A Persian proverb says: “The stew was so over-salty that even the Khan frowned.” This means that a situation has become so bad that even the “chief”, a prisoner in a cobweb created by a flattering entourage, realizes how bad things have become.
The proverb came to mind the other day when former US President Barack Obama admitted that he had been wrong in trying to prop up the Khomeinist clique by refusing to even verbally support the 2009 Iranian uprising.
At the time, some of us argued that Obama was wrong and that his policy of “bringing the Islamic Republic into the fold” would never work.
