Billets Doux

I have opined in the past that President Obama’s sympathies mostly lie with the Shiite sect of Islam. Now we discover that Obama has once again covertly courted this sect. Apparently our President has written at least four secret personal missives to Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei about thawing our relations with Iran and about the United States cooperating with Iran in the battle against the ISIS insurgents … see: Wall Street Journal Article. These are billets doux if you will.

As we are told in the above reference, Obama did not inform Israel and other Mideast allies about the contents of at least this latest letter, nor did he consult with Congress … but clearly these contacts with Iran are primarily attempts to sweeten the ongoing nuclear talks with Iran which are heading for a November 24^th deadline … see: Foot Dragging and Kicking the Can. Humiliatingly enough, it also appears that the Ayatollah has not responded or even acknowledged any of these White House epistles.

I can understand that our government might need to have back-channel communications with Iran … but four personal presidential valentines? And what if these highest level attempts at a secret deal bare fruit? President Obama has proven himself such a  poor negotiator and so supremely untrustworthy to boot, that I sincerely doubt that any agreement he could reach with Iran would be acceptable to Congress and/or the American people. His efforts are therefore Pyrrhic at best and subversive at worst.