Sam, or whatever they call us this week.��

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